Saving the Cause and Effect Diagram as a journal is a good choice for impromptu work. You can manually build the diagram, save it as a journal, and then reopen the journal later and continue building and editing the diagram. However, since the journal is not connected to the data table, any customization of the diagram exists only in the journal.
To save the diagram as a journal, perform the following steps:
1. Highlight the entire diagram in the Cause and Effect Diagram report.
2. Right-click and select Edit > Journal.
3. Save the new journal.