File Import Data is available if you license SAS/Access software. It opens an Import Wizard, which you can use to import your data from an external spreadsheet or data base to a SAS data set for use in the Time Series Forecasting System.
Export Data is available if you license SAS/Access software. It opens an Export Wizard, which you can use to export a SAS data set, such as a forecast data set created with the Time Series Forecasting System, to an external spreadsheet or data base.
Print Setup opens the Print Setup window, which allows you to access your operating system print setup.
Close closes the Produce Forecasts window and returns to the Time Series Forecasting window.
View Input Data Set opens a Viewtable window to browse the current input data set.
Output Data Set opens a Viewtable window to browse the output data set. This is the same as the Output button.
Tools Produce Forecasts produces forecasts for the selected series and stores the forecasts in the specified output SAS data set. This is the same as the Run button.
Options Default Time Ranges opens the Default Time Ranges window to enable you to control how the system sets the time ranges when new series are selected.
Model Selection List opens the Model Selection List editor window. Use this to edit the set of forecasting models considered by the automatic model selection process and displayed by the Models to Fit window.
Model Selection Criterion opens the Model Selection Criterion window, which presents a list of goodness-of-fit statistics and enables you to select the fit statistic that is displayed in the table and used by the automatic model selection process to determine the best fitting model.
Statistics of Fit opens the Statistics of Fit Selection window, which presents a list of statistics that the system can display. Use this action to customize the list of statistics shown in the Statistics of Fit table and available for selection in the Model Selection Criterion window.
Forecast Options opens the Forecast Options window, which enables you to control the widths of forecast confidence limits and control the kind of predicted values computed for models that include series transformations.
Forecast Data Set enables you to select one of three formats for the forecast data set. See Format, which is described previously in this section.
Alignment of Dates Beginning aligns dates that the system generates to identify forecast observations in output data sets to the beginning of the time intervals.
Middle aligns dates that the system generates to identify forecast observations in output data sets to the midpoints of the time intervals.
End aligns dates that the system generates to identify forecast observations in output data sets to the end of the time intervals.
Automatic Fit opens the Automatic Model Selection Options window, which enables you to control the number of models retained by the automatic model selection process and whether the models considered for automatic selection are subset according to the series diagnostics.
Set Toolbar Type Image Only displays the toolbar items as icons without text.
Label Only displays the toolbar items as text without icon images.
Both displays the toolbar items as both text and icon images.
Include Interventions controls whether intervention effects defined for the current series are automatically added as predictors to the models considered by the automatic selection process. A check mark or filled check box next to this item indicates that the option is turned on.
Print Audit Trail prints to the SAS log information about the models fit by the system. A check mark or filled check box next to this item indicates that the audit option is turned on.
Show Source Statements controls whether SAS statements submitted by the forecasting system are printed in the SAS log. When the Show Source Statements option is selected, the system sets the SAS system option SOURCE before submitting SAS statements; otherwise, the system uses the NOSOURCE option. Note that only some of the functions performed by the forecasting system are accomplished by submitting SAS statements. A check mark or filled check box next to this item indicates that the option is turned on.