The HPBIN Procedure
The HPBIN procedure has the following features:
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provides a bucket (equal-length) binning method
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provides a Winsorized binning method and Winsorized statistics
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provides a pseudo–quantile binning method, which is similar to quantile binning
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provides a mapping table for the selected binning method
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provides a basic statistical table that contains the minimum, maximum, mean, median, and so on
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computes the quantiles of the binning variables
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calculates the weight of evidence (WOE) and information value (IV) based on binning results
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reads input data in parallel and writes output data in parallel when the data source is in a database on the appliance
Because the HPBIN procedure is a high-performance analytical procedure, it also does the following:
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enables you to run in distributed mode on a cluster of machines that distribute the data and the computations
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enables you to run in single-machine mode on the server where SAS is installed
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exploits all the available cores and concurrent threads, regardless of execution mode
For more information, see the section Processing Modes in Chapter 3: Shared Concepts and Topics.