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

Usage:

Commissioning Data Set data marked with a "T" in the CDS Test Indicator in the CDS Transaction Group Header will result in:

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.