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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM Z System Automation
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 26, 2023

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Set return codes for INGRCRDX when editing

The ISPF EDIT service provides return codes which provide guidance as to whether a data was saved or not: 

Return codes 
0 Normal completion; data was saved. 
4 Normal completion; data was not saved for one of these reasons. 
• No data changes were made during the EDIT session. 
• The CANCEL command was used to exit EDIT. 
• Browse was substituted for EDIT because insufficient storage was available to read in the requested data.
10 Member or generation (if specified) not found. 
12 YES was specified for the LOCK parameter. 
14 Member, sequential data set, or z/OS UNIX file in use. 
16 Either: 
• No members matched the specified pattern. 
• No members in the partitioned data set. 
18 A VSAM data set was specified but the ISPF Configuration Table does not allow VSAM processing. 
20 Severe error; unable to continue.

When editing an RDS table via INGRCRDX and CANCEL is issued, INGRCRDX will return RC=0, despite no change to the RDS data. This can lead to unnecessary actions taking place.

Having INGRCRDX reflect the return code from the ISPF EDIT service could prevent those unnecessary actions.

Idea priority Low

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