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Problem Note 56176: PROC MCMC exits abnormally when a multivariate distribution is specified and a predictor variable has missing values
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The MCMC procedure might terminate abnormally when a multivariate distribution is specified in the MODEL statement and there are missing values in any of the predictor variables. The following messages are issued in the log:
ERROR: An exception has been encountered. Please contact technical support and provide them with the following traceback information: The SAS task name is [MCMC] ERROR: Read Access Violation MCMC
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/STAT | z/OS | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Z64 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||