Overview for MQBO

Availability:The MQBO structure is available on the following platforms:

• AIX
• IBM i
• Linux
• Windows

The MQBO structure is not available for IBM MQ MQI clients.

Purpose: The MQBO structure allows the application to specify options relating to the creation of a unit of work. The structure is an input/output parameter on the MQBEGIN call.

Character set and encoding: Data in MQBO must be in the character set given by the CodedCharSetId queue manager attribute and encoding of the local queue manager given by MQENC_NATIVE. However, if the application is running as an MQ MQI client, the structure must be in the character set and encoding of the client.

Parent topic: MQBO - Begin options