In reply to Michelle Homes.

Hi Michelle,
Many thanks for your kind words – I’m very pleased to see that you find SAS Time Series Studio useful! In fact it is analytical modelers like you we had in mind when designing this new client of SAS Forecast Server.

You wrote: “any plans for including transformations/seasonal differences etc within Time Series Studio in the future?”
In fact this feature is available already – from the user’s guide:

Create a Transformation
In addition to the default transformations, you can create Box-Cox, scale, simple difference, and seasonal difference transformations.
To create a transformation:
1. Select Tools Manage Transformations. The Manage Transformations dialog box appears.
2. Click [PLUS]. The Add Composite Transformations dialog box appears.
3. Specify the name of the transformation. You can also specify a description.
4. Click [PLUS] to add an individual transformation to the table. The Add Individual Transformation dialog box appears.
5. Select the type of transformation that you want to create, any options that are associated with that transformation, and click OK. The new transformation appears in the Individual Transformations table in the Add Composite Transformations dialog box.
6. (Optional) Repeat steps 4 and 5 until your transformation is completely defined.
7. Click OK.
The transformation now appears in the Manage Transformations dialog box. Click Close to return to the main workspace. Your new transformation is also available in any Transformation drop-down list that is in SAS Time Series Studio (for example, the Transformation drop-down list in the Time Series View).

You wrote: “The exploration aspect is much needed and missing from Forecast Studio and I would personally prefer to see these capabilities within Forecast Studio…”
SAS Time Series Studio is currently an experimental client of SAS Forecast Server – we will consider feedback like this for future releases.

Cheers,
Udo