Hey, folks-
I'm trying to build a simple pipeline for ensembling logistic regression using the SAS Viya Studio's "Build Model" feature and I get these errors: "This project could not be initialized" and "The data advisor failed to run on the selected data source."
Here's a sample of the log file:
NOTE: Added action set 'cardinality'. ERROR: Could not load the format YESNO_ALT of the variable ewe. ERROR: Generic error. ERROR: Action summarize failed. ERROR: The action stopped due to errors. NOTE: PROCEDURE CARDINALITY used (Total process time): real time 0.17 seconds cpu time 0.01 seconds NOTE: The table DMDSLIB.STATISTICS does not exist in Cloud Analytic Services. ERROR: File DMDSLIB.STATISTICS.DATA does not exist. NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors. NOTE: Due to ERROR(s) above, SAS set option OBS=0, enabling syntax check mode. This prevents execution of subsequent data modification statements. WARNING: The data set WORK.STATISTICS may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0 observations and 0 variables. NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time): real time 0.02 seconds cpu time 0.01 seconds ERROR: Variable _VARNAME_ not found. NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors. NOTE: PROCEDURE SORT used (Total process time): real time 0.00 seconds cpu time 0.00 seconds ERROR: Variable _VARNAME_ is not on file WORK.STATISTICS. ERROR: Variable _ORDER_ is not on file WORK.STATISTICS. ERROR: Variable _CARDINALITY_ is not on file WORK.STATISTICS. ERROR: Variable _SUMFREQS_ is not on file WORK.STATISTICS. ERROR: Variable _NMISS_ is not on file WORK.STATISTICS. ERROR: Variable _MIN_ is not on file WORK.STATISTICS. ERROR: Variable _MAX_ is not on file WORK.STATISTICS. ERROR: Variable _STDDEV_ is not on file WORK.STATISTICS. ERROR: Variable _MEAN_ is not on file WORK.STATISTICS. ERROR: Variable _NOBS_ is not on file WORK.STATISTICS. ERROR: Variable _SKEWNESS_ is not on file WORK.STATISTICS. ERROR: Variable _KURTOSIS_ is not on file WORK.STATISTICS.
I'm attaching the full log file. My computer is a PC, 64-bit, running Windows Enterprise 10 and SAS Viya is "Data Explorer" release 2.5, SAS Viya release V.03.05.
How can I get the SAS Viya to initialize the project? I'm at my wit's end with SAS Viya. It looks like a really powerful tool for ML, but I've found that even basic things like reading in data are hard to figure out and time-consuming.
Thanks,
David
Hi David,
Sorry you are having difficulties with Model Studio (Build Models) - could you attach a screenshot of your pipeline and perhaps the Data tab (if not sensitive)? Thanks.
Hi, Tom-
I'm attaching the following .pdf's:
1) Pipeline (SAS5.pdf)
2) Data tab (SASData.pdf)
And for good measure:
3) Project creation interactive dialog (SASProject)
4) Error message (SASError)
This is one of several errors I get when creating or trying to open the project. When I try to open the project from the "Projects" screen, I get: "The project could not be opened and returned the following status: creatingProviderError [Details] The advisor for project "MLClimate" could not be executed".
I would greatly appreciate any help you could provide.
Thanks,
David
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