CICS Program Call

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