Problem Note 67020: The SHEWHART procedure stops processing and issues errors for certain data sets when more than two TESTS= are specified
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PROC SHEWHART might stop processing if you specify more than two tests for special causes in the chart statement TESTS= option. Error messages such as the following are issued in the log:
ERROR: An exception has been encountered.
Please contact technical support and provide them with the following traceback
information:
Please contact technical support and provide them with the following traceback
information:
The SAS task name is [SHEWHART
ERROR: Write Access Violation SHEWHART
ERROR: Write Access Violation SHEWHART
To circumvent the problem, disable ODS Graphics by specifying this statement:
ods graphics off;
To reinstate the default, specify this statement:
ods graphics;
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/QC | z/OS | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 9.4 TS1M2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS/QC 15.1 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/J6Y.html#67020
For certain data sets, if you specify more than two tests for special causes in the chart statement TESTS= option, PROC SHEWHART issues errors.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | Analytics ==> Statistical Process Control SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> SHEWHART |
| Date Modified: | 2021-01-08 10:35:40 |
| Date Created: | 2020-12-02 09:41:36 |