Answer / srinivasa gudla

A RETURN_CODE shows the status of each step within a job and
the maximum RETURN_CODE is 256.

Return code - is issued by the program and can be set to any
value up to an arbitary limit (4096 I think). To know the
meaning of the return code you need to read the
documentation of the program / product / utility that is
being executed. i.e. RC16 from SORT does not mean the same
thing as RC16 from IDCAMS.

Abend / User completion code - are codes that reflect the
nature of the abend. System abends are documented by IBM,
user completion codes are the same as above for return codes.

Reason code - May or may no be used in conjunction with
abends codes.

Answer / jayaprabhu

Return code when you sub any jobs ie status of job

Abend code if you ended with abend like address probelm etc

reason code if ims region is down

User completion code : needed

correct me if im wrong

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