Forecasting Using SAS Forecast Server Software

Duration: 1.0 day
Course fee: $880
EPTO units: 1.5
CEUs: 0.6

This course prepares you to generate large volumes of forecasts automatically using the SAS Forecast Studio interactive interface.

Learn how to

automatically fit forecast models to large-scale time series data sets
identify series that do not have acceptable forecast accuracy
specify custom models to improve forecast accuracy
reconcile hierarchical forecasts
produce reports using stored processes
generate forecasts for deployment.

Who should attend

Forecasters and analysts in any industry, including retail, financial services, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals

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Prerequisites

Before attending this course, you should

be familiar with business forecasting problems
have experience with a Windows computing environment
have experience using a product such as Microsoft Excel to enter or transfer data and to perform elementary analyses, such as computing row totals, column totals, and averages, and producing charts and plots.

You do not need formal training in forecasting or statistics to benefit from this course. Programming experience is also not required.

Course Contents

Forecasting Using SAS Forecast Studio

producing accurate forecasts using SAS Forecast Studio

Hierarchical Forecasting

forecasting your data in a hierarchy
reconciling hierarchical forecasts
working with inputs

Producing Reports

producing reports using stored processes

Software

This course addresses SAS Forecast Server, SAS/STAT. This course also addresses the SAS Forecast Studio graphical interface.

Course Materials

Students receive a hardcopy of the course notes and, in some courses, can choose to take home a copy of the course data.

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