16790 - PROC BOXPLOT abends with ANNO= option and only a single box

Problem Note 16790: PROC BOXPLOT abends with ANNO= option and only a single box

PROC BOXPLOT terminates with:

ERROR: Floating Point Zero Divide.
ERROR: Termination due to Floating Point Exception

when an annotate data set is specified with the ANNO= option and there is only a single group or box.

To circumvent this problem, the annotation must be omitted from plots with a single group.

Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
Product Family	Product	System	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS/STAT	Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9 TS M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		Solaris	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		OpenVMS Alpha	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		HP-UX	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		Linux on Itanium	9.1 TS1M3
		z/OS	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		Linux	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		Tru64 UNIX	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0
		AIX	9 TS M0	9.2 TS1M0

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium
Topic:	Analytics ==> Descriptive Statistics SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> BOXPLOT

Date Modified:	2006-05-22 08:36:32
Date Created:	2006-01-05 16:01:21