IBM MQ Topic Subscriber Totals View

This View contains displays that allow you to view performance and utilization metrics for all of your IBM MQ topic subscriber totals. Clicking IBM MQ Topic Subscribers Totals in the left/navigation menu opens the IBM MQ Topic Subscriber Totals Table display, which allows you to view current alert status and performance metrics based on the total messages received by all subscribers for each topic on a specific MQ broker in a table format.

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IBM MQ Topic Subscriber Totals Heatmap: Clicking IBM MQ Topic Subscribers Totals Heatmap in the left/navigation menu opens this display, which allows you to view current alert status and performance metrics based on the total messages received by all subscribers for each topic on a specific MQ broker in a heatmap format.

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IBM Topic Subscriber Totals Summary: Clicking IBM MQ Topic Subscribers Totals Summary in the left/navigation menu opens this display, which allows you to view current alert status and performance metrics based on the total messages received by all subscribers for a particular topic on a specific MQ broker.

 

IBM MQ Topic Subscriber Totals Table

This display allows you to view current alert status and performance metrics based on the total messages received by all subscribers for each topic on a specific MQ broker in a table format.

Each row in the table contains data for a particular topic subscriber’s totals. 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 subscriber totals by double-clicking a row, which opens the IBM Topic Subscriber Totals Summary display.

 

 

Filter By:
	Broker:	Select the broker for which you want to view data or select All to view subscriber totals for all brokers.
Topic Subscriber Totals		The number of topic subscriber totals found on the broker and listed in the table.
All Topic Subscriber Totals Table
	Broker	The name of the broker.
	Topic String	The name of the topic string.
	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 Message Count	The number of messages since the last data update.
	Rate Message Count	The rate of messages put to the destination specified by this subscription.
	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 Subscriber Totals Heatmap

This display allows you to view current alert status and performance metrics based on the total messages received by all subscribers for each topic on a specific MQ broker in a heatmap format.

Each rectangle in the heatmap represents a different topic subscriber totals, where the rectangle color indicates the most critical alert state for items associated with that topic subscriber totals, and the rectangle size represents the tablespace allocation size for the topic subscriber totals.

Each metric has its own color gradient bar legend that maps values to colors. By default, the Alert Severity metric is shown, which is the current alert severity for items associated with the rectangle. 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.

Use the Show Broker check-box to include or exclude labels in the heatmap, use the Log Scale check-box to apply log scale, and mouse over a rectangle to see additional metrics. Click a rectangle to drill down on an instance in the IBM Topic Subscriber Totals Summary display.

 

 

Filter By:
	Broker	Select the broker for which you want to view data or select All to view all subscriber totals on all brokers.
Fields and Data
	Topic Subscriber Totals	The number of topic subscriber totals found on the broker and listed in the heatmap.
	Show Broker	Select this check box to display the name of the broker 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 Message Count	The rate of messages put to the destination specified by the subscription. 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 number of published topics in the heatmap. The middle value in the gradient bar indicates the middle value of the range.

 

IBM Topic Subscriber Totals Summary

This display allows you to view current alert status and performance metrics based on the total messages received by all subscribers for a particular topic on a specific MQ broker. Select a broker and a topic string from the drop-down menus to view data for the selected topic subscriber. Clicking on the Message Rate information box at the top of the display opens the IBM MQ Topic Subscriber Totals Table display, where you can sort and compare the performance values of all topic subscriber totals.

The trend graph traces the Metric Trends (Message Rate) for the selected topic subscriber totals. 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 for which you want to view data.
	Topic String	Select the topic string for which you want to view data.
Fields and Data
	Message Rate	The rate of messages put to the destination specified by this subscription.
Metric Trends Graph		Traces the following for the selected topic: Message Rate: Traces the rate of messages put to the destination specified by this subscription.
		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 true, 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.
Last Update		The date and time of the last data update.