Controls and Fields

Project

the name of the SAS catalog entry in which the results of the model search process are stored.

Input Data Set

is the name of the current input data set. You can type in a one-level or two-level data set name here.

Browse button

opens the Data Set Selection window for selecting an input data set.

Time ID

is the name of the ID variable for the input data set. You can type in the variable name here or use the Select or Create button.

time ID Select button

opens the Time ID Variable Specification window.

time ID Create button

opens a menu of choices of methods for creating a time ID variable for the input data set. Use this feature if the input data set does not already contain a valid time ID variable.

Interval

is the time interval between observations (data frequency) in the current input data set. You can type in an interval name or select one by using the combo box pop-up menu.

Series to Process

indicates the number and names of time series variables for which forecasting model selection will be applied.

Series to Process Select button

opens the Series to Process window to let you select the series for which you want to fit models.

Selection Criterion

shows the goodness-of-fit statistic that will be used to determine the best fitting model for each series.

Selection Criterion Select button

opens the Model Selection Criterion window to enable you to select the goodness-of-fit statistic that will be used to determine the best fitting model for each series.

Run button

begins the automatic model fitting process.

Models Fit button

opens the Automatic Model Fitting Results window to display the models fit during the current invocation of the Automatic Model Fitting window. The results appear automatically when model fitting is complete, but this button enables you to redisplay the results window.

Close button

Closes the Automatic Model Fitting window.