Chapter 1 Introduction
The FIN error codes are divided into the following groups:
Validation error codes
Conditional semantic error codes
Abort error codes
All input messages are validated for syntax and semantic errors by the system. If there is an error, a validation
error code is returned in the logical (negative) acknowledgement or in an MT 019 Abort Notification.
Abort error codes give the reason why an application or the logical connection has been discontinued. They
are generated following the recognition of a certain condition and not necessarily due to errors in a message.
Abort error codes can come from the system or from a user's terminal.
For reference purposes, the error codes have been placed in two chapters. Chapter 2, Numeric Codes,
contains all the errors that are represented by two- or three-digit codes. Error codes in Chapter 3,
Alphanumeric Codes, have the following format:
where is a letter designating the error type and identifies the particular error.