Date:         Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:56:33 -0400
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Subject:      Re: parameter truncated in ODS parameterestimates output (proc
              genmod)
Comments: To: Crescent Martin <crescent_b_martin@fanniemae.com>
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Have you tried GENMOD procedure option.

NAMELEN=n
specifies the length of effect names in tables and output data sets to
be n characters long, where n is a value between 20 and 200
characters. The default length is 20 characters.


On 6/26/07, Crescent Martin <crescent_b_martin@fanniemae.com> wrote:
> I'm running a Proc Genmod and writing the parameter estimates to a dataset
> using ODS.  In this output dataset, the variable Parameter appears to have
> maximum length of 20, so it cuts off the variables that I put into my model
> statement.
>
> My model statement contains 3 crossed variables:
> statusLB*randomlag*season
> (statusLB and randomlag and class variables and are listed in the class
> statement; season is continuous)
>
> But in the parameter file, it's shown as:
> season*status*random
>
> Is there any way to keep Proc Genmod from truncating my variable names? I'd
> like to tie the parameter estimates back to the original dataset and so
> would like the variable names to be unchanged. I tried using Proc Template
> to format it, (based on this post: http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?
> A2=ind0303A&L=sas-l&P=R4638)  but it only added extra spaces to the end.
>
>  ods path(prepend)
>  WORK.TEMPLATE(UPDATE) ;
>  run;
>
>  proc template;
>  edit Stat.Genmod.ParameterEstimates;
>    define Parameter;
>       format $50.;
>    end;
>  end;
>  run;
>
> And of course, the easy answer is to use shorter variable names, but now
> I'm curious if there's a way to fix it, not just work around it.
>