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Problem Note 48094: A "Forecast failed" error occurs when using the Excel Forecast wizard in SAS® Add-In for Microsoft Office in SAS® Financial Management
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The Excel Forecast wizard for SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office in SAS Financial Management enables you to generate forecast data for a data-entry table based on its historical data. However, when using this functionality in an environment using a multi-byte character set, the forecast might fail and the following error will be displayed:
Forecast failed
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Financial Management | Linux for x64 | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows Vista | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 5.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||