Accounting and statistics messages

Accounting and statistics messages are generated intermittently by queue managers to record information about the MQI operations performed by WebSphere MQ applications, or to record information about the activities occurring in a WebSphere MQ system.

Accounting messages

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

Statistics messages

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

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 to do the following:

• 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 your queue manager network.

• Familiarize yourself with the running of your queue manager network.

• Confirm that your queue manager network is running correctly.

For more information on accounting and statistics monitoring, see Accounting and statistics messages.