The PROC PLAN statement invokes the PLAN procedure. Optionally, you can also specify a random number seed or a default method for selecting levels of factors. By default, the procedure uses a random number seed generated from reading the time of day from the computer’s clock and randomly selects levels of factors. These defaults can be modified with the SEED= and ORDERED options, respectively. Unlike many SAS/STAT procedures, the PLAN procedure does not have a DATA= option in the PROC PLAN statement; in this procedure, both the input and output data sets are specified in the OUTPUT statement.
Table 74.1 summarizes the options available in the PROC PLAN statement.
You can specify the following options in the PROC PLAN statement: