CLASS variable <(options)> <variable <(options)>> </ global-options>;
The CLASS statement names the classification variables to be used as explanatory variables in the analysis. The CLASS statement must precede the MODEL statement. You can list the response variable for binary and multinomial models in the CLASS statement, but this is not necessary.
The CLASS statement for high-performance statistical procedures is documented in the section CLASS Statement in SAS/STAT 14.1 User's Guide: High-Performance Procedures.
The HPLOGISTIC procedure does not support the SPLIT option in the CLASS statement. The HPLOGISTIC procedure additionally supports the following global-option in the CLASS statement: