PROC ESM: Functional Summary :: SAS/ETS(R) 9.2 User's Guide

The ESM Procedure

The statements and options that control the ESM procedure are summarized in the following table.

Table 13.1 Syntax Summary
Description	Statement	Option
Statements
specify data sets and options	PROC ESM
specify BY-group processing	BY
specify variables to forecast	FORECAST
specify the time ID variable	ID
Data Set Options
specify the input data set	PROC ESM	DATA=
specify to output forecasts only	PROC ESM	NOOUTALL
specify the output data set	PROC ESM	OUT=
specify parameter output data set	PROC ESM	OUTEST=
specify forecast output data set	PROC ESM	OUTFOR=
specify the forecast procedure information output data set	PROC ESM	OUTPROCINFO=
specify statistics output data set	PROC ESM	OUTSTAT=
specify summary output data set	PROC ESM	OUTSUM=
replace actual values held back	FORECAST	REPLACEBACK
replace missing values	FORECAST	REPLACEMISSING
use forecast value to append	FORECAST	USE=
Accumulation and Seasonality Options
specify accumulation frequency	ID	INTERVAL=
specify length of seasonal cycle	PROC ESM	SEASONALITY=
specify interval alignment	ID	ALIGN=
specify that time ID variable values are not sorted	ID	NOTSORTED
specify starting time ID value	ID	START=
specify ending time ID value	ID	END=
specify accumulation statistic	ID, FORECAST	ACCUMULATE=
specify missing value interpretation	ID, FORECAST	SETMISSING=
specify zero value interpretation	ID, FORECAST	ZEROMISS=
Forecasting Horizon, Holdback Options
specify data to hold back	PROC ESM	BACK=
specify forecast horizon or lead	PROC ESM	LEAD=
specify horizon to start summation	PROC ESM	STARTSUM=
Forecasting Model Options
specify confidence limit width	FORECAST	ALPHA=
specify forecast model	FORECAST	MODEL=
specify median forecats	FORECAST	MEDIAN
specify backcast initialization	FORECAST	NBACKCAST=
specify model transformation	FORECAST	TRANSFORM=
Printing and Plotting Control Options
specify time ID format	ID	FORMAT=
specify graphical output	PROC ESM	PLOT=
specify printed output	PROC ESM	PRINT=
specify detailed printed output	PROC ESM	PRINTDETAILS
Miscellaneous Options
specify that analysis variables are processed in sorted order	PROC ESM	SORTNAMES
limit error and warning messages	PROC ESM	MAXERROR=

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