PROC MI is unable to read the INITIAL=INPUT data set and returns "The INITIAL=INPUT= data set does not have completed mean or covariance estimates…"


The MI procedure fails to use the INITIAL=INPUT=SAS-data-set if you specify the CHAIN=MULTIPLE option in the MCMC statement. As a result, the following message is issued to the log:

WARNING: The INITIAL=INPUT= data set does not have completed mean or covariance estimates. INITIAL=EM is used.

There is no workaround for this issue.