Accounting messages

Accounting messages are used to record information about the MQI operations performed by WebSphere MQ applications. An accounting message is a PCF message that contains a number of PCF structures.

When an application disconnects from a queue manager, an accounting message is generated and delivered to the system accounting queue (SYSTEM.ADMIN.ACCOUNTING.QUEUE). For long running WebSphere MQ applications, intermediate accounting messages are generated as follows:

The information contained within accounting messages can be used for the following: