SAS/Ets User's Guide 2. Provides detailed reference material for using SAS/ETS software and guides you through the analysis and forecasting of features such as univariate and multivariate time series, cross-sectional time series, seasonal adjustments, multiequational nonlinear models, discrete choice models, limited dependent variable models, portfolio analysis, and generation of financial reports, with introductory and advanced examples for each procedure. You can also find complete information about two easy-to-use point-and-click applications: the Time Series Forecasting System, for automatic and interactive time series modeling and forecasting, and the Investment Analysis System, for time-value of money analysis of a variety of investments | 2 Chapter 1 What s New in SAS ETS Contents Overview. 3 Highlights of Enhancements. 3 Highlights of Enhancements in SAS ETS . 4 AUTOREG Procedure. 4 COUNTREG Procedure. 5 MDC Procedure. 6 MODEL Procedure. 6 QLIM Procedure. 7 SASEFAME Engine. 7 SASEHAVR Engine. 8 New SEVERITY Procedure Experimental . 9 SIMILARITY Procedure. 10 New TIMEID Procedure Experimental . 10 TIMESERIES Procedure . 10 UCM Procedure . 11 X12 Procedure. 11 SAS ETS Model Editor Application Experimental . 12 Date Intervals Formats and Functions . 13 Overview This chapter summarizes the new features available in SAS ETS . If you have used SAS ETS procedures in the past you can review this chapter to learn about the new features that have been added. When you see a new feature that might be useful for your work turn to the appropriate chapter to read about the feature in detail. Highlights of Enhancements The following new procedures have been added to SAS ETS software 4 F Chapter 1 What s New in SAS ETS The SEVERITY procedure Experimental The TIMEID procedure Experimental The SIMILARITY procedure which performs similarity analysis for sets of time series was experimental in the previous release and is now production status. A new Java application called the SAS ETS Model Editor Experimental provides a graphical user interface for editing nonlinear statistical models and provides a convenient way to use the MODEL procedure. New features have been added to the following SAS ETS components The AUTOREG procedure The COUNTREG procedure The MDC procedure The MODEL procedure The QLIM procedure SASEFAME interface engine SASEHAVR interface engine The TIMESERIES procedure The UCM procedure The X12 procedure New features for defining custom time intervals have been added to Base SAS software that might be of interest to SAS ETS users. For more information see SAS Language Reference Dictionary. Highlights of Enhancements in SAS ETS Users who are updating directly to SAS ETS from a .
