Problem Note 44465: ERROR: Ambiguous reference, column parent_geo_hier_sk is in more than one table.
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When running forecasting (di_odf_sales_forecast) in SAS® Regular Price Optimization or SAS® Promotion Optimization, you might encounter the following error in the di_util_gp_filter_bottom_up macro:
ERROR: Ambiguous reference, column parent_geo_hier_sk is in more than one table.
ERROR: Ambiguous reference, column parent_prod_hier_sk is in more than one
table.
ERROR: Ambiguous reference, column parent_geo_hier_sk is in more than one table.
ERROR: Ambiguous reference, column parent_prod_hier_sk is in more than one
table.
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
This error is encountered when the global settings PROMO_PROD_LVL and PROMO_GEO_LVL are not set at the lowest hierarchy level.
There is no workaround for this issue.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Promotion Optimization | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| SAS System | SAS Regular Price Optimization | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 4.2_M1 | 4.2_M2 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS Merchandise Intelligence 4.2_M2 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/D81.html#44465| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2011-10-06 17:40:46 |
| Date Created: | 2011-09-29 08:50:27 |