Minitab Solution Center Software Updates

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Minitab Solution Center Features & Enhancements

The November 2025 Release of the Minitab Solution Center includes enhancements, important bug fixes, and security updates.

Minitab Web App

Export Worksheet Data

User Benefit

In the Minitab web app, you can now right-click on a worksheet tab and choose “Export Worksheet” to export worksheet data to a file in your preferred cloud repository or to your Downloads folder when not signed into a repository. You can choose the type of file to export, which includes Minitab Worksheet (.mwx), Excel Spreadsheet (.xlsx), comma-separated values (.csv), or plain text (.txt).

 

Summary

Individual worksheets in the Minitab web app can now be exported in a separate file from the saved Minitab Project file.

 

Gage R&R Studies Support VDA 5 Standards

User Benefit

Minitab’s Gage R&R Studies (including Crossed, Nested, and Expanded) now support the German Automotive Industry Association’s VDA 5 Standards, which focus on uncertainty-based approaches to Measurement Systems Analysis and provides guidelines for ensuring the capability and suitability of measuring systems in industrial manufacturing environments, particularly in automotive sectors.

 

Summary

Gage R&R Studies now provide support for uncertainty calculations outlined in the VDA 5 standards.

 

Enhanced Graph Builder Editing of Reference Line and Percentile Line Labels

User Benefit

You can now modify the number of decimal places that Minitab displays by default for numeric reference line and percentile line labels on graphs produced from the Graph Builder by accessing the Options pane from the graph context menu.

 

Summary

Reference line and percentile line label precision editing is now available in the Options pane for graphs produced from Graph Builder.

 

Minitab Brainstorm

Brainstorm with colleagues in real time

User Benefit

You can now work with your colleagues in Minitab Brainstorm to generate and organize your ideas in real time.

 

Summary

Multiple users can now actively collaborate in the same Minitab Brainstorm file and see all changes in real time.

 

Minitab Dashboards

Minitab AI-Powered Automatic Dashboard Generation

User Benefit

Minitab Dashboards now offers an AI-powered automatic dashboard generation feature that helps customers with selecting the right visualizations or identifying key insights for their dashboard project. This capability leverages artificial intelligence and statistical best practices to analyze structured dataset metadata, automatically identify the most suitable visualizations, and generate a recommended set of assets for an effective dashboard.

 

Summary

Minitab AI has been incorporated into the Minitab Dashboards solution that will automatically generate a recommended set of visualizations from a particular data source as an initial first step in building an effective dashboard.

 

Minitab Data Center

Minitab AI Integration

User Benefit

Harness the power of Minitab AI in the Data Center to streamline your data preparation and enhance your efficiency in cleaning data.

 

Summary

When cleaning your data, use the new conversation interface to request specific data cleansing operations. Minitab Al creates and executes the necessary steps, then displays them in the Steps panel. If modifications are necessary, edit or delete them from the Steps panel or continue using the Minitab AI chat prompt.

 

Data Pipeline Diagram

User Benefit

Use the new data pipeline diagram to easily switch between the Data Source and Cleanup views of your data set.

 

Summary

In preparation for introducing more complex data transformation into the Minitab Data Center, the current interface has been simplified. From the Data Source view, specify the data set options and the schema. From the Cleanup view, easily access Minitab AI and all column cleaning steps. Both views are helpful to gain insight into your data.

 

Online Repositories

Minitab Connect® Integration

User Benefit

You can now utilize any of the data from your Minitab Connect® subscription within any of the Minitab Solution Center apps.

 

Summary

Extend your reach even further by bringing in data from databases, file servers, REST endpoints and more, with your Minitab Connect® subscription. After these pipelines are configured within Minitab Connect®, select the corresponding tables and views to use as data sources for your project files.

 

The September 2025 Release of the Minitab Solution Center includes enhancements, important bug fixes, and security updates.

Minitab Web App

Response Optimization in the Predictive Analytics Module

User Benefit

Response Optimization is a powerful tool for leveraging predictive models to achieve specific goals by strategically adjusting the settings of your input or predictor variables for an optimal response. This can lead to increased efficiency, enhanced performance, better understanding of your process or outcome, and improved decision-making.

 

Summary

After creating a predictive model for a single response using TreeNet®, Random Forests®, or MARS®, you can now choose Response Optimizer from the toolbar positioned at the top of the model results. A new, interactive Optimization Plot can also be created to interactively determine the optimal settings for predictor variables that will lead to a desired outcome or response value.

 

Interactive Variability Chart in Graph Builder

User Benefit

Variability Chart is a simple and intuitive tool to visualize different sources of variation in your data in a single diagram and to better understand the relationships between factors and responses. A new, interactive version of this chart is now available in Graph Builder.

 

Summary

An interactive Variability Chart is now included in the Graph Builder to visualize sources of variation and identify patterns between factors and a response.

 

Interactive Variability Chart in Graph Builder

Enhanced Graph Builder Editing of Labels

User Benefit

You can now modify the number of decimal places that Minitab displays by default for numeric axis tick labels and Y-value data labels on graphs produced from the Graph Builder by accessing the Options pane from the graph context menu.

 

Summary

Graph label precision editing is now available in the Options pane for graphs produced from Graph Builder.

 

Gage Studies Support VDA 5 Standards

User Benefit

Minitab’s Type 1 Gage Study now supports the German Automotive Industry Association’s VDA 5 standards, which focus on uncertainty-based approaches to Measurement Systems Analysis and provides guidelines for ensuring the capability and suitability of measuring systems in industrial manufacturing environments, particularly in automotive sectors.

 

Summary

Type 1 Gage Study now provides support for uncertainty calculations outlined in the VDA 5 standards.

 

Minitab Dashboards

Data Table Asset

User Benefit

You can now enhance your Minitab Dashboard by adding a table view of your source data alongside your analytics and visualizations. This table view will dynamically respond to dashboard slicers and will be updated as new source data are added.

 

Summary

A data table is now included as an available asset to include in a dashboard, which provides a view of source data alongside other dashboard analytics and visualizations.

 

Minitab Data Center

Minitab Data Center Project File (.MDCX)

User Benefit

You can now save open Minitab Data Center planes as project files using the Export dialog. Project files make it easier to pick up where you left off and provide a consistent starting point when using the same data connection across multiple analyses or dashboards.

 

Summary

A MDCX file is a specialized project file for the Minitab Data Center. This file captures the complete configuration of your Data Center session, including source file metadata, read options, initial cleanup settings, and all preparation steps.

 

Online Repositories

SharePoint Integration

User Benefit

In addition to Microsoft OneDrive® and Google Drive, users can navigate to Microsoft SharePoint® to open files within the Minitab Solution Center.

 

Summary

From the Minitab Solution Center home page, users can sign in to Microsoft SharePoint to open files stored on SharePoint sites.

SharePoint Integration

The July 2025 release of the Minitab Solution Center includes enhancements, important bug fixes, and security updates.

Minitab Statistical Software Web App

Expanding Minitab AI Summaries for Graph Builder Graphs

User Benefit

For several graphs created from Graph Builder, you can now use Minitab AI to provide a natural language summary of the visualization to help you better understand patterns or trends as well as anomalies in your data.

 

Summary

Minitab AI summaries are now available for the following Graph Builder graphs: Histogram, Boxplot, Bar Chart, Pie Chart, and Pareto Chart. We will continue to expand the AI summaries for more graphs in subsequent releases.

 

Expanding Minitab AI Summaries for Graph Builder Graphs

Variability Chart Enhancements

User Benefit

For Variability Chart in Quality Tools, you can now enter one or more categorical By variables to create a separate Variability Chart for each category level for comparison. You also can request a log-10 transformation to the Y-scale of the Means chart when you graph the variability of response data across different factors that are highly skewed or affected by severe outliers.

 

Summary

Variability Chart now supports By variables and an option to apply a log-10 transformation on the Y-scale of the Means chart.

 

New Modules for Transportation and Retail Industries

User Benefit

Professionals in the transportation and retail industries now have access to add-on modules.

 

Summary

The Transportation Module helps transportation professionals quickly get started with data analysis to reduce transit time and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) related to operational efficiency, asset utilization, safety, environmental performance, financial performance and customer service.

The Retail Module helps retail professionals quickly get started with data analysis, from increasing sales to analyzing key performance indicators (KPIs) related to customer experience, inventory management, operational efficiency, financial performance, store operations and sales.

 

New Modules for Retail Industries
New Modules for Transportation Industries

Minitab Dashboards

Copy and Remap Dashboard Assets

User Benefit

To facilitate the reuse and reapplication of established Dashboards to different data sources, we have added the ability to copy/paste dashboard assets and remap their source inputs.

 

Summary

In Minitab Dashboards, you can now copy and paste existing dashboard assets and remap to a different data source.

 

Minitab Dashboard: Copy and Remap Dashboard Assets

Minitab Workspace

Add linked files to your project

User Benefit

Users can now quickly access external files directly from their Workspace projects by adding linked files. Add links to a variety of files, including documents, presentations, spreadsheets, images, and any file created in the Minitab Solution Center.

 

Summary

Users can now add links to external files in their Workspace projects.

 

Minitab Data Center

Calculated Column

User Benefit

Users may now implement a variety of calculation-based data preparation steps.

Users can now leverage common mathematical functions, leveraging similar syntax from Minitab Statistical Software’s Calculator, to produce new columns of data.

 

Summary

Create new columns of data based on custom equations using hundreds of predefined mathematical functions, including common arithmetic, date/time, text, and statistical functions.

 

Minitab Data Center: Calculated Column

Online Repositories

Recent and Favorite Files

User Benefit

Users can now quickly access files that they recently opened or marked as favorites.

 

Summary

In the repository section of the landing page, access the files you need quickly and efficiently by viewing recently accessed files or by marking files as favorites. Both sections display recent and favorite files across your repositories (Microsoft OneDrive® and Google Drive™).

Online Repositories: Recent and Favorite Files

The May 2025 Release of the Minitab Solution Center includes enhancements, important bug fixes, and security updates.

Minitab Data Center: Split and Extract

User Benefit

Use the new Split and Extract data cleanup operations to create new columns of data based on a subset of characters/strings from other Text Columns.

 

Summary

The Split and Extract data preparation steps allow you to subdivide the values within a text column, in order to pull out specific characters, strings, or list items. The Extract function provides more granular methods for parsing values that allows you to create one new column at a time, while the Split function caters to list values that can create up to 10 new columns at a time.

 

Minitab Data Center Split and Extract

Minitab Dashboards: Enhanced Menus, Multiselect, and Zoom

User Benefit

When creating and editing a Dashboard, use the enhanced asset context menus as well as the multiselect capability to quickly build and organize the layout of your dashboard. And the new zoom feature allows you to more easily navigate across larger canvases.

 

Summary

Actions specific to sourcing and editing dashboard assets are now available in the enhanced context menu at the top-right corner of each asset. Multiple assets can be simultaneously selected for purposes of moving, deleting, and reorganizing the dashboard layout. And a native zoom control can be used to help navigate larger dashboards.

 

Minitab Dashboards: Enhanced Menus, Multiselect, and Zoom

Minitab Solution Center Full Update Notes

Release Date: 6 November 2025

 

New Features in Minitab Web App

Enhanced Graph Builder Editing of Reference Line and Percentile Line Labels
You can now modify the number of decimal places that Minitab displays by default for numeric reference line and percentile line labels on graphs produced from the Graph Builder by accessing the Options pane from the graph context menu.

Export Worksheet Data
In the Minitab web app, you can now right-click on a worksheet tab and choose “Export Worksheet” to export worksheet data to a file in your preferred cloud repository or to your Downloads folder when not signed into a repository. You can choose the type of file to export, which includes Minitab Worksheet (.mwx), Excel Spreadsheet (.xlsx), comma-separated values (.csv), or plain text (.txt).

Gage R&R Studies Support VDA 5 Standards
Minitab’s Gage R&R Studies (including Crossed, Nested, and Expanded) now support the German Automotive Industry Association’s VDA 5 Standards, which focus on uncertainty-based approaches to Measurement Systems Analysis and provides guidelines for ensuring the capability and suitability of measuring systems in industrial manufacturing environments, particularly in automotive sectors.

 

Problems Resolved in Minitab Web App

  • The web app opens .txt and .csv files by default. (302962)
  • A global macro that does not include a semicolon performs in an unexpected way. (303480)
  • Nonlinear Regression in a local macro causes unintended behavior. (296239)
  • The dialog for Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit test exhibits unintended behavior. (187706)

 

New Features in Minitab Brainstorm

Multiple users can now actively collaborate in the same Minitab Brainstorm file and see all changes in real time.

 

New Features in Minitab Data Center

Minitab AI Integration for Data Prep
The new Minitab AI feature provides a conversational interface that guides and streamlines data preparation steps as an alternative to navigating column menus. Use the AI prompt to request specific data cleansing operations, then Minitab Al generates the necessary steps, and displays them in the Steps panel.

Data Pipeline Diagram with Data Source and Cleanup Nodes
Use the new data pipeline diagram to easily switch between the Data Source and the Cleanup views of your data set. Use the Data Source view to specify the data set options and the schema. Use the Cleanup view to access Minitab AI and all column cleaning steps

 

New Features in Minitab Dashboards

AI-powered automatic dashboard generation
Users can now leverage artificial intelligence and statistical best practices to analyze structured dataset metadata, automatically identify the most suitable visualizations, and generate a recommended dashboard layout.

Release Date: 8 October 2025

 

New Features in Minitab Statistical Software

  • Minitab AI summaries are now available for the following graphs.
    • Individual Value Plot
    • Interval Plot
    • Stacked Area Graph
    • Time Series Plot

 

Problems Resolved in Minitab Statistical Software

  • Factorial DOE behaves inconsistently in certain situations.
  • The .mwx file name extension displays in the worksheet name tab.
  • Unintended behavior occurs with ERASE command in local macro. (186574)
  • Unintended behavior occurs with an empty constant in local macro. (187178, 186574)

 

Problem Resolved in Minitab Dashboards

  • Adding a value for a reference line strips values beyond three decimals. (302982)

Release Date: 10 September 2025

 

New Features in Minitab Solution Center

SharePoint Integration

From the Minitab Solution Center home page, you can sign in to Microsoft SharePoint® to open files stored on SharePoint sites.

 

Edit Data from Preview Dialog

Minitab Solution Center displays a preview dialog for data that you can load in Minitab Statistical Software or Minitab Dashboards. When you open a CSV or an Excel file that contains a single sheet, you can perform basic cleaning options directly in the preview dialog or choose to open the data in the Minitab Data Center for more advanced data cleanup.

 

New Features in Minitab Statistical Software

Response Optimization

After you create a predictive model for a single response using TreeNet®, Random Forests®, or MARS®, you can now choose Response Optimizer from the toolbar positioned at the top of the model results. You can also create an interactive Optimization Plot to determine the optimal settings for predictor variables that will lead to a desired outcome or response value.

 

Interactive Variability Chart

An interactive Variability Chart is now included in the Graph Builder to visualize sources of variation and identify patterns between factors and a response.

 

Edit Graph Label Precision

You can now edit the decimal precision of axis and data labels in the options pane for graphs in Graph Builder. In addition to better default identification of decimal precision, you can manually override and set the desired precision.

 

Type 1 Gage Study – VDA5 Support

Type 1 Gage Study now provides support for uncertainty calculations outlined in the VDA 5 standards.

 

Stability Study for Mixed Models

The Stability Study dialog now features a Batch input box on the main dialog so users can more easily specify a mixed model.

 

Problem Resolved in Minitab Statistical Software

Screening DOE dialog limited available terms. (300567)

 

New Features in Minitab Data Center

Data Center File (.MDCX)

The Minitab Data Center now offers a new file type which allows you to save not only the configured steps, but also the connection information to the source file.

 

Additional Column Types for Numeric Columns

You have the option to categorize numeric column into five different types:

  • Automatic (Numeric)
  • Integer
  • Decimal number
  • Currency
  • Percentage

In addition, you can retain the full precision values after formatting for all types except for automatic.

 

Drag/Drop in the Reorder Columns Dialog

You can now reorder columns via drag and drop in the Reorder Columns dialog.

 

String Starting and Ending Filters for Text Columns

You can subset values that either start with or end with a specific character/string.

 

New Features in Minitab Dashboards

Table Asset

You can add a table of the source data as an asset on a dashboard alongside other analytics and visualizations. After you insert a table, you can perform the following:

  • Select specific columns to display
  • Add a row counter as the initial column
  • Wrap text columns
  • Sort in ascending or descending order by a specific column
  • Manually resize column widths

Release Date: 16 July 2025

 

New Features in Minitab Solution Center

You can now quickly access files that were recently opened or marked as favorites. In the repository section of the landing page, access the files you need quickly and efficiently by viewing recently accessed files or by marking files as favorites. Both sections display recent and favorite files across your repositories (Microsoft OneDrive® and Google Drive™).

 

New Features in Minitab Web App

Variability Chart Enhancements

For Variability Chart in Quality Tools, you can now enter one or more categorical By variables to create a separate Variability Chart for each category level for comparison. You can also request a log-10 transformation to the Y-scale of the Means chart when you graph the variability of response data across different factors that are highly skewed or affected by severe outliers.

 

Transportation Add-on Module

The Transportation Module helps transportation professionals quickly get started with data analysis to do everything from reducing transit time to analyzing key performance indicators related to operational efficiency, asset utilization, safety, environmental performance, financial performance and customer service.

 

Retal Add-on Module

The Retail Module helps retail professionals quickly get started with data analysis to do everything from increasing sales to analyzing key performance indicators related to customer experience, inventory management, operational efficiency, financial performance, store operations and sales.

 

Problems Resolved in Minitab Web App

Subset Worksheet does not work as intended when the data set includes a large number of date/time values. (TT187158)

Unintended behavior occurs with certain date/time formats. (292654)

 

New Features in Minitab Data Center

Reorder Columns

Quickly organize the order of one or more data columns within the Data Grid. The reordering of columns allows you to arrange columns according to your needs and preferences.

 

Data Summary Panel Visualizations

The Data Summary Panel now provides larger interactive data visualizations that summarize each column of data. Using histograms, you can easily exclude numeric values that are greater than/less than target values or exclude date values that are before/after target dates. Using bar charts, you can directly filter or replace specific data values.

 

Calculated Column

Create new columns of data based on custom equations using hundreds of predefined mathematical functions.

 

New Features in Minitab Workspace Web App

Add linked files to your project

You can now quickly access external files directly from Workspace projects by adding linked files. Add links to a variety of files, including documents, presentations, spreadsheets, images, and any file created in the Minitab Solution Center.

 

Adjust column widths in forms tables

You can quickly and easily adjust column widths of tables on forms to make room for longer text values as needed.

 

New Features in Minitab Dashboards

Copy & Remap Assets

In Edit mode, you can copy and paste dashboard assets and remap existing assets to a different data source.

Release Date: 18 June 2025

 

New Feature in Minitab Data Center

Use the Quick Prep menu to prepare data more quickly. This menu provides convenient access to common filtering options for individual values based on column type.

 

Problem Resolved in Minitab Data Center

The following issue was resolved in Minitab Solution Center June 2025.

  • The "Extract at Index" label extends to two separate lines in German. (287738)

 

Problem Resolved in Minitab Dashboards

The following issue was resolved in Minitab Solution Center June 2025.

  • The related dashboard asset is cleared out and needs to be rebuilt when you rename a column in Data Center. (287698)

Release Date: 21 May 2025

 

New Features in Minitab Web App

Wafer Plot
Wafer plot is a new visualization tool added to Graph Builder that provides the ability to pinpoint the locations of defective integrated circuits or chips across the wafer. Wafer plot is a specialized heatmap used in semiconductor manufacturing to identify potential root causes of manufacturing issues and facilitates the application of statistical process control methods to monitor and improve manufacturing processes. 

Boxplot Y-scale Log Transformation
The Graph Builder now includes the option to apply a log transformation to the Y-scale on a Boxplot so you can visualize the distribution of continuous data that is highly skewed or affected by severe outliers.

Quick Designs
Quick Designs is a simple, guided dialog in the DOE menu to help get you started in choosing a design that is right for your problem. It encompasses most used design settings for: Definitive Screening, Factorial, General Full Factorial, Response Surface, Mixtures, and Taguchi designs. 

Command Line and History
The Command Line and History pane is now integrated into the Minitab Statistical Software web application. You can use this tool to quickly repeat an analysis on a new set of data or construct a macro to automate a series of analyses. 

 

Problems Resolved in Minitab Web App

  • Unintended behavior occurs in graphical summaries and small data. (187463)
  • The deletion of report annotation does not work as expected. (187497)
  • Incorrect error handling occurs in Attribute Agreement Analysis with numbers as column names. (187263)
  • ANOVA model controls do not handle certain characters. (183904)

 

New Features in Minitab Data Center

Split a text column
You can split columns that contain values separated by a delimiter into new columns. For example, you can split a column where each cell contains three values separated by a comma into three new columns. 

Extract text values from a column
You can extract a specific number of characters or use an index to create a new column or overwrite the current column. 

Standardize column lengths
You can specify whether to standardize the number of rows across all columns or allow unequal column lengths for a data set.

Refresh data from source
When the original source data file has updates, you can pull in the latest changes to your file in the Data Center.

 

New Features in Minitab Workspace Web App

Two new templates
Two new templates are available with this release of Workspace in the Minitab Solution Center. Now, you can identify and catalog the sources of variation in a system with the P-Diagram and stay organized with the Checklist. 

Improved printing
You can print entire maps and brainstorming tools by selecting Print on the application view bar or by right-clicking the tool in the Navigator and choosing Print. From your browser’s print view, you can print the tool or export it to PDF by using Print to PDF or
Save as PDF. You can also adjust print settings such as layout, scale, and quality. 

 

New Features in Minitab Dashboards

Pan/Zoom
Instead of using browser zoom, you can adjust the zoom level of the canvas area with a native zoom control. You can also pan vertically and horizontally without relying on the canvas scrollbars.

Allow interactions and paging in Edit Mode
You can fully interact with graph elements in both Present and Edit mode. You can view graph tooltips, zoom and pan on graph data regions, use the graph scale navigator/slider for time series and control charts, interact with graph legend items, and more.

In addition to using the Navigator to switch pages in Edit mode, you can also select different pages of the dashboard using the same page control displayed in Present mode.

Multi-select assets and slicers
In Edit mode, you can multi-select assets and slicers to drag, move, or delete them.

Simplified edit behavior
The Asset menu has improved functionality. In Edit mode, you can right-click to access the Asset menu.

Slicer interactivity
You can interact with slicers in Edit mode. The changes apply to all active assets. 

 

Problems Resolved in Online Repositories

  • You are not notified when Autosave fails due to lack of space in Cloud Storage Account (Microsoft OneDrive® and Google Drive™).
  • Only the first 200 files are displayed in OneDrive.
  • When you share a Minitab proprietary file through email, OneDrive unsuccessfully attempts to show the user a preview of the file and selecting the Open button does not successfully open the file.