IBM MQ Subscription Configs View

The displays in this view allow you to view the current alert status and performance metrics for your subscription configurations on a specific MQ broker. Clicking IBM MQ Subscription Configs in the left/navigation menu opens the IBM MQ Subscription Configs Table display, which allows you to view current alert status and performance metrics of all subscription configurations on a specific MQ broker in a table format. The other available display in this View is:

IBM MQ Subscription Config Summary: Clicking MQ Subscription Config Summary in the left/navigation menu opens this display, which allows you to view current alert status and performance metrics of a subscription configuration on a specific MQ broker in a table format.

IBM MQ Subscription Configs Table

View current alert status and performance metrics of all subscription configurations on a specific MQ broker in a table format.

Each row in the table contains data for a particular subscription config. You can search, filter, sort and choose columns to include by clicking a column header icon (to the right of each column label) and selecting Filter, Sort Ascending, Sort Descending or Columns.

You can also click any column header to sort and compare the values that interest you. Right-click on a table cell to Export to Excel or Copy Cell Value.

Investigate a subscription by double-clicking a row, which opens the IBM MQ Subscription Config Summary display.

 

 

Filter By:

 

Broker:

Select the MQ broker for which you want to view subscription configs or select All to view all subscription configs for all brokers.

Count

The number of topics found on the broker and listed in the table.

All Subscription Configs Table

 

Broker

The name of the broker.

 

Name

The name of the subscription config.

 

Subscription ID

The internal, unique key identifying the subscription.

 

Alteration Date

The date of the most recent MQSUB or Change Subscription command that modified the properties of the subscription.

 

Alteration Time

The time of the most recent MQSUB or Change Subscription command that modified the properties of the subscription.

 

Creation Date

The creation date of the subscription.

 

Creation Time

The creation time of the subscription.

 

Destination

Specifies the name of the alias, local, remote, or cluster queue to which messages for this subscription are put.

 

Destination Class

When MANAGED, the destination is managed. When PROVIDED, the destination queue is as specified in the Destination field.

 

Destination Correlation ID

A correlation identifier that is placed in the CorrelId field of the message descriptor for all the messages sent to this subscription.

 

Destination Queue Manager

The name of the destination queue manager, either local or remote, to which messages for the subscription are forwarded.

 

Durable

When NO, the subscription is removed when the application that created it is closed or disconnected from the queue manager. When YES, the subscription persists even when the creating application is no longer running or has been disconnected. The subscription is reinstated when the queue manager is restarted.

 

Expiry

The time, in tenths of a second, at which a subscription expires after its creation date and time. A value of unlimited means that the subscription never expires.

 

Publish Priority

The priority of messages sent to this subscription. Possible values are:

AS PUBLISHED -- The priority of messages sent to this subscription is taken from that priority supplied to the published message.

AS_QDEF -- The priority of messages sent to this subscription is determined by the default priority of the queue defined as a destination.

0-9 -- An integer value providing an explicit priority for messages sent to this subscription.

 

Publish Subscribe Properties

Specifies how publish/subscribe related message properties are added to messages sent to this subscription.

 

Published Accounting Tokens

The value of the accounting token used in the AccountingToken field of the message descriptor.

 

Published Application Identity Data

The value of the application identity data used in the ApplIdentityData field of the message descriptor.

 

Request Only

Indicates whether the subscriber polls for updates using the MQSUBRQ API call, or whether all publications are delivered to this subscription. Possible values are:

ALL -- All publications on the topic are delivered to this subscription.

ON REQUEST -- Publications are only delivered to this subscription in response to an MQSUBRQ API call.

 

Selector

Specifies the selector applied to messages published to the topic.

 

Selector Type

The type of selector string that has been specified.

 

Subscription Level

The level within the subscription interception hierarchy at which this subscription is made.

 

Subscription Scope

Lists whether this subscription is passed to other queue managers in the network. Possible values are:

ALL -- The subscription is forwarded to all queue managers directly connected through a publish/subscribe collective or hierarchy.

QUEUE MANAGER -- The subscription only forwards messages published on the topic within this queue manager.

 

Subscription Type

The type of subscription, which indicates how the subscription was created.

 

Subscription User

The user ID that owns the subscription.

 

Topic Object

The name of a previously defined topic object from which is obtained the topic name for the subscription.

 

Topic String

The name of the topic string.

 

Userdata

Denotes the user data associated with the subscription.

 

Variable User

Denotes whether a user other than the one who created the subscription (the user shown in SubscriptionUser) can take over the ownership of the subscription

 

Wildcard Schema

Lists the schema to be used when interpreting any wildcard characters contained in the TopicString.

 

Expired

When checked, performance data has not been received in the time specified in the Duration region on the RTView Configuration Application > Solution Package Configuration > IBM MQ > DATA STORAGE tab.

 

Timestamp

The date and time of the last data update.

 

IBM MQ Subscription Config Summary

View current alert status and performance metrics of a subscription configuration on a specific MQ broker in a table format. Select a broker, a subscription, and a subscription ID from the drop-down menus to view data for the selected subscription config. Clicking on the information boxes at the top of the display opens the IBM MQ Subscription Configs Table display, where you can sort and compare the performance values of all subscription configs.

Clicking the Critical/Warning link at the bottom of the display opens the Alerts Table by Component display. You can hover over the trend graph to see the values at a particular time.

 

 

Filter By:

 

Broker:

Select the MQ broker for which you want to view data.

 

Name

Select the name of the subscription configuration for which you want to view data.

 

Subscription ID

Select the subscription ID for which you want to view data.

Fields and Data

 

Alteration Date

The date of the most recent MQSUB or Change Subscription command that modified the properties of the subscription.

 

Alteration Time

The time of the most recent MQSUB or Change Subscription command that modified the properties of the subscription.

 

Creation Date

The creation date of the subscription.

 

Creation Time

The creation time of the subscription

Critical/Warning

The total number of critical and warning alerts.

Connected

When checked, denotes that the broker is connected.

Expired

When checked, performance data has not been received in the time specified in the Duration region on the RTView Configuration Application > Solution Package Configuration > IBM MQ > DATA STORAGE tab.

Destination

Specifies the name of the alias, local, remote, or cluster queue to which messages for this subscription are put.

Destination Correlation ID

A correlation identifier that is placed in the CorrelId field of the message descriptor for all the messages sent to this subscription.

Destination Queue Manager

The name of the destination queue manager, either local or remote, to which messages for the subscription are forwarded.

Publish Priority

The priority of messages sent to this subscription. Possible values are:

AS PUBLISHED -- The priority of messages sent to this subscription is taken from that priority supplied to the published message.

AS_QDEF -- The priority of messages sent to this subscription is determined by the default priority of the queue defined as a destination.

0-9 -- An integer value providing an explicit priority for messages sent to this subscription.

Published Accounting Token

The value of the accounting token used in the AccountingToken field of the message descriptor.

Published Application Identity Data

The value of the application identity data used in the ApplIdentityData field of the message descriptor.

Selector Type

The type of selector string that has been specified.

Subscription Type

The type of subscription, which indicates how the subscription was created.

Topic String

The name of the topic string.

Wildcard Schema

Lists the schema to be used when interpreting any wildcard characters contained in the TopicString.

Destination Class

When MANAGED, the destination is managed. When PROVIDED, the destination queue is as specified in the Destination field.

Durable

When NO, the subscription is removed when the application that created it is closed or disconnected from the queue manager. When YES, the subscription persists even when the creating application is no longer running or has been disconnected. The subscription is reinstated when the queue manager is restarted.

Publish Subscribe Properties

Specifies how publish/subscribe related message properties are added to messages sent to this subscription.

Request Only

Indicates whether the subscriber polls for updates using the MQSUBRQ API call, or whether all publications are delivered to this subscription. Possible values are:

ALL -- All publications on the topic are delivered to this subscription.

ON REQUEST -- Publications are only delivered to this subscription in response to an MQSUBRQ API call.

Subscription Level

The level within the subscription interception hierarchy at which this subscription is made.

Subscription User

The user ID that owns the subscription.

Userdata

Denotes the user data associated with the subscription.

Selector

Specifies the selector applied to messages published to the topic.

Subscription Scope

Lists whether this subscription is passed to other queue managers in the network. Possible values are:

ALL -- The subscription is forwarded to all queue managers directly connected through a publish/subscribe collective or hierarchy.

QUEUE MANAGER -- The subscription only forwards messages published on the topic within this queue manager.

Topic Object

The name of a previously defined topic object from which is obtained the topic name for the subscription.

Variable User

Denotes whether a user other than the one who created the subscription (the user shown in SubscriptionUser) can take over the ownership of the subscription

Last Update

The date and time of the last data update.