Problem Note 37938: The DATETIME variable becomes corrupted when reopening a project
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When a project is created with hourly data using a SAS® DATETIME ID variable, then the initial creation of the project works as expected and forecasts are properly generated.
However, if the project is closed and then reopened, the DATETIME ID values become corrupted and the project returns the following error in the log:
Although the above error occurs in the PROC HPFENGINE step, HPF macro variables were corrupted earlier in the code when the values of the macro variables were assigned.
For example, when creating a project, the following HPF macro variables were assigned in the code:
After you close the project, and reopen the project using File ► Projects, the graphics do not display. Furthermore, clicking on the exclamation point at the bottom of the screen opens the SAS log and you will see the aforementioned error:
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Forecast Server | Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Windows Vista | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Linux | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9.2 TS2M2 | 9.2 TS2M2 | ||