IBM MQ Topic Publishers View

The displays in this View present performance and utilization metrics for your Topic Publishers. Clicking IBM MQ Topic Publishers in the left/navigation menu opens the IBM MQ Topic Publishers Table display, which allows you to view current alert status and performance metrics of all topic publishers on a specific MQ broker in a table format. The other available displays in this View are:

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IBM MQ Topic Publishers Heatmap: Clicking MQ Topic Publishers Heatmap opens this display, which allows you to view current alert status and performance metrics of all topic publishers on a specific MQ broker in a heatmap format.

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IBM MQ Topic Publisher Summary: Clicking MQ Topic Publisher Summary opens this display, which allows you to view current alert status and performance metrics for a specific topic publisher on a specific MQ broker.

 

IBM MQ Topic Publishers Table

This display allows you to view current alert status and performance metrics of all topic publishers on a specific MQ broker in a table format.

Each row in the table contains data for a particular publisher. 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 topic by double-clicking a row, which opens the IBM MQ Topic Publisher Summary display.

 

 

Filter By:
	Broker:	Select the MQ broker for which you want to view data.
	Topic String	Select the topic for which you want to view data.
Topic Publishers		The number of topic publishers found on the broker and listed in the table.
All Topic Publishers Table
	Broker	The name of the broker.
	Topic String	The name of the topic string.
	Active Connection	The currently active ConnectionId (CONNID) associated with the handle that has this topic open for publish.
	Alert Level	The current alert severity. Red indicates that one or more metrics exceeded their ALARM LEVEL threshold. Yellow indicates that one or more metrics exceeded their WARNING LEVEL threshold. Green indicates that no metrics have exceeded their alert thresholds.
	Alert Count	The total number of critical and warning alerts.
	Delta Publish Count	The current number of applications publishing to the topic on the broker since the last data update.
	Delta Timestamp	The difference in time (in milliseconds) between the most recent update (Last Update/Timestamp) and the previous update.
	Last Publication Date	The date on which this publisher last sent a message.
	Last Publication Time	The time at which this publisher last sent a message.
	Multicast Reliability Indicator	The multicast reliability indicator.
	Publish Count	The number of applications publishing to the topic on the broker.
	Rate Publish Count	The rate of messages sent by publishers to the topic on the broker.
	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 Topic Publishers Heatmap

View current alert status and performance metrics of all topic publishers on a specific broker.

Use the Metric drop-down menu to view the heatmap based on Alert Severity, Alert Count, and Rate Publish Count.

Each rectangle in the heatmap represents a different topic publisher, where the rectangle color indicates the most critical alert state for items associated with that topic publisher.

By default, the Alert Severity metric is shown. Values range from 0 - 2, as indicated in the color gradient bar:

(2) Red indicates that one or more metrics exceeded their ALARM LEVEL threshold.

(1) Yellow indicates that one or more metrics exceeded their WARNING LEVEL threshold.

(0) Green indicates that no metrics have exceeded their alert thresholds.

Investigate a topic by clicking a rectangle which opens the IBM MQ Topic Publisher Summary display.

Mouse-over rectangles to view more details about host performance and status. Toggle between the commonly accessed Table and Heatmap displays by clicking the drop down list on the display title.

 

 

Filter By:
	Broker	Select the MQ broker containing the topic string for which you want to view data or select All to view all available topic strings for all brokers.
	Topic String	Select the topic string for which you want to view data or select All to view all topic strings.
Fields and Data
	Topic Publishers	The number of topic publishers found as a result of the filter and listed in the heatmap.
	Show Broker	Select this check box to display the names of the brokers at the top of each rectangle in the heatmap.
	Log Scale	Select this check box to enable a logarithmic scale. Use Log Scale to see usage correlations for data with a wide range of values. For example, if a minority of your data is on a scale of tens, and a majority of your data is on a scale of thousands, the minority of your data is typically not visible in non-log scale graphs. Log Scale makes data on both scales visible by applying logarithmic values rather than actual values to the data.
	Auto Scale	Select to enable auto-scaling. When auto-scaling is activated, the color gradient bar's maximum range displays the highest value. Note: Some metrics auto-scale automatically, even when Auto Scale is not selected.
	Metric	Choose a metric to view in the display. For details about the data, refer to vendor documentation.
		Alert Severity	The current alert severity for items associated with the rectangle. Values range from 0 - 2, as indicated in the color gradient bar, where 2 is the highest Alert Severity: (2) Red indicates that one or more metrics exceeded their ALARM LEVEL threshold. (1) Yellow indicates that one or more metrics exceeded their WARNING LEVEL threshold. (0) Green indicates that no metrics have exceeded their alert thresholds.
		Alert Count	The total number of critical and warning unacknowledged alerts for items associated with the rectangle. The color gradient bar, populated by the current heatmap, shows the value/color mapping. The numerical values in the gradient bar range from 0 to the maximum count of alerts in the heatmap. The middle value in the gradient bar indicates the middle value of the range.
		Rate Publish Count	The rate of applications publishing to the topics for items associated with the rectangle. The color gradient bar, populated by the current heatmap, shows the value/color mapping. The numerical values in the gradient bar range from 0 to the maximum rate of published topics in the heatmap. The middle value in the gradient bar indicates the middle value of the range.

 

IBM MQ Topic Publisher Summary

View current alert status and performance metrics for a specific topic publisher on a specific broker. Select a broker, a topic string, and a publisher from the drop-down menus to view data for the selected topic publisher. Clicking on the information boxes at the top of the display (such as Publish Count and Publish Rate) opens the IBM MQ Topic Publishers Table display, where you can sort and compare the performance values of all topic publishers.

The trend graph traces the Metric Trends (Publish Rate) for the selected topic publisher. You can specify the time range for the trend graph and view data based on a log scale, which enables visualization on a logarithmic scale and should be used when the range in your data is very broad.

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 containing the topic string and publisher for which you want to view data.
	Topic String	Select the topic string containing the publisher for which you want to view data.
	Publisher	Select the publisher for which you want to view data.
Fields and Data
	Publish Count	The number of messages sent by publishers to the topic on the broker.
	Publish Rate	The rate of messages sent by publishers to the topic on the broker.
	Last Publication Date	The date on which this publisher last sent a message.
	Last Publication Time	The time at which this publisher last sent a message.
Metric Trends Graph		Traces the following for the selected topic: Publish Rate: Traces the rate of messages sent by publishers to the topic on the broker.
		Log Scale	Select to enable a logarithmic scale. Use Log Scale to see usage correlations for data with a wide range of values. For example, if a minority of your data is on a scale of tens, and a majority of your data is on a scale of thousands, the minority of your data is typically not visible in non-log scale graphs. Log Scale makes data on both scales visible by applying logarithmic values rather than actual values to the data.
		Time Settings	Select a time range from the drop down menu varying from 5 Minutes to Last 7 Days. By default, the time range end point is the current time.   To change the time range, deselect the now toggle, which displays some additional date fields. You can click the left and right arrow buttons to decrease the end time by one time period (the time selected in the Time range drop down) per click, or you can choose the date and time from the associated calendar and clock icons. You can also enter the date and time in the text field using the following format: MMM dd, YYYY HH:MM:ss. For example, Aug 21, 2018 12:24 PM. Click the now toggle to reset the time range end point to the current time.
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.
Delta Publish Count		The current number of applications publishing to the topic on the broker since the last data update.
Delta Timestamp		The difference in time (in milliseconds) between the most recent update (Last Update/Timestamp) and the previous update.
Multicast Reliability Indicator		The multicast reliability indicator.
Last Update		The date and time of the last data update.