When you run Forecasting Results Assessment scenario analysis in the Analysis Manager of the SAS^® Merchandise Solutions Configuration Workbench, Forecast Evaluation with Statistics of Fit output might not be generated. When this issue occurs, the following error is generated in the di_mc_ma-run_agg_forecast.log file:

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a format name.  
ERROR: Invalid interval name "NAME".
 
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: PROCEDURE HPFENGINE used (Total process time):
      real time           0.00 seconds
      user cpu time       0.00 seconds
      system cpu time     0.00 seconds

This issue occurs when the DATE_DM table does not contain consistent time period intervals. For example, if your defined weeks do not each have the same number of days, the Forecast Evaluation with Statistics of Fit output is not generated.

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Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for SAS Revenue Optimization 5.2_M4 is available at: