Accounting and statistics messages

Queue managers generate accounting and statistics messages to record information about the MQI operations performed by IBM MQ applications, or to record information about the activities occurring in an IBM MQ system.

Accounting messages

Accounting messages are used to record information about the MQI operations performed by IBM MQ applications, see Accounting messages.

Statistics messages

Statistics messages are used to record information about the activities occurring in an IBM MQ system, see Statistics messages.

Accounting messages and statistics messages as described here are not available on IBM MQ for z/OS, but equivalent functionality is available through the System Management Facility (SMF).

Accounting and statistics messages are delivered to one of two system queues. User applications can retrieve the messages from these system queues and use the recorded information for various purposes:

• Account for application resource use.
• Record application activity.
• Capacity planning.
• Detect problems in your queue manager network.
• Assist in determining the causes of problems in your queue manager network.
• Improve the efficiency of our queue manager network.
• Familiarize yourself with the running of our queue manager network.
• Confirm that your queue manager network is running correctly.

• Accounting messages
  Accounting messages record information about the MQI operations performed by IBM MQ applications. An accounting message is a PCF message that contains a number of PCF structures.
• Statistics messages
  Statistics messages record information about the activities occurring in an IBM MQ system. An statistics messages is a PCF message that contains a number of PCF structures.
• Display accounting and statistics information
  To use the information recorded in accounting and statistics messages, run an application such as the amqsmon sample program to transform the recorded information into a suitable format
• Accounting and statistics message reference
  Use this page to obtain an overview of the format of accounting and statistics messages and the information returned in these messages

Parent topic: Monitor the IBM MQ network

Related concepts

• Use System Management Facility