Message weight (severity)

EDT's messages are identified by means of a 7-digit message key. This possesses the following structure:

EDTwnnn

w nnn

Message weight Sequential number

The message weights have the following meanings:

Message weight	Meaning
0	Information
1	Warning
2	Minor error (e.g. work file too long, line length exceeded)
3	Syntax error
4 and 5	Function error (including system errors, DMS problems)
8	Error causing termination and abort

The identified message weights influence the EDT command return code (see chapter 4 “Using EDT”). Within a message weight class, the messages are grouped together by area of application on the one hand and, on the other, are sequentially numbered.