Input parameters passed to the CICS® server with an ECI call, and output parameters
returned to the user application following an ECI call.
Input parameters
- Channel
- A communication area used for passing containers to a server program.
- COMMAREA
- A communication area used for passing input to a server program.
- ECI timeout
- The maximum wait time for a response to an ECI request.
- LUW control
- The way in which a Logical Unit of Work (LUW) is started, continued
and ended.
- LUW identifier
- A token which identifies the ECI call as part of an LUW.
- Message qualifier
- For reply solicitation calls, a token that identifies the asynchronous
request.
- Password
- The password or password phrase provided for security checking
on an ECI call.
- Program name
- The name of a program to be run on a CICS server.
- Server name
- The name of the CICS server
that the ECI call is directed to. This can be a logical CICS server or an actual CICS server name.
- TPNName
- The transaction ID of the CICS mirror
program.
- TranName
- The transaction ID seen in the exec interface block (EIB) by the CICS mirror program.
- Userid
- The user ID provided for security checking on an ECI call.
Output parameters
- Abend code
- The code returned when a server program has ended abnormally.
- Channel
- A communication area that holds containers passed from a server
program.
- COMMAREA
- The communication area that contains output from a server program.
- LUW identifier
- A token which identifies the ECI call as part of an LUW.
- Message qualifier
- For asynchronous calls, a token that identifies the asynchronous
request and can be used to retrieve the response.
Information
Last updated: Wednesday, 27 August 2014