Organize the Model Hierarchy

In this exercise, you use the Project Tree to create a modeling project.

Create a Folder

To provide an organizational folder to manage your modeling projects, follow these steps:
  1. Click the Projects perspective button Projects perspective button..
  2. Right-click the MMRoot node in the Project Tree and select Newthen selectNew Folder. The New Folder dialog box appears.
  3. Specify the following folder properties and click OK.
    Name
    enter Tutorial6.
    Description
    enter an optional folder description.

Create a New Project

To create a project and define the model function, follow these steps:
  1. Right-click Tutorial6 and select then selectNewthen selectNew Project. The New Project dialog box appears.
  2. Specify the following project properties and click Next:
    Name
    enter HmeqVars.
    Description
    enter an optional description.
    Model Function
    select classification.
  3. Under the Project Input Variables table, click Import Variables and navigate to the Tutorial6 folder in the SAS Metadata Repository. Select HMEQ_PROJECT_INPUT and click OK.
  4. Under the Project Output Variables table, click Import Variables and navigate to the Tutorial6 folder in the SAS Metadata Repository. Select HMEQ_PROJECT_OUTPUT and click OK.
  5. Click Finish.

Define the Project Properties

To define the properties that SAS Model Manager uses to create reports and model scores, follow these steps:
  1. Select the HmeqVars project in the Tutorial6 folder and expand Specific Properties in the right pane.
  2. Specify the default data tables and model variables for the project:
    Default Test Table
    select HMEQ_TEST.
    Default Scoring Task Input Table
    select HMEQ_SCORE_INPUT.
    Default Scoring Task Output Table
    select HMEQ_SCORE_OUTPUT.
    Default Train Table
    select HMEQ_TRAIN.
    Training Target Variable
    enter bad.
    Training Event Value
    enter 1.
    Class Target Level
    select Binary.
    Output Event Probability Variable
    select score.
Define Project Properties for Tutorial 6

Create a Version

Create the version for the project. The version folder contains life cycle information, auxiliary version documents, candidate model files, model comparison reports, resource files, scoring tasks, and model performance reports.
  1. Right-click the HmeqVars project and select Newthen selectNew Version. The New Version dialog box appears.
  2. Specify the following version properties and click OK.
    Name
    enter 2011.
    Life Cycle Template
    select the user-defined template Tutorial Life Cycle that you created in the first tutorial. For more information, see Create a Life Cycle Template. If Tutorial Life Cycle is not a selection in the list, select any life cycle template.
  3. Examine the HmeqVars project to verify that it contains one version, 2011.
    Expanded 2011 version folder for HmeqVarsproject