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Notes:
This function is not supported by the Secondary Uses Service and must not be used.
The retired definition:This optional data item enables the individual Commissioning Data Set message to be classified as a normal or a test transaction.Permitted values are:
| CODE | CLASSIFICATION |
| T | The CDS Message contains Test CDS data |
| Other | The CDS Message contains production CDS data |
a) Delivery of the test record to the receiver as addressed;
b) The test-marked record will not be entered into the database;
c) Delivery of all other records to the receiver as addressed;
d) All non-test marked records will be entered into the database.
Production Commissioning Data Set submissions must not be marked as a Test.
It is strongly recommended that Test and Production Commissioning Data Set data are not mixed in the same interchange. A further test facility exists where the whole CDS Interchange is marked as Test by setting the CDS INTERCHANGE TEST INDICATOR in the CDS Interchange Header.
This data element is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | CDS TEST INDICATORS |