Problem Note 65694: SAS® might terminate or return a "sas.exe has stopped working" error when running PROC X12 or PROC X13 with the X11 statement option FORCE=ROUND
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PROC X12 or PROC X13 might cause SAS to terminate or to stop processing with the following error:
Termination or this error or both have been observed under the following conditions:
- the time series variable is monthly and begins in December of the first year of data, and
- the FORCE=ROUND option is specified in the X11 statement
If the time series variable is quarterly and begins in the 4th quarter of the first year of data, then PROC X12 or PROC X13 does not terminate or return the above error. However, the results in Tables D11R and E6R produced by the X11 statement are incorrect.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ETS | z/OS | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| z/OS 64-bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
A fix for this issue for SAS/ETS 15.1 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/E4E.html#65694
SAS might terminate or return a "sas.exe has stopped working" error when running the X12 procedure or X13 procedure. This occurs if the FORCE=ROUND option is specified in the X11 statement and the monthly time series variable starts in December of the first year of data.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Topic: | Analytics ==> Econometrics Analytics ==> Forecasting Analytics ==> Time Series Analysis SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> X12 SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> X13 |
| Date Modified: | 2020-03-18 08:35:15 |
| Date Created: | 2020-03-13 15:29:50 |