Creating a Model with Variables on Attributes

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Sub ModelAttr;
Var
    Mb: IMetabase;
    CrInf: IMetabaseObjectCreateInfo;
    Model: IMsModel;
    Transform: IMsFormulaTransform;
    TransformVarables: IMsFormulaTransformVariables;
    RubrDescr: IMetabaseObjectDescriptor;
    Stub: IVariableStub;
    TransVar: IMsFormulaTransformVariable;
    Tree: IMsFormulaTransformSlicesTree;
    Slice: IMsFormulaTransformSlice;
    Selector: IMsFormulaTransformSelector;
    Formula: IMsFormula;
    Linear: IMsLinearRegressionTransform;
    Ar: Array[0..1] Of Integer; 
    TermInfo: IMsFormulaTermInfo;
    Period: IMsModelPeriod;
Begin
    Mb := MetabaseClass.Active;
    // Set basic parameters of the model as a repository object
    CrInf := Mb.CreateCreateInfo;
    CrInf.ClassId := MetabaseObjectClass.KE_CLASS_MSMODEL;
    // Set model identifier
    CrInf.Id := Mb.GenerateId("MODEL_LINEAR_REGRESSION", Mb.ItemById("MS").Key);
    // Set model name
    CrInf.Name := "Model of linear regression";
    // Set modeling container that will contain the model
    CrInf.Parent := Mb.ItemById("MS");
    // Create a model
    Model := Mb.CreateObject(CrInf).Edit As IMsModel;
    // Get object to set up model parameters
    Transform := Model.Transform;
    // Get object to work with output variable
    TransformVarables := Transform.Outputs;
    // Get time series database (TSDB)
    RubrDescr := Mb.ItemById("TSDB");
    // Cast obtained TSDB to abstract data source
    Stub := RubrDescr.Bind As IVariableStub;
    // Use TSDB as a data source of output variable
    TransVar := TransformVarables.Add(Stub);
    // Set output variable slice
    Tree := TransVar.SlicesTree(TransVar);
    Slice := Tree.CreateSlice(1);
    // Get model settings for output variable slice
    Selector := Transform.CreateSelector;
    Selector.Slice := Slice;
    Formula := Transform.Transform(Selector);
    // Specify the Linear Regression (OLS Estimation) calculation method
    Formula.Kind := MsFormulaKind.LinearRegression;
    // Set calendar frequency of calculation
    Formula.Level := DimCalendarLevel.Year;
    // Get object to set up linear regression
    Linear := Formula.Method As IMsLinearRegressionTransform;
    // Determine autoregression order
    Ar[0] := 2;
    Ar[1] := 4;
    Linear.ARMA.OrderAR := Ar;
    // Use automatic constant estimation
    Linear.ConstantMode := InterceptMode.AutoEstimate;
    // Add a factor with the TSDB data source to model
    TransVar := Transform.Inputs.Add(Stub);
    Tree := TransVar.SlicesTree(TransVar);
    Slice := Tree.CreateSlice(2);
    // Get factor as an expression element
    TermInfo := Transform.CreateTermInfo;
    TermInfo.Slice := Slice;
    // Set linear regression calculation formula
    Linear.Explanatories.Add.Expression.AsString := TermInfo.TermInnerText;
    // Set model calculation periods
    Period := Transform.Period;
    Period.IdentificationStartDate := DateTime.ComposeDay(2000, 1, 1);
    Period.IdentificationEndDate := DateTime.ComposeDay(2014, 12, 31);
    Period.ForecastStartDate := DateTime.ComposeDay(2015, 1, 1);
    Period.ForecastEndDate := DateTime.ComposeDay(2020, 12, 31);
    // Save model to repository
    (Model As IMetabaseObject).Save;
End Sub ModelAttr;