56545 - Refreshing a forecast plan a third time causes the forecast to fail and the message "ERROR in forecasting" to occur in SAS® Forecast Analyst Workbench

Problem Note 56545: Refreshing a forecast plan a third time causes the forecast to fail and the message "ERROR in forecasting" to occur in SAS® Forecast Analyst Workbench

In SAS Forecast Analyst Workbench 5.2, if you refresh a plan three times, the plan status changes to "ERROR: in forecasting," and the following error occurs in the log:

ERROR: in forecasting 
MLOGIC(DDCF_OPT_HIER_DATA_SPLIT):  %DO loop index variable I is now 1; loop will
not iterate again.
ERROR: The text expression &OUTPUT_DATA_PREV. contains a recursive reference to
the macro variable OUTPUT_DATA_PREV.  The macro variable will be assigned the
null value.

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Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
Product Family	Product	System	Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Forecast Analyst Workbench	Microsoft® Windows® for x64	5.2
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit	5.2
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64	5.2
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit	5.2
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64	5.2
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit	5.2
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64	5.2
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro	5.2
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit	5.2
		Microsoft Windows 95/98	5.2
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	5.2
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	5.2
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	5.2
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	5.2
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	5.2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	5.2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	5.2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	5.2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64	5.2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	5.2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2	5.2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	5.2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter	5.2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter	5.2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std	5.2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std	5.2
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	5.2
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	5.2
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	5.2
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	5.2
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	5.2
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	5.2
		Windows 7 Professional x64	5.2
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	5.2
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	5.2
		Windows Millennium Edition (Me)	5.2
		Windows Vista	5.2
		Windows Vista for x64	5.2
		64-bit Enabled AIX	5.2
		Linux for x64	5.2

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2015-09-23 11:00:25
Date Created:	2015-09-03 15:26:39

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Problem Note 56545: Refreshing a forecast plan a third time causes the forecast to fail and the message "ERROR in forecasting" to occur in SAS® Forecast Analyst Workbench

Operating System and Release Information