Sign-on input data sent by PEM client

The CICS® PEM server needs input data from the PEM client sign-on transaction program.

See Example: Sign-on with new password for an example of sign-on input data in GDS flows.

Table 1. Sign-on request and data sent to CICS PEM server
Length (bytes) Value Meaning
2 X'nnnn' Length of entire GDS data, including this 2-byte length value.
2 X'1221' Data ID for sign-on data.
2 X'nnnn' Length of this second (nested) data structure (length, data ID, and data), including this 2-byte length value.
2 X'FF00' or X'FF01' Data ID for sign-on or sign-on and change password request data, respectively. (New password subfield is not permitted for X'FF00'.)
1 X'nn' Length of subfield for userid, including this 1-byte length value.
1 X'01' Data ID of subfield for userid.
X'nn'-2 C'xxxxxxxx' Userid.
1 X'mm' Length of subfield for password, including this 1-byte length value.
1 X'02' Data ID of subfield for password.
X'mm'-2 C'xxxxxxxx' Password.
1 X'pp' Length of subfield for new password, including this 1-byte length value.
1 X'06' Data ID of subfield for new password.
X'pp'-2 C'xxxxxxxx' New password.