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If the METHOD=WINTERS or METHOD=ADDWINTERS option is specified, and the SEASONS= option is incorrectly specified based on the INTERVAL= frequency, the FORECAST procedure issues an error message such as the following:
When running in SAS Studio, the procedure might instead result in the error below:
The issue occurs under either of the following conditions when the METHOD=WINTERS or METHOD=ADDWINTERS option is specified:
In the first specification above, month-of-year seasonality is requested for annual data, which cannot be computed because there is no information about the month-to-month variation in the annual data. In the second specification above, month-of-year seasonality is requested when the input data is quarterly. It also cannot be computed for the same reason.
To circumvent the problem, only specify a seasonal model if the input data has a frequency that supports a seasonal model. If the data has a frequency that is higher than annual and therefore supports a seasonal model, then specify a frequency in the SEASONS= option that is the same or lower than the frequency of the input data.
The FORECAST procedure is obsolete. Please consider using the ESM procedure to fit exponential smoothing models.
Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
SAS System | SAS/ETS | z/OS | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 |
z/OS 64-bit | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Microsoft Windows 10 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Windows 7 Professional x64 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
64-bit Enabled AIX | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
64-bit Enabled Solaris | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
HP-UX IPF | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Linux for x64 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
Solaris for x64 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 |