Hello, In https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.3/statug/statug_kaplan_sect047.htm, it says you can save compiled templates in a special file called an item store. I get that. In https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.3/statug/statug_plm_examples02.htm, it says that the PLM procedure can be used for making post hoc inferences 'based on saved item stores'. Then it says 'The STORE statement saves the fitted model to a SAS item store named sasuser.cheese . ' So from what I'm understanding so far, an item store is some type of either file or object that allows you to store some other type of SAS object. Is that right? If so, I don't quite understand the usefulness of doing that? Like if I am running a regression model, what is the need to store that object in this 'item store'? I am new to SAS and am just having a hard time understanding what this concept is.
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