Determining the type-of-failure

The type-of-failure keyword is used to identify an external symptom of a failure. This is a required keyword. Use Table 1 to determine the type-of-failure keyword that best describes your problem.

Table 1. Type-of-failure keywords
Keyword	Description	Procedure
Abend	Abnormal termination indicated by: An ISPF abend panel A system message identifying an abend SYS1.LOGREC messages	Go to Building an abend keyword.
Wait/Loop	Program unexpectedly suspended: No program response Repeating messages Repeating sequence of DFSMSrmm ISPF panels	Go to Building keywords for wait/loop problems.
Message	Error indicated by: System message DFSMSrmm ISPF dialog message	Go to Developing the message keyword.
Incorrect Output	Error indicated by: Incorrect or missing output Incorrect DFSMSrmm ISPF panel flow or information	Go to Developing keywords for incorrect output.
Performance	Performance is less than what is expected	Go to Defining keywords for performance problems.
Documentation	Incorrect or incomplete documentation	Go to Forming keywords for documentation problems.