IBM Host File

The IBM Host File connector provides an API to work with off-line files of IBM origin.

This article describes the operations for the IBM Host File 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 host files from IBM mainframes with your workflow in Azure Logic Apps, see Parse and generate host files from IBM mainframes for Standard workflows in Azure Logic Apps .

Authentication

Code Page

Code Page number to use for converting text

Parameters

Name Description Type Required Allowed Values
Code Page Code Page number to use for converting text int False

From iSeries

Do files originate from an iSeries

Parameters

Name Description Type Required Allowed Values
From iSeries Do files originate from an iSeries bool False

Actions

Generate Host File Contents

Generate contents of a file in IBM formats.

Parse Host File Contents

Parse the contents of a file in IBM formats.

Generate Host File Contents

Generate contents of a file in IBM formats.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
HIDX Name
hidx True string

Name of an HIDX file containing meta-data about the IBM file format.

Schema Name
schema True string

Name of a Schema contained in the HIDX file.

Rows
rows True string

Rows to be converted to IBM Format.

Returns

Name Path Type Description
Binary Contents
contents string

Binary data representing the contents of an IBM file, generated from the input Rows.

Parse Host File Contents

Parse the contents of a file in IBM formats.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
HIDX Name
hidx True string

Name of an HIDX file containing meta-data about the IBM file format.

Schema Name
schema True string

Name of a Schema contained in the HIDX file.

Binary Contents
contents True string

Binary data representing the contents of an IBM file.

Returns

Name Path Type Description
Rows
rows string

The result of parsing the binary file contents.