The scoring input table
is a data table whose input is used by the scoring test to score a
single model. The scoring input table must contain the variables and
input data for the variables that the model requires. Typically, a
scoring table is identical to its corresponding train table except
that the target variables in the train table are not included in the
scoring table.
A scoring output table
contains the data that is produced when you execute a scoring test.
You can provide a scoring output table or you can create a scoring
output table definition in SAS Decision Manager. When
a scoring test is executed, SAS Decision Manager uses
the scoring output table definition to create the scoring output table.
The name of the scoring output table definition is used as the name
of the scoring output table.
You can create a scoring
output table definition by using the Create a Scoring Output Table
function on the Models page. In the Create
a Scoring Output Table window, you select variables from
a scoring input table as well as variables from the model’s
output. The variables in the Input Variables table
are variables from the scoring input table if one is specified for
the Default scoring input table property
for a project or model property. Otherwise, the Input
Variables table is empty. The Output Variables that
appear in the window are model output variables. You use the variables
from both tables to create the scoring output table.
SAS Decision Manager saves
the table definition as metadata in the SAS Metadata Repository. The
location of the metadata is defined by the SAS library that you specify
when you create the output table definition. After SAS Decision Manager
creates the table definition, the table can be selected as the output
table for subsequent scoring tests.
A SAS Decision Manager
scoring test can run in test mode, which is the default mode, or it
can run in production mode. When the test runs, it populates a scoring
output table. In test mode, the scoring output table is stored in
the SAS Decision Manager model repository. You view the
table under the scoring test on the project’s Scoring page.
In production mode, if the scoring output table is a table that you
provided, that table is updated. If you created a scoring test output
definition, the scoring output table is located in the designated
SAS library that you specified when you created the table definition
in the Create a Scoring Output Table window.
The production scoring output table is not stored in the SAS Decision Manager
repository.