After a project is created,
you create a version folder to import your models, score your models,
run reports, and monitor the life cycle of these models. A version
is often the time-phased container for your SAS Model Manager projects.
The time interval for a project cycle is specified when you create
the version, and it might represent a calendar year, a retail season,
or a fiscal quarter. A SAS Model Manager project can contain multiple
versions. A version contains all of the candidate model resources
that you need to determine a champion model as well as all champion
model resources. For example, you might develop models for a scoring
program that determines whether a customer is eligible for a home
equity loan. The version folder could be named 2012. The version contains
all of the models, scoring tasks, and reports that are used to determine
the champion model. After you select the champion model, the subsequent
tasks in a milestone are based on the champion model.
To import a model, you
must have at least one version in the project.