Problem Note 66984: The MDC procedure issues an error message if TYPE=HEV or TYPE=MPROBIT and an ID statement is not specified
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PROC MDC fails to produce model estimates and issues an incorrect error message if the TYPE=HEV or TYPE=MPROBIT option is specified in the MODEL statement and the ID statement is omitted.
Below are examples of the incorrect error messages:
ERROR: The CHOICE= variable contains redundant alternatives.
ERROR: The value of choice variable is not included in the choice set.
ERROR: The value of choice variable is not included in the choice set.
To avoid this problem, specify an ID statement.
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 | Solaris for x64 | 9.2 | 2020.1.1 | 9.2 TS1M0 | Viya |
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 | 2020.1.1 | 9.2 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 | 2020.1.1 | 9.2 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Linux | 9.2 | 2020.1.1 | 9.2 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 | 2020.1.1 | 9.2 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 | 2020.1.1 | 9.2 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 | 2020.1.1 | 9.2 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 | 2020.1.1 | 9.2 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.2 | 2020.1.1 | 9.2 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 | 2020.1.1 | 9.2 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||||
| z/OS | 9.2 | 2020.1.1 | 9.2 TS1M0 | Viya | ||
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
http://documentation.sas.com/?softwareId=administration&softwareVersion=3.5&softwareContextId=softwareUpdatesA fix for this issue for SAS/ETS 15.2 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/J4K.html#66984
When the ID statement is omitted and the TYPE=HEV or TYPE=MPROBIT option is specified in the MODEL statement in PROC MDC, an incorrect error message is issued in the log.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Topic: | Analytics ==> Econometrics SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> MDC |
| Date Modified: | 2022-06-15 12:53:45 |
| Date Created: | 2020-11-20 08:26:02 |