topic Re: Cant change level from nominal to interval on file import node in SAS Data Science

Cant change level from nominal to interval on file import node

Sonali95-ui — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 17:42:58 GMT

I am not able to change the level for gross profit to the interval since it is greyed out. I even tried metadata node but it didn't work out too. Can someone please help asap since I need to submit my college project tomorrow? Thanks 🙂

Re: Cant change level from nominal to interval on file import node

tom_evans_79 — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 05:31:34 GMT

I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will be able to give a better answer, but seeing as you're in a rush: As a workaround, could you create a new variable, and define it as being equal to gross profit?

Re: Cant change level from nominal to interval on file import node

gcjfernandez — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 06:12:51 GMT

Please select the _ GrossProfit_ and click explore in the variables window. The distribution of the _grossproft_ may have some characters or some character properties that may prevent you from change the level from nominal to interval. This is my guess.

Re: Cant change level from nominal to interval on file import node

Ksharp — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 12:37:26 GMT

variable "gross_profit" 's role is TARGET , therefore you can't change it .
It is the Y (dependent variable) of model .

Re: Cant change level from nominal to interval on file import node

WendyCzika — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 17:55:12 GMT

To confirm this, you can check the box for "Basic" at the top of the Variables dialog and see the Type assigned to the variable. If it's "Character", then you can't change it to interval as @gcjfernandez_gmail_com mentions.