For COBOL CICS and IMS screen-based service interfaces, you can use three special COBOL fields -- ABEND CODE, STATUS, and MESSAGE -- to map to your output interface fields as follows:
- ABEND CODE - contains return code information if the application were to end abnormally during the execution of the service
- STATUS - contains a status code resulting from an abnormal application termination
- MESSAGE - contains any message returned as a result of an abnormal termination
