Scoring evaluates to what extent a model has predicted outcomes correctly based on the current or new data coming in.

Other key features include the ability to set a default version for a particular project and attach supporting documentation in Microsoft Word, Excel, and HTML formats,

However, the SAS tool is at this point proprietary and works only with a SAS modeling environment while both SPSS and Teradata can import and manage models created by other vendor tools using using PMML (Predictive Model Markup Language).

"Considering most organizations have different data mining tools, it makes sense to have one governance environment that can manage them all," said Kobielus.

Crissey at SAS agreed and added that SAS is working on a PMML feature that will be available in the next version of SAS expected in the summer of 2007.