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

Operation ID:

generateFileContents

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

Operation ID:

parseFileContents

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.