The X12 Procedure

This example demonstrates the use of the AUXDATA= data set to input user-defined regressors for use in the regARIMA model. User-defined regressors are often economic indicators, but in this example a user-defined regressor is generated in the following statements:

data auxreg(keep=date lengthofmonth);
   set sales;
   lengthofmonth = (INTNX('MONTH',date,1) - date) - (365/12);
   format date monyy.;
run;

When you use the AUXDATA= data set, it is not necessary to merge the user-defined regressor data set with the DATA= data set. The following statements input the regressor lengthofmonth in the data set auxreg. The regressor lengthofmonth is specified in the REGRESSION statement, and the data set auxreg is specified in the AUXDATA= option in the PROC X12 statement.

title 'Align lengthofmonth Regressor from Auxreg to First Three Years';
ods select regParameterEstimates;
proc x12 data=sales(obs=36) date=date auxdata=auxreg;
   var sales;
   regression uservar=lengthofmonth;
   arima model=((0 1 1) (0 1 1));
   estimate;
run;

title 'Align lengthofmonth Regressor from Auxreg to Second Three Years';
ods select regParameterEstimates;
proc x12 data=sales(firstobs=37 obs=72) date=date auxdata=auxreg;
   var sales;
   regression uservar=lengthofmonth;
   arima model=((0 1 1) (0 1 1));
   estimate;
run;

Output 37.11.1 and Output 37.11.2 display the parameter estimates for the two series.

The X12 procedure uses the date variable in the sales data set and the auxreg data set to align the user-defined regressors.

In the following example, the DATA= data set salesby contains BY groups. The X12 procedure aligns the regressor in the auxreg data set to each BY group in the salesby data set according to the variable date that is specified by the DATE= option in the PROC X12 statement. The variable date must be present in the auxreg data set to align the values.

data salesby;
     set sales(obs=72);
     if ( _n_ < 37 ) then by=1;
     else by=2;
run;
ods select regParameterEstimates;
title 'Align lengthofmonth Regressor from Auxreg to BY Groups';
proc x12 data=salesby date=date auxdata=auxreg;
   var sales;
   by by;
   regression uservar=lengthofmonth;
   arima model=((0 1 1) (0 1 1));
   estimate;
run;

The results in Output 37.11.3 match the previous results in Output 37.11.1 and Output 37.11.2.