DISPLAY QUEUE
Use the MQSC command DISPLAY QUEUE to display the attributes of one or more queues of any type.
Use MQSC commands
For information on how we use MQSC commands, see Performing local administration tasks using MQSC commands.
We can issue this command from sources 2CR. For an explanation of the source symbols, see Use commands on z/OS®.
Synonym: DIS QDISPLAY QUEUE
Requested parametersNotes:- 1 Valid only on z/OS.
- 2 On z/OS, you cannot issue this from CSQINP2.
- 3 Valid only on z/OS when the queue manager is a member of a queue-sharing group.
- 4 Valid only on an alias queue.
- 5 Not valid on z/OS.
- 6 Not valid on z/OS or IBM® i.
Usage notes
- We can use the following commands (or their synonyms) as an alternative way to display these attributes.
- DISPLAY QALIAS
- DISPLAY QCLUSTER
- DISPLAY QLOCAL
- DISPLAY QMODEL
- DISPLAY QREMOTE
- On z/OS, the channel initiator must be running before we can display information about cluster queues (using TYPE(QCLUSTER) or the CLUSINFO parameter).
- The command might not show every clustered queue in the cluster when issued on a partial repository, because the partial repository only knows about a queue once it has tried to use it.
Parameter descriptions for DISPLAY QUEUE
You must specify the name of the queue definition you want to display. This can be a specific queue name or a generic queue name. By using a generic queue name, we can display either:- All queue definitions
- One or more queues that match the specified name
- queue-name
- The local name of the queue definition to be displayed (see Rules for naming IBM MQ objects). A trailing asterisk * matches all queues with the specified stem followed by zero or more characters. An asterisk (*) on its own specifies all queues.
- WHERE
-
Specify a filter
condition to display only those queues that satisfy the selection criterion of the filter condition.
The filter condition is in three parts: filter-keyword,
operator, and filter-value:
- filter-keyword
- Almost any parameter that can be used to display attributes for this DISPLAY command. However, we cannot use the CMDSCOPE, QDPHIEV, QDPLOEV, QDPMAXEV, QSGDISP, or QSVCIEV parameters as filter keywords. You cannot use CFSTRUCT, CLUSTER, PSID, STGCLASS,, or CLUSNLif these are also used to select queues. Queues of a type for which the filter keyword is not a valid attribute are not displayed.
- operator
- This is used to determine whether a queue satisfies the filter value on the given filter
keyword. The operators are:
- LT
- Less than
- GT
- Greater than
- EQ
- Equal to
- NE
- Not equal to
- LE
- Less than or equal to
- GE
- Greater than or equal to
- LK
- Matches a generic string that you provide as a filter-value
- NL
- Does not match a generic string that you provide as a filter-value
- filter-value
- The value that the attribute value must be tested against using the operator. Depending on the
filter-keyword, this can be:
- An explicit value, that is a valid value for the attribute being tested.
We can use operators LT, GT, EQ, NE, LE or GE only. However, if the attribute value is one from a possible set of values on a parameter (for example, the value QALIAS on the CLUSQT parameter), we can only use EQ or NE. For the parameters HARDENBO, SHARE, and TRIGGER, use either EQ YES or EQ NO.
- A generic value. This is a character string (such as the character string you supply for the
DESCR parameter) with an asterisk at the end, for example ABC*. If the operator is LK, all items
where the attribute value begins with the string (ABC in the example) are listed. If the operator is
NL, all items where the attribute value does not begin with the string are listed. Only a single
trailing wildcard character (asterisk) is permitted.
We cannot use a generic filter-value for parameters with numeric values or with one of a set of values.
- An explicit value, that is a valid value for the attribute being tested.
- ALL
-
Specify this to display all the attributes. If this parameter is specified, any
attributes that are also requested specifically have no effect; all attributes are still displayed.
On all platforms, this is the default if we do not specify a generic name and do not request any specific attributes.
On z/OS this is also the default if you specify a filter condition using the WHERE parameter, but on other platforms only requested attributes are displayed.
- CFSTRUCT ( generic-name)
-
This parameter is optional and limits the information displayed to those queues where
the value of the coupling facility structure is specified in brackets.
The value can be a generic name. If we do not enter a value for this parameter, CFSTRUCT is treated as a requested parameter.
- CLUSINFO
-
This requests that, in addition to
information about attributes of queues defined on this queue manager, information about these and
other queues in the cluster that match the selection criteria is displayed. In this case, there
might be multiple queues with the same name displayed. The cluster information is obtained from the
repository on this queue manager.
Note that, on z/OS, we cannot issue DISPLAY QUEUE CLUSINFO commands from CSQINP2.
- CLUSNL ( generic-name )
-
This is optional, and limits the information displayed if entered with a value in brackets:
- For queues defined on the local queue manager, only those with the specified cluster list. The value can be a generic name. Only queue types for which CLUSNL is a valid parameter are restricted in this way; other queue types that meet the other selection criteria are displayed.
- For cluster queues, only those belonging to clusters in the specified cluster list if the value is not a generic name. If the value is a generic name, no restriction is applied to cluster queues.
- CLUSTER ( generic-name )
-
This is optional, and limits the information displayed to queues with the specified
cluster name if entered with a value in brackets. The value can be a generic name. Only queue types
for which CLUSTER is a valid parameter are restricted in this way by this
parameter; other queue types that meet the other selection criteria are displayed.
If we do not enter a value to qualify this parameter, it is treated as a requested parameter, and cluster name information is returned about all the queues displayed.
- CMDSCOPE
-
This parameter applies to z/OS only and
specifies how the command runs when the queue manager is a member of a queue sharing group.
CMDSCOPE must be blank, or the local queue manager, if QSGDISP
is set to GROUP or SHARED.
- ''
- The command runs on the queue manager on which it was entered. This is the default value.
- qmgr-name
- The command runs on the queue manager you specify, providing the queue manager is active within
the queue sharing group.
We can specify a queue manager name, other than the queue manager on which the command was entered, only if you are using a queue sharing group environment and if the command server is enabled.
- *
- The command runs on the local queue manager and is also passed to every active queue manager in the queue sharing group. The effect of this is the same as entering the command on every queue manager in the queue sharing group.
We cannot use CMDSCOPE as a filter keyword.
- PSID ( integer )
-
The identifier of the page set where a queue resides. This is optional. Specifying a
value limits the information displayed to queues that have an active association to the specified
page set. The value consists of two numeric characters, in the range 00 - 99. An asterisk
* on its own specifies all page set identifiers. If we do not enter a value, page
set information is returned about all the queues displayed. The page set identifier is displayed
only if there is an active association of the queue to a page set, that is, after the queue has been
the target of an MQPUT request. The association of a queue to a page set is not
active when:
- The queue is just defined
- The STGCLASS attribute of the queue is altered, and there is no subsequent MQPUT request to the queue
- The queue manager is restarted and there are no messages on the queue
This parameter is valid only on z/OS.
- QSGDISP
-
Specifies the disposition of the objects for which information is to be displayed.
Values are:
- LIVE
- This is the default value and displays information for objects defined with QSGDISP(QMGR) or QSGDISP(COPY). If there is a shared queue manager environment, and the command is being executed on the queue manager where it was issued, also display information for objects defined with QSGDISP(SHARED).
- ALL
- Display information for objects defined with QSGDISP(QMGR) or
QSGDISP(COPY).
If there is a shared queue manager environment, and the command is being executed on the queue manager where it was issued, this option also displays information for objects defined with QSGDISP(GROUP) or QSGDISP(SHARED).
In a shared queue manager environment:DISPLAY QUEUE(name) CMDSCOPE(*) QSGDISP(ALL)
The command lists objects matching name in the queue sharing group, without duplicating those in the shared repository. - COPY
- Display information only for objects defined with QSGDISP(COPY).
- GROUP
- Display information only for objects defined with QSGDISP(GROUP). This is allowed only if there is a shared queue manager environment.
- PRIVATE
- Display information only for objects defined with QSGDISP(QMGR) or QSGDISP(COPY).
- QMGR
- Display information only for objects defined with QSGDISP(QMGR).
- SHARED
- Display information only for objects defined with QSGDISP(SHARED). This is allowed only in a shared queue manager environment.
Note: For cluster queues, this is always treated as a requested parameter. The value returned is the disposition of the real queue that the cluster queue represents. If QSGDISP(LIVE) is specified or defaulted, or if QSGDISP(ALL) is specified in a shared queue manager environment, the command might give duplicated names (with different dispositions) . Note: In the QSGDISP(LIVE) case, this occurs only where a shared and a non-shared queue have the same name; such a situation should not occur in a well-managed system. QSGDISP displays one of the following values:
- QMGR
- The object was defined with QSGDISP(QMGR).
- GROUP
- The object was defined with QSGDISP(GROUP).
- COPY
- The object was defined with QSGDISP(COPY).
- SHARED
- The object was defined with QSGDISP(SHARED).
We cannot use QSGDISP as a filter keyword.
- STGCLASS ( generic-name)
-
This is optional, and limits the information displayed to queues with the storage class
specified if entered with a value in brackets. The value can be a generic name.
If we do not enter a value to qualify this parameter, it is treated as a requested parameter, and storage class information is returned about all the queues displayed.
This parameter is valid only on z/OS.
- TARGTYPE ( target-type )
- This is optional and specifies the target type of the alias queue you want to be displayed.
- TYPE ( queue-type )
-
This is optional, and
specifies the type of queues you want to be displayed. If you specify ALL, which is
the default value, all queue types are displayed; this includes cluster queues if
CLUSINFO is also specified. As well as ALL, we can specify any
of the queue types allowed for a DEFINE command: QALIAS,
QLOCAL, QMODEL, QREMOTE, or their synonyms, as follows:
- QALIAS
- Alias queues
- QLOCAL
- Local queues
- QMODEL
- Model queues
- QREMOTE
- Remote queues
We can specify a queue type of QCLUSTER to display only cluster queue information. If QCLUSTER is specified, any selection criteria specified by the CFSTRUCT, STGCLASS, or PSID parameters are ignored. Note that we cannot issue DISPLAY QUEUE TYPE(QCLUSTER) commands from CSQINP2.
On Multiplatforms, QTYPE ( type ) can be used as a synonym for this parameter.
The queue name and queue type (and, on z/OS, the queue disposition) are always displayed.
Requested parameters
Specify one or more parameters that define the data to be displayed. The parameters can be specified in any order, but do not specify the same parameter more than once.
Most parameters are relevant only for queues of a particular type or types. Parameters that are not relevant for a particular type of queue cause no output, nor is an error raised.
The following table shows the parameters that are relevant for each type of queue. There is a brief description of each parameter after the table, but for more information, see the DEFINE command for each queue type.
Local queue | Model queue | Alias queue | Remote queue | Cluster queue | |
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ACCTQ |
|
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N/A | N/A | N/A |
ALTDATE |
|
|
|
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ALTTIME |
|
|
|
|
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BOQNAME |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
BOTHRESH |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
CFSTRUCT |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
CLCHNAME |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
CLUSDATE | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
|
CLUSNL |
|
N/A |
|
|
N/A |
CLUSQMGR | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
|
CLUSQT | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
|
CLUSTER |
|
N/A |
|
|
|
CLUSTIME | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
|
CLWLPRTY |
|
N/A |
|
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CLWLRANK |
|
N/A |
|
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CLWLUSEQ |
|
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
CRDATE |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
CRTIME |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
CURDEPTH |
|
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
CUSTOM |
|
|
|
|
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DEFBIND |
|
N/A |
|
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DEFPRESP |
|
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DEFPRTY |
|
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DEFPSIST |
|
|
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|
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DEFREADA |
|
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N/A | N/A |
DEFSOPT |
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N/A | N/A | N/A |
DEFTYPE |
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N/A | N/A | N/A |
DESCR |
|
|
|
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DISTL |
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N/A | N/A | N/A |
GET |
|
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N/A | N/A |
HARDENBO |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
IMGRCOVQ |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
INDXTYPE |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
INITQ |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
IPPROCS |
|
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
MAXDEPTH |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
MAXMSGL |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
MONQ |
|
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N/A | N/A | N/A |
MSGDLVSQ |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
NPMCLASS |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
OPPROCS |
|
N/A | N/A | N/A | |
PROCESS |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
PROPCTL |
|
|
|
N/A | N/A |
PSID |
|
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
PUT |
|
|
|
|
|
QDEPTHHI |
|
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N/A | N/A | N/A |
QDEPTHLO |
|
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N/A | N/A | N/A |
QDPHIEV |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
QDPLOEV |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
QDPMAXEV |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
QMID | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
|
QSGDISP |
|
|
|
|
|
QSVCIEV |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
QSVCINT |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
QTYPE |
|
|
|
|
|
RETINTVL |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
RNAME | N/A | N/A | N/A |
|
N/A |
RQMNAME | N/A | N/A | N/A |
|
N/A |
SCOPE |
|
N/A |
|
|
N/A |
SHARE |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
STATQ |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
STGCLASS |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
TARGET | N/A | N/A |
|
N/A | N/A |
TARGTYPE | N/A | N/A |
|
N/A | N/A |
TPIPE |
|
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
TRIGDATA |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
TRIGDPTH |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
TRIGGER |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
TRIGMPRI |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
TRIGTYPE |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
USAGE |
|
|
N/A | N/A | N/A |
XMITQ | N/A | N/A | N/A |
|
N/A |
- ACCTQ
- Whether accounting (on z/OS, thread-level and queue-level accounting) data collection is to be enabled for the queue.
- ALTDATE
- The date on which the definition or information was last altered, in the form yyyy-mm-dd.
- ALTTIME
- The time at which the definition or information was last altered, in the form hh.mm.ss.
- BOQNAME
- Backout requeue name.
- BOTHRESH
- Backout threshold.
- CLCHNAME
- CLCHNAME is the generic name of the cluster-sender channels that use this queue as a transmission queue. The attribute specifies which cluster-sender channels send messages to a cluster-receiver channel from this cluster transmission queue.
- CLUSDATE
- The date on which the definition became available to the local queue manager, in the form yyyy-mm-dd.
- CLUSNL
- The namelist that defines the cluster that the queue is in.
- CLUSQMGR
- The name of the queue manager that hosts the queue.
- CLUSQT
-
Cluster queue type. This can be:
- QALIAS
- The cluster queue represents an alias queue.
- QLOCAL
- The cluster queue represents a local queue.
- QMGR
- The cluster queue represents a queue manager alias.
- QREMOTE
- The cluster queue represents a remote queue.
- CLUSTER
- The name of the cluster that the queue is in.
- CLUSTIME
- The time at which the definition became available to the local queue manager, in the form hh.mm.ss.
- CLWLPRTY
- The priority of the queue for the purposes of cluster workload distribution.
- CLWLRANK
- The rank of the queue for the purposes of cluster workload distribution.
- CLWLUSEQ
- Whether puts are allowed to other queue definitions apart from local ones.
- CRDATE
- The date on which the queue was defined (in the form yyyy-mm-dd).
- CRTIME
- The time at which the queue was defined (in the form hh.mm.ss).
- CURDEPTH
-
Current depth of
queue.
On z/OS, CURDEPTH is returned as zero for queues defined with a disposition of GROUP. It is also returned as zero for queues defined with a disposition of SHARED if the CF structure that they use is unavailable or has failed.
Messages put on a queue count toward the current depth as they are put. Messages got from a queue do not count toward the current depth. This is true whether operations are done under syncpoint or not. Commit has no effect on current depth. Therefore:- Messages put under syncpoint (but not yet committed) are included in the current depth.
- Messages got under syncpoint (but not yet committed) are not included in the current depth.
- CUSTOM
- This attribute is reserved for the configuration of new features before separate attributes have been introduced. It can contain the values of zero or more attributes as pairs of attribute name and value in the form NAME(VALUE).
- DEFBIND
- Default message binding.
- DEFPRESP
- Default put response; defines the behavior that should be used by applications when the put response type in the MQPMO options has been set to MQPMO_RESPONSE_AS_Q_DEF.
- DEFPRTY
- Default priority of the messages put on the queue.
- DEFPSIST
- Whether the default persistence of messages put on this queue is set to NO or YES. NO means that messages are lost across a restart of the queue manager.
- DEFREADA
- This specifies the default read ahead behavior for non-persistent messages delivered to the client.
- DEFSOPT
- Default share option on a queue opened for input.
- DEFTYPE
-
Queue definition type.
This can be:
- PREDEFINED (Predefined)
The queue was created with a DEFINE command, either by an operator or by a suitably authorized application sending a command message to the service queue.
- PERMDYN (Permanent dynamic)
Either the queue was created by an application issuing MQOPEN with the name of a model queue specified in the object descriptor (MQOD), or (if this is a model queue) this determines the type of dynamic queue that can be created from it.
On z/OS the queue was created with QSGDISP(QMGR).
- TEMPDYN (Temporary dynamic)
Either the queue was created by an application issuing MQOPEN with the name of a model queue specified in the object descriptor (MQOD), or (if this is a model queue) this determines the type of dynamic queue that can be created from it.
On z/OS the queue was created with QSGDISP(QMGR).
- SHAREDYN
A permanent dynamic queue was created when an application issued an MQOPEN API call with the name of this model queue specified in the object descriptor (MQOD).
On z/OS, in a queue sharing group environment, the queue was created with QSGDISP(SHARED).
- PREDEFINED (Predefined)
- DESCR
- Descriptive comment.
- DISTL
- Whether distribution lists are supported by the partner queue manager. Supported only on Multiplatforms.
- GET
- Whether the queue is enabled for gets.
- HARDENBO
- Whether the back out count is hardened to ensure that the count of the number of times that a message has been backed out is accurate. Note: This parameter affects only IBM MQ for z/OS. It can be set and displayed on other platforms but has no effect.
- IMGRCOVQ
- Whether a local or permanent dynamic queue object is recoverable from a media image if linear logging is being used. Note: This parameter is not valid on IBM MQ for z/OS.
- INDXTYPE
- Index type (supported only on z/OS).
- INITQ
- Initiation queue name.
- IPPROCS
-
Number of handles
indicating that the queue is open for input.
On z/OS, IPPROCS is returned as zero for queues defined with a disposition of GROUP. With a disposition of SHARED, only the handles for the queue manager sending back the information are returned, not the information for the whole group.
- MAXDEPTH
- Maximum depth of queue.
- MAXMSGL
- Maximum message length.
- MONQ
- Online monitoring data collection.
- MSGDLVSQ
- Message delivery sequence.
- NPMCLASS
- Level of reliability assigned to non-persistent messages that are put to the queue.
- OPPROCS
-
Number of handles
indicating that the queue is open for output.
On z/OS, OPPROCS is returned as zero for queues defined with a disposition of GROUP. With a disposition of SHARED, only the handles for the queue manager sending back the information are returned, not the information for the whole group.
- PROCESS
- Process name.
- PROPCTL
-
Property control
attribute.
This parameter is applicable to Local, Alias and Model queues.
This parameter is optional.
Specifies how message properties are handled when messages are retrieved from queues using the MQGET call with the MQGMO_PROPERTIES_AS_Q_DEF option.
Permissible values are:- ALL
- To contain all the properties of the message, except those contained in the message descriptor (or extension), select All. The All value enables applications that cannot be changed to access all the message properties from MQRFH2 headers.
- COMPAT
- If the message contains a property with a prefix of mcd., jms., usr., or mqext., all message properties are delivered to the application in an MQRFH2 header. Otherwise all properties of the message, except those contained in the message descriptor (or extension), are discarded and are no longer accessible to the application.
- FORCE
- Properties are always returned in the message data in an MQRFH2 header regardless of whether the application specifies a message handle.
- NONE
- All properties of the message, except those in the message descriptor (or extension), are removed from the message before the message is delivered to the application.
- PUT
- Whether the queue is enabled for puts.
- QDEPTHHI
- Queue Depth High event generation threshold.
- QDEPTHLO
- Queue Depth Low event generation threshold.
- QDPHIEV
-
Whether Queue Depth
High events are generated.
We cannot use QDPHIEV as a filter keyword.
- QDPLOEV
-
Whether Queue Depth
Low events are generated.
We cannot use QDPLOEV as a filter keyword.
- QDPMAXEV
-
Whether Queue Full
events are generated.
We cannot use QDPMAXEV as a filter keyword.
- QMID
- The internally generated unique name of the queue manager that hosts the queue.
- QSVCIEV
-
Whether service
interval events are generated.
We cannot use QSVCIEV as a filter keyword.
- QSVCINT
- Service interval event generation threshold.
- QTYPE
-
Queue type.
The queue type is always displayed.
On Multiplatforms, TYPE(type) can be used as a synonym for this parameter.
- RETINTVL
- Retention interval.
- RNAME
- Name of the local queue, as known by the remote queue manager.
- RQMNAME
- Remote queue manager name.
- SCOPE
- Scope of queue definition (not supported on z/OS).
- Whether the queue can be shared.
- STATQ
- Whether statistics data information is to be collected.
- STGCLASS
- Storage class.
- TARGET
- This parameter requests that the base object name of an aliased queue is displayed.
- TARGTYPE
- This parameter requests that the target (base) type of an aliased queue is displayed.
- TPIPE
-
The TPIPE names used for
communication with OTMA using the IBM MQ - IMS bridge if the bridge is active. This parameter is
supported only on z/OS.
For more information about TPIPEs, see Controlling the IMS bridge.
- TRIGDATA
- Trigger data.
- TRIGDPTH
- Trigger depth.
- TRIGGER
- Whether triggers are active.
- TRIGMPRI
- Threshold message priority for triggers.
- TRIGTYPE
- Trigger type.
- USAGE
- Whether the queue is a transmission queue.
- XMITQ
- Transmission queue name.
For more details of these parameters, see DEFINE queues.