A constant or trend is NOT included in a UCM model by default. Similarly, an error component (IRREGULAR) is also NOT included by default. This is different from other procedures such as PROC REG or PROC ARIMA. Most often, the modeling of trend is the main purpose so it did not seem reasonable to include a particular type of trend (even a constant) as default.
Of course, this type of design decision is a matter of taste. At the time of UCM development, I decided that the simple REG case is rare.
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