The HPSPLIT Procedure does not generate the regression tree when ods graphics is on

[fanwayne]

I was doing my homework for the statistical assignments from a university course. There is an exercise for us to construct a regression tree for the given data. However, it failed in my SAS when I was trying to use the HPSPLIT procedure. I had no idea what was happening. I was also trying to use the sample code for testing the procedure, which is available on the official website (http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/stathpug/68163/HTML/default/viewer.htm#stathpug_hpsplit_...) but it only output the following results and didn't provide anything more, e.g., the regression tree of my interest.

ods graphics on;

proc hpsplit data=sashelp.baseball seed=123;
   class league division;
   model logSalary = nAtBat nHits nHome nRuns nRBI nBB
                     yrMajor crAtBat crHits crHome crRuns crRbi
                     crBB league division nOuts nAssts nError;
run;

How could this happen?

Many thanks.

[PaigeMiller]

Are there error messages or warning messages in the SASLOG? If so, show us the SASLOG.

Also, did you turn on ODS GRAPHICS? (Might be on by default...)

ods graphics on;

[fanwayne]

Three is no error message or warning message in the SASLOG. So it looks very strange to me. I confirm that I've turned on ODS GRAPHICS. Other procedure can produce nice plots, such as REG, GLM and so on.

The SASLOG was shown as follows:
NOTE: The HPSPLIT procedure is executing in single-machine mode.
NOTE: There were 322 observations read from the data set SASHELP.BASEBALL.
NOTE: PROCEDURE HPSPLIT used (Total process time):
real time 0.07 seconds
cpu time 0.09 seconds

[PaigeMiller]

When I execute your code, I get a full decision tree graphic.

Please show us the entire SASLOG.

[fanwayne]

The entire log has been provided. It didn't show any error or warning messasge.

Is there any special settings needed for this procedure, or perhaps anything wrong with my SAS installation?

[PaigeMiller · Accepted solution]

When I run your code exactly as it is, without any changes, I get a different set of NOTES at the end of the procedure, and I get the desired decision tree.

NOTE: The ASSIGNMISSING= option has not been specified.  Because of this, all observations with missing values in the explanatory variables will be
      excluded from tree construction.
NOTE: The HPSPLIT procedure is executing in single-machine mode.
NOTE: Cross-validating using 10 folds.
NOTE: There were 322 observations read from the data set SASHELP.BASEBALL.
NOTE: PROCEDURE HPSPLIT used (Total process time):
      real time           7.34 seconds
      cpu time            4.93 seconds

Why? I don't know. I think you might want to contact SAS Technical Support.

What is the exact version NUMBER of your SAS installation?

In the future, when you need to present a SASLOG here in the SAS communities, copy the SASLOG text and paste the text into the {i} window. 

[fanwayne]

OK, thanks for your reminder. The SAS version is 9.4 (TS1M2)

[fanwayne]

I have asked other members in our department about this issue. It seems that I need a updated version of SAS to run this procedure. I have decided to install an updated version of SAS. Thanks for your answers.

[PaigeMiller]

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@fanwayne wrote:
I have asked other members in our department about this issue. It seems that I need a updated version of SAS to run this procedure. I have decided to install an updated version of SAS. Thanks for your answers.

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I'd have to disagree with this. We have people running SAS 9.4 TS1M2 who get decision tree graphics from PROC HPSPLIT.