topic Re: How can I forecast over multiple months in Proc ESM in SAS 9.3? in SAS Forecasting and Econometrics https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/How-can-I-forecast-over-multiple-months-in-Proc-ESM-in-SAS-9-3/m-p/82675#M412 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>See: <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://communities.sas.com/message/174536#174536">https://communities.sas.com/message/174536#174536</A></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:51:15 GMT udo_sas 2013-07-17T19:51:15Z How can I forecast over multiple months in Proc ESM in SAS 9.3? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/How-can-I-forecast-over-multiple-months-in-Proc-ESM-in-SAS-9-3/m-p/82674#M411 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>in OHere is my set up:</P><P></P><P>Proc ESM data = cwork.forecastworked out = forecastedworked Lead = 1;</P><P>by clientname;</P><P>ID Mon_1_1_YY interval = month accumulate = average;</P><P>forecast totalaccts;</P><P>run;</P><P></P><P>I know I can change Lead = 1 to say Lead = 4 or 5 or 6 to get months more than 1 ...</P><P></P><P>My id variable is a month variable so i'm good there.</P><P></P><P>I am storing about 6 months of data for history....what happens is that it does forecast all the months I ask for but gives the same value&nbsp; for each month of that of the first forecasted value...is it because Im not giving it enough historiy?</P><P></P><P>Hopefully im clear enough on my concern....thanks,.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:42:25 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/How-can-I-forecast-over-multiple-months-in-Proc-ESM-in-SAS-9-3/m-p/82674#M411 adscottsoden 2013-07-17T19:42:25Z Re: How can I forecast over multiple months in Proc ESM in SAS 9.3? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/How-can-I-forecast-over-multiple-months-in-Proc-ESM-in-SAS-9-3/m-p/82675#M412 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>See: <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://communities.sas.com/message/174536#174536">https://communities.sas.com/message/174536#174536</A></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:51:15 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/How-can-I-forecast-over-multiple-months-in-Proc-ESM-in-SAS-9-3/m-p/82675#M412 udo_sas 2013-07-17T19:51:15Z Re: How can I forecast over multiple months in Proc ESM in SAS 9.3? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/How-can-I-forecast-over-multiple-months-in-Proc-ESM-in-SAS-9-3/m-p/82676#M413 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>thank you!! hope I selected the right thing to say you helped!</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 17 Jul 2013 20:01:29 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/How-can-I-forecast-over-multiple-months-in-Proc-ESM-in-SAS-9-3/m-p/82676#M413 adscottsoden 2013-07-17T20:01:29Z