Sense codes that IMS receives

A sense code is a 2-byte field containing the category and modifier defined for the particular exception condition that has occurred. The 2 bytes following the sense code can contain optional user data, and are not supported for all sense codes.

The following table shows the input sense codes that IMS receives.

Table 1. Sense codes that IMS receives
Input sense code name Input sense code Sender ERP FMH7 LUSTATUS
Commit/NO-OP - X'00060000'     X
Queue empty - X'00070000'     X
Bind race - X'080D0000' X    
Contention - X'08130000' X    
Contention - X'08140000' X    
Invalid parms - X'08210000' X    
Sel Rcvr ERP - X'08460000' X    
Reject restart - X'08470000' X    
Abort - X'08640000' X X X
Abort - X'08650000' X X X
Abort - X'08660000' X X X
ERP purge - X'0867' X    
Other   Note 1 Note 1 Note 1
Notes:
  1. Other sense codes cause IMS to notify the master terminal operator and terminate the session.

Related reading: For more information on sense codes, see z/OS® Communications Server IP and SNA Codes.