SAS Forecast Studio Data Size

[auzzston]

Hello, 

Have a question for SAS FS Users familiar with version 15.2. 

Recently our team had decided to change the forecast hierarchy for replenishment product. We previously were forecasting at the hierarchy levels 

Division - Department - Class - Sku (reconciling middle out at class). We took this a step granular to Division - Department - Class - Sku - Store (reconciling top down from division level). Each project is set up by division with roughly 68 stores needing a forecast. When I changed the merch hierarchy via code and configuration, I received no issues except when it came to opening and modifying the new projects I created. Majority of the projects do not open. Note: I deleted the old projects and created all new ones due to the hierarchy change. Though the user guide specifically for SAS Forecast Server does not specify anywhere on the maximum data size (import and/or export) of forecasted time series it is capable of producing/running. 

Question: Have any other users have this issue of opening and running projects with very large data sizes? And if were you able to solve for the data size issue, what did you do or change to make that happen. 

Thanks

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[rajib_nath]

Hi,

I am not sure of the data size you are talking about. Can you give an idea of the size in disk, rows & by groups you have in data? As you mentioned, there is no mention of data size, it is limited by the hardware. Now several things can go wrong:

• You may also check if other SAS applications are working. 
• The service logs would indicate if there is any issue in the configuration or any resource limits are reached.
•  When you encounter failure, do you see any messages or failures in the relevant log files - compute, middle tier or client.

I would suggest you approach SAS Tech Support and they will guide you step by step to diagnose and remediate the issue.

Best regards,