When you set a model as the champion model for a project in SAS Model Manager, the model fails. When this failure occurs, a message similar to the following is displayed: 

In this message, xxxxx specifies a user-defined property for the project.

To work around this issue, you need to remove the user-defined properties for the project.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note for a link to instructions about accessing and applying the software update.

Operating System and Release Information

Viya on Windows: An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.5. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.5 for Windows Deployment Guide at

Viya on Linux: An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.5. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.5 for Linux Deployment Guide at