Problem Note 59827: The QUANTREG procedure issues "ERROR: Failure loading the optimization extension"
You must have either SAS/IML® or SAS/OR® software installed in order to use the efficient interior point algorithm in PROC QUANTREG. When the ALGORITHM=IPM option is specified in the procedure statement and neither of these additional software products is installed, the procedure issues:
ERROR: Failure loading the optimization extension
There is no circumvention for this problem.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS/STAT | z/OS | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| z/OS 64-bit | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 14.1 | | 9.4 TS1M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 14.1 | | 9.4 TS1M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 14.1 | | 9.4 TS1M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| HP-UX IPF | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Linux for x64 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Solaris for x64 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
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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.
PROC QUANTREG might issue "ERROR: Failure loading the optimization extension" when the ALGORITHM=IPM option is specified.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Topic: | Analytics ==> Regression
SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> QUANTREG
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| Date Modified: | 2017-03-02 10:35:33 |
| Date Created: | 2017-01-30 13:30:00 |
