Window Reference

opens a dialog which lets you create a new project, assign it a name and description, and make it the active project.

opens a dialog that lets you select and load a previously saved project.

closes the Manage Forecasting Project window and returns to the main window.

saves the current state of the system (including all the models fit to a series) to the current project catalog entry.

saves the current state of the system with a prompt for the name of the catalog entry in which to store the information.

saves the current project file information in a SAS data set. The contents of the data set are the same as the information displayed in the series list table.

deletes the current project file.

is available if you license SAS/Access software. It opens an Import Wizard, which you can use to import your data from an external spreadsheet or data base to a SAS data set for use in the Time Series Forecasting System.

is available if you license SAS/Access software. It opens an Export Wizard, which you can use to export a SAS data set, such as a forecast data set created with the Time Series Forecasting System, to an external spreadsheet or data base.

prints the current project file information.

opens the Print Setup window, which allows you to access your operating system print setup.

deletes all models for the selected (highlighted) row of the table and removes the series from the project.

resets the system, deleting all series and models from the project.

restores the Manage Forecasting Project window to its initial state.

opens a Viewtable window to display the input data set for the selected (highlighted) series.

opens the Time Series Viewer window to display plots of the selected (highlighted) series.

opens the Model Viewer window to show the current forecasting model for the selected series.

opens the Model Viewer to display plots of the forecasts produced by the forecasting model for the selected (highlighted) series.

opens the Series Diagnostics window to perform the automatic series diagnostic process to determine the kinds of forecasting models appropriate for the selected (highlighted) series.

opens the Model List window for the selected (highlighted) series, which displays a list of all the models that you fit for the series. This action is the same as double-clicking the mouse on the table row.

opens the Time Series Simulation window. This window enables you to simulate ARIMA time series processes and is useful for educational exercises or testing the system.

opens the Time Ranges Specification window to enable you to change the fit and evaluation time ranges and the forecast horizon.

opens the Default Time Ranges window to enable you to control how the system sets the time ranges for series when you do not explicitly set time ranges with the Time Ranges Specification window. Settings made by using this window do not affect series you are already working with; they take effect when you select a new series.

opens the Model Selection List editor window. Use this to edit the set of forecasting models considered by the automatic model selection process and displayed by the Models to Fit window.

opens the Statistics of Fit Selection window, which controls which of the available statistics will be displayed.

opens the Forecast Options window, which enables you to control the widths of forecast confidence limits and control the kind of predicted values computed for models that include series transformations.

enables you to set long or short column labels. Long labels are used by default.

controls whether intervention effects defined for the current series are automatically added as predictors to the models considered by the automatic selection process and displayed by the Model Selection List editor window. When the Include Interventions option is selected, the series interventions are also automatically added to the predictors list when you specify a model in the ARIMA and Custom Models Specification windows.

prints to the SAS log information about the models fit by the system. A check mark or filled check box next to this item indicates that the audit option is turned on.

controls whether SAS statements submitted by the forecasting system are printed in the SAS log. When the Show Source Statements option is selected, the system sets the SAS system option SOURCE before submitting SAS statements; otherwise, the system uses the NOSOURCE option. Note that only some of the functions performed by the forecasting system are accomplished by submitting SAS statements. A check mark or filled check box next to this item indicates that the option is turned on.