CICS - Abend

Abend command is used to terminate the task intentionally. Using Abend command, we can set a user-defined abend code. Following is the syntax of Abend command −

Syntax

EXEC CICS ABEND
   ABCODE(name)
END-EXEC.

Example

The following example shows how to use the Abend command in a program. It will abend when the program reaches this paragraph with the user-defined abend code. In the following example, it will abend with abend code D100 −

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.                                         
PROGRAM-ID. HELLO.                                               
PROCEDURE DIVISION.

EXEC CICS ABEND
   ABCODE(D100) 
END-EXEC.