TIMEDATA Procedure
Functional Summary
Table 1 summarizes the statements and options that control the TIMEDATA procedure.
Table 1: Functional Summary
| Description | Statement | Option |
|---|---|---|
| Statements | ||
| Specifies BY-group processing | BY | |
| Specifies variables to analyze | VAR | |
| Specifies the time ID variable | ID | |
| Specifies the FCMP options | FCMPOPT | |
| Specifies the arrays to output | OUTARRAYS | |
| Specifies the scalars to output | OUTSCALARS | |
| Specifies the packages to include | REGISTER | |
| Data Set Options | ||
| Specifies the auxiliary input data sets | PROC TIMEDATA | AUXDATA= |
| Specifies the input data set | PROC TIMEDATA | DATA= |
| Specifies the output data set | PROC TIMEDATA | OUT= |
| Specifies the array output data set | PROC TIMEDATA | OUTARRAY= |
| Specifies the run status data set | PROC TIMEDATA | OUTPROCINFO= |
| Specifies the scalar output data set | PROC TIMEDATA | OUTSCALAR= |
| Specifies the summary statistics output data set | PROC TIMEDATA | OUTSUM= |
| User-Defined Functions and Subroutine Options | ||
| Specifies FCMP quiet mode | FCMPOPT | QUIET= |
| Specifies FCMP trace mode | FCMPOPT | TRACE= |
| Accumulation and Seasonality Options | ||
| Specifies the accumulation frequency | ID | INTERVAL= |
| Specifies the length of seasonal cycle | PROC TIMEDATA | SEASONALITY= |
| Specifies the type of life-cycle indexing | PROC TIMEDATA | CYCLETYPE= |
| Specifies the interval alignment | ID | ALIGN= |
| Specifies that time ID variable values not be sorted | ID | NOTSORTED |
| Specifies the starting time ID value | ID | START= |
| Specifies the ending time ID value | ID | END= |
| Specifies the accumulation statistic | ID, VAR | ACCUMULATE= |
| Specifies missing value interpretation | ID, VAR | SETMISSING= |
| Specifies the zero value interpretation | ID, VAR | ZEROMISS= |
| Time Series Transformation Options | ||
| Specifies simple differencing | VAR | DIF= |
| Specifies seasonal differencing | VAR | SDIF= |
| Specifies transformation | VAR | TRANSFORM= |
| Printing Control Options | ||
| Specifies the time ID format | ID | FORMAT= |
| Specifies which output to print | PROC TIMEDATA | PRINT= |
| Miscellaneous Options | ||
| Specifies the forecast horizon or lead used to extend the data set | PROC TIMEDATA | LEAD= |
| Limits error and warning messages when running analysis | PROC TIMEDATA | MAXERROR= |
| Limits error and warning messages when loading data | PROC TIMEDATA | MAXDATAERROR= |
| ODS Graphics Options | ||
| Specifies the variable and array graphical output | PROC TIMEDATA | PLOTS= |
Last updated: June 19, 2025