BackoutThreshold (MQLONG)

This is the backout threshold. Apart from allowing its value to be queried, the queue manager takes no action based on the value of this attribute.

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Applications running inside of WebSphere Application Server and those that use the IBM MQ Application Server Facilities will use this attribute to determine if a message should be backed out. For all other applications, the queue manager takes no action based on the value of the attribute.

IBM MQ classes for JMS uses this attribute to determine how many times to allow a message to be backed out before transferring the message to the queue specified by the BackoutRequeueQName attribute.

To determine the value of this attribute, use the MQIA_BACKOUT_THRESHOLD selector with the MQINQ call.