CICS Program Call

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Connect to Customer Information Control System (CICS) resources.

This article describes the operations for the IBM CICS built-in connector, which is available only for Standard workflows in single-tenant Azure Logic Apps.

Built-in connector settings

In a Standard logic app resource, the application and host settings control various thresholds for performance, throughput, timeout, and so on. For more information, see Edit host and app settings for Standard logic app workflows.

Connector how-to guide

For more information about integrating CICS programs on IBM mainframes with your workflow in Azure Logic Apps, see Integrate Azure AI services with Standard workflows in Azure Logic Apps .

Authentication

ELM - Link

Enhanced Listener Message - Link.

Parameters

Name Description Type Required Allowed Values
Code page The code page number to use for converting text. int False
Password The optional user password for connection authentication. securestring False
Port number The port number to use for connecting to the server. int True
Server name The server name. string True
Timeout The timeout period in seconds while waiting for responses from the server. int False
User name The optional username for connection authentication. securestring False
Use TLS Secure the connection with Transport Layer Security (TLS). bool False
Validate server certificate Validate the server's certificate. bool False
Server certificate common name The name of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate to use. string False
Client Certificate Thumbprint The client certificate thumbprint for use with Mutual TLS authentication securestring False
Use IBM request header format The server expects ELM or TRM headers in the IBM format. bool False

ELM - User Data

Enhanced Listener Message - User Data.

Parameters

Name Description Type Required Allowed Values
Code page The code page number to use for converting text. int False
Password The optional user password for connection authentication. securestring False
Port number The port number to use for connecting to the server. int True
Server name The server name. string True
Timeout The timeout period in seconds while waiting for responses from the server. int False
User name The optional username for connection authentication. securestring False
Use TLS Secure the connection with Transport Layer Security (TLS). bool False
Validate server certificate Validate the server's certificate. bool False
Server certificate common name The name of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate to use. string False
Client Certificate Thumbprint The client certificate thumbprint for use with Mutual TLS authentication securestring False
Use IBM request header format The server expects ELM or TRM headers in the IBM format. bool False

HTTP - Link

HTTP - Link.

Parameters

Name Description Type Required Allowed Values
Code page The code page number to use for converting text. int False
Password The optional user password for connection authentication. securestring False
Port number The port number to use for connecting to the server. int True
Server name The server name. string True
Timeout The timeout period in seconds while waiting for responses from the server. int False
User name The optional username for connection authentication. securestring False
Use TLS Secure the connection with Transport Layer Security (TLS). bool False
Validate server certificate Validate the server's certificate. bool False
Alias transaction Id The Customer Information Control System (CICS) transaction ID to use as the context for running the HTTP program. string False
Allow HTTP redirects Allow HTTP redirects. bool False
User agent The user agent that identifies the application to the server. string False
The mirror program The name for the Web Aware program that provides support for running CICS Link programs. string False

HTTP - User Data

HTTP - User Data.

Parameters

Name Description Type Required Allowed Values
Code page The code page number to use for converting text. int False
Password The optional user password for connection authentication. securestring False
Port number The port number to use for connecting to the server. int True
Server name The server name. string True
Timeout The timeout period in seconds while waiting for responses from the server. int False
User name The optional username for connection authentication. securestring False
Use TLS Secure the connection with Transport Layer Security (TLS). bool False
Validate server certificate Validate the server's certificate. bool False
Alias transaction Id The Customer Information Control System (CICS) transaction ID to use as the context for running the HTTP program. string False
Allow HTTP redirects Allow HTTP redirects. bool False
User agent The user agent that identifies the application to the server. string False

TRM - Link

Transaction Request Message - Link.

Parameters

Name Description Type Required Allowed Values
Code page The code page number to use for converting text. int False
Password The optional user password for connection authentication. securestring False
Port number The port number to use for connecting to the server. int True
Server name The server name. string True
Timeout The timeout period in seconds while waiting for responses from the server. int False
User name The optional username for connection authentication. securestring False
Use TLS Secure the connection with Transport Layer Security (TLS). bool False
Validate server certificate Validate the server's certificate. bool False
Server certificate common name The name of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate to use. string False
Client Certificate Thumbprint The client certificate thumbprint for use with Mutual TLS authentication securestring False
Use IBM request header format The server expects ELM or TRM headers in the IBM format. bool False

TRM - User Data

Transaction Request Message - User Data.

Parameters

Name Description Type Required Allowed Values
Code page The code page number to use for converting text. int False
Password The optional user password for connection authentication. securestring False
Port number The port number to use for connecting to the server. int True
Server name The server name. string True
Timeout The timeout period in seconds while waiting for responses from the server. int False
User name The optional username for connection authentication. securestring False
Use TLS Secure the connection with Transport Layer Security (TLS). bool False
Validate server certificate Validate the server's certificate. bool False
Server certificate common name The name of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate to use. string False
Client Certificate Thumbprint The client certificate thumbprint for use with Mutual TLS authentication securestring False
Use IBM request header format The server expects ELM or TRM headers in the IBM format. bool False

Actions

Call a CICS program

Execute a Customer Information Control System (CICS) program.

Call a CICS program

Operation ID:
executeMethod

Execute a Customer Information Control System (CICS) program.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
HIDX name
 hidx True string

The name for the HIDX file that has the actions' metadata.
Method name
 method True string

The name of a method in the HIDX file.
Input parameters
 inputParameters True string

A single object that has all the input parameters to the method.

Returns

A single object that has all the output parameters from the method.

Output parameters
object