CCSID Conversion Tables

To use the CICS Web Services (CWS) feature requires the following:

The IBM-37, IBM-437, and 002501B5 CCSID conversion tables, which are installed automatically when you install Enterprise Developer.
Update the SIT in your enterprise server instance to identify the conversion table to use
Create and install a replacement program file to facilitate conversion from EBCDIC to ASCII

Updating the SIT

The EBCDIC local CCSID must be defined to the CICS SIT associated with your enterprise server region.

See To specify a CCSID table in the CICS SIT for details.

Note: If you create your enterprise server region from Enterprise Developer using the CICSWebServices.xml template, the default EBCDIC local CCSID is set by default.

Converting from EBCDIC to ASCII

If your CICS application running on Enterprise Server is in ASCII, you must provide a replacement MFCCSIDMAP module that identifies the ASCII CCSID that corresponds to the EBCDIC local CCSID specified in the SIT. At startup, your enterprise server region calls MFCCSIDMAP to identify the ASCII CCSID. A return code of zero (0) indicates that the call is successful.

See To specify the corresponding ASCII CCSID for an EBCDIC CCSID for details.

Using IANA Registered Names

If you want to specify a CCSID using an Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) registered name, use the CICS GET CONTAINER and PUT CONTAINER statements.

Important: Only a subset of IBM CCSIDs have an IANA-equivalent registered name. See character-sets.xml and Mappings of CCSIDs to encoding names for serialized XML output data for details.