The PASS keyword determines whether indicators are passed under programmer control or based on the DDS keyword INDARA. This keyword can only be specified for program-described files. To indicate that you are taking responsibility for passing indicators on input and output, specify PASS(*NOIND) on the file description specification of the corresponding program-described WORKSTN file.
When PASS(*NOIND) is specified, the ILE RPG compiler does not pass indicators to data management on output, nor does it receive them on input. Instead you pass indicators by describing them as fields (in the form *INxx, *IN(xx), or *IN) in the input or output record. They must be specified in the sequence required by the data description specifications (DDS). You can use the DDS listing to determine this sequence.
If this keyword is not specified, the compiler assumes that INDARA was specified in the DDS.