Champion and Challenger Performance Reports

About the Champion and Challenger Performance Report

After you execute a performance definition for the champion model, you can execute a performance definition for the challenger model using the same performance data sets. SAS Decision Manager updates the output data sets with the performance data for the challenger model. You can create a Champion and Challenger Performance report that compares the performance of the two models.
The Champion and Challenger Performance report contains these charts:
Number of Predictors Exceeding Deviation Threshold
This characteristic report creates a chart for each index that exceeds a deviation threshold (either 0.1 or 0.25) as indicated in the define performance definition. The characteristic report detects shifts in the distribution of input variables over time.
Lift Trend Chart
A Lift Trend chart displays the cumulative lift of the champion model over time.
Gini - Trend
When the Gini - ROC Chart is created, the Gini index for each ROC curve is also created. The Gini coefficient represents the area under the ROC curve and is a benchmark statistic that can be used to summarize the predictive accuracy of a model. The Gini - Trend Chart plots a model's Gini index scores over time, and these are used to monitor model degradation over time.
Gini - ROC Chart
Sensitivity is the proportion of true positive events, and specificity is the proportion of true negative events. The Gini - ROC Chart plots Sensitivity on the Y axis and 1 - Specificity on the X axis.
KS Trend Chart
When you create a Kolmogorov-Smirnov report, the KS statistic and the corresponding probability cutoff are computed for each Kolmogorov-Smirnov table. The KS Trend Chart uses a summary data set that plots the KS Statistic and the probability cutoff values over time. The KS Trend Chart is used to monitor model degradation over time.
KS Chart
The KS Chart uses the Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic to measure the maximum vertical separation, or deviation between the cumulative distributions of events and non-events.
Score Histogram
The Score Histogram compares the scoring result distribution at different time periods using a histogram.
Score Distribution Line Plot
The Score Distribution Line Plot compares the scoring result distribution at different time periods using a line plot.
Before you create a Champion and Challenger Performance report, verify the performance data and model status.

Verify Performance Data and Model Status

Before you can create a Champion and Challenger Performance report:
  1. Select the Models page and verify that a champion model has been set. The champion model is designated as Champion in the Role column. If a champion has not been set, select a model from the list, and click Set champion to set the model as the project champion model.
  2. Ensure that a challenger model is flagged. The challenger model is designated as Challenger in the Role column. If it is not, select a model from the list, and click flag challenger to flag a model as a challenger to the project champion model.
  3. Verify that performance monitoring data is available for the champion model and the challenger model. Performance monitoring results must exist for the same performance data using the same time periods and data labels. Navigate to Performance then selectResults then selectData Sets and select the file jobstatus.sas7bdat. The Content tab displays performance monitoring status data.
    1. Verify that the UUIDs for the champion and challenger models are in the Model UUID column.
    2. Using the name column and the time column, verify that matching date labels exist for the champion and challenger models for each type of report. If there are multiple date labels for a model for any given report, SAS Decision Manager uses the most recent job.

Create a Champion and Challenger Performance Report

To create a champion and challenger performance report:
  1. Click New report and select Champion and Challenger Performance. The New Report window appears.
    Champion and Challenger Performance Report
  2. Enter a name and description if you do not want to use the default values.
  3. Select an output type. The default is PDF.
  4. Select a style for the report. When the SAS default option is selected, the default style and themes are used in generating the report. For example, the SAS default style for the HTML output type is HTMLBLUE.
  5. Click Run. The report is generated and appears in the default viewer for the selected output type.

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Last updated: February 22, 2017