When you score new data with a model that is an Analytic Store (Astore), the process might appear to run indefinitely. For example, you encounter this issue in the following scenarios:

• You use a Score Data node in a pipeline that never completes using SAS^® Model Studio.
• You run PROC ASTORE that appears to stop responding in SAS^® Studio.

A likely cause of this issue is that at least one of the variables in your score table whose data type or format (if present) does not match with the data type or format of an input variable in the Astore model. 

You can examine the data types and formats for the input variables of an Astore by using the DESCRIBE statement in the ASTORE procedure:

To examine the types and formats of the variables in the score table, use the CONTENTS procedure:

Workarounds

There are a couple of workarounds for this issue.

Workaround 1: 

Make sure that the types and formats in the score table match to those in the Input Variables in PROC ASTORE.

Workaround 2:

Consider training the model by using data without formats and also remove all formats in the score table by using the code below:

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 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