https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Role-of-variable/m-p/471560#M7133 <P>You should use role of Target for your observed (actual) target, whether it is numeric or character.&nbsp; The Prediction role is typically automatically assigned by EM to the variable representing the predicted target from the model (P_<EM>target</EM>, e.g.).&nbsp; One time when you would assign this role to a variable is if you were using the Model Import node to import predictions from a model.</P> Tue, 19 Jun 2018 23:32:23 GMT WendyCzika 2018-06-19T23:32:23Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Role-of-variable/m-p/471317#M7123 <P>Hi</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I was wondering what is the difference in SAS Miner between the prediction and target role. Do I need to pick prediction if my target is numeric continuous and target if it is binary?&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Nicolas</P> Tue, 19 Jun 2018 08:40:23 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Role-of-variable/m-p/471317#M7123 NicolasC 2018-06-19T08:40:23Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Role-of-variable/m-p/471560#M7133 <P>You should use role of Target for your observed (actual) target, whether it is numeric or character.&nbsp; The Prediction role is typically automatically assigned by EM to the variable representing the predicted target from the model (P_<EM>target</EM>, e.g.).&nbsp; One time when you would assign this role to a variable is if you were using the Model Import node to import predictions from a model.</P> Tue, 19 Jun 2018 23:32:23 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Role-of-variable/m-p/471560#M7133 WendyCzika 2018-06-19T23:32:23Z