Notice: Embedded blanks in data fields are converted to UNDERSCORE

[nyan]

Hi,

i met a problem in SAS as below:

Initial updates will be shrunk by factor 0.316

Notice: Embedded blanks in data fields are converted to UNDERSCORE.

I don't know what should i do about the notice, what does that mean?

[Kurt_Bremser]

Please post the log of the whole step, using the {i} button to preserve formatting.

[nyan]

28 Var1          Variate  1415     0  1.000      31.16      72.00      9.216    
  29 mu                          1
  30 units                    2640
  31 mv_estimates             1415
     55 AR          [  7:  7]     0.5000

  Notice: Embedded blanks in data fields are converted to UNDERSCORE
     48 AR          [  8:  8]     0.5000
 Forming     4344 equations:  18 dense.
 Initial updates will be shrunk by factor    0.316
 Notice: 3 singularities detected in design matrix.
   1 LogL=-3223.22     S2=  81.992       1210 df 
   2 LogL=-3181.45     S2=  60.584       1210 df 
   3 LogL=-3137.77     S2=  37.162       1210 df 
   4 LogL=-3102.94     S2=  21.604       1210 df    :   2 components restrained
   5 LogL=-3096.10     S2=  20.071       1210 df 
   6 LogL=-3094.42     S2=  37.213       1210 df 
   7 LogL=-3094.23     S2=  31.620       1210 df 
   8 LogL=-3094.22     S2=  32.228       1210 df 
   9 LogL=-3094.22     S2=  32.249       1210 df 

          - - - Results from analysis of Var1 - - -
 Akaike Information Criterion     6198.45 (assuming 5 parameters).
 Bayesian Information Criterion   6223.94

 Notice: Insufficient workspace to calculate Denominator DF

 Model_Term                             Gamma         Sigma   Sigma/SE   % C
 clone                   IDV_V  271  0.744368       24.0053       6.38   0 P
 units                   IDV_V 2640   1.34765       43.4606      20.32   0 P
 Residual                      2640 effects
 Residual                SCA_V 2640   1.00000       32.2492       2.35   0 P
 Residual                 AR_R    1  0.947608      0.947608      36.18   0 U
 Residual                 AR_R    1  0.961263      0.961263      50.47   0 U

                                   Wald F statistics
     Source of Variation           NumDF              F-inc  
  29 mu                                1             150.75                 
   3 block                            14               1.13                 
   2 clone                               271 effects fitted (     138 are zero)
  31 mv_estimates                       1415 effects fitted
  30 units                              2640 effects fitted (    1415 are zero)
 Finished: 12 Jul 2018 12:56:40.196   LogL Converged

[nyan]

Hi,

Thank you very much for your help, i found where the problem comes from.

Best regards,