Create a Project

Note: SAS Model Manager does not support tables or models whose data sets contain special characters and that were created when the system option VALIDMEMNAME=EXTEND was set. SAS Model Manager can use tables whose variables contain special characters only when the SAS Model Manager administrator has enabled the use of the VALIDVARNAME= system option in SAS Management Console. For more information, see the SAS Model Manager Administrator’s Guide.
To create a project:
  1. Right-click the organizational folder in the Project Tree and select Newthen selectProject. The New Project wizard appears.
    New Project Wizard Step 1
  2. Enter a name and a description for the project that you are creating. The name can contain letters, spaces, the underscore ( _ ), the hyphen ( - ), and the period ( . ). The Name field is required.
  3. Click the Model Function box and select the function type for the model. Click Next.
  4. Specify the project input and output variables for the project.
    • Click Import Variables to import input variables or output variables from a data set that is located in the SAS Metadata Repository.
    • Click Copy Variables to copy variables from another project.
    • Click Add to manually enter a new variable.
    New Project Wizard Step 2
    Note: You can also edit or delete existing input variables and output variables.
  5. Click Finish. SAS Model Manager creates a new project folder in the Project Tree.
Here is an example of a project in the Project Tree:
A Project Folder in the Project Tree
When SAS Model Manager creates a project folder, it creates a Model Retrain node and a Performance Monitor node. It uses the project input and output variable tables to create the two XML files.
  • You use the Model Retrain node to retrain a champion model after it has been in production for a while.
  • You use the Performance Monitor node to execute the SAS programs that create performance monitoring reports.
  • The input and output XML files are used as project input and output metadata. The input and output XML files are published or exported as part of the model if the model is published or exported from the project folder.