Properties

Properties

Use this information to find out about the properties that we can view and edit, including properties that apply to the whole IBM MQ installation and the properties of an individual IBM MQ object such as a queue, a queue manager, or a channel.

In IBM MQ Explorer, right-click any IBM MQ object, for example, a queue, a queue manager, or a channel, then click Properties to view and edit the object's properties. The properties are displayed in a properties dialog that is divided into pages according to the type of the properties, for example, TLS, exits, and clusters.

The following topics list all of the properties for IBM MQ objects. For each property, there is a description of how to use it and why you might want to set it. The topics also include, where relevant, the equivalent MQI call that we can use when programming applications, and the equivalent MQSC command that you can enter on the command line.

IBM MQ properties
IBM MQ properties apply to the whole IBM MQ installation.
Queue manager properties
We can set attributes for both local and remote queue managers.
IBM MQ queue properties
The attributes that we can set for a queue depend on the type of queue. Different types of IBM MQ queues have different properties. Some of the attributes do not apply to all types of queue, some attributes are specific to cluster queues, and some attributes are specific to z/OS® queues.
Channel properties
We can set properties for all types of channels, including client-connection channels. Some properties are specific to certain types of channel.
Listener properties
We can set attributes for all types of listeners. Some attributes are specific to certain types of listener.
Topic properties
An IBM MQ topic is an IBM MQ object that identifies what a publication is about. We can set attributes for topics. Some topic attributes are specific to z/OS topics. Also, there are some attributes that we can alter only while you are creating a topic. We cannot modify these attributes after the IBM MQ topic has been created.
Service properties
We can configure attributes for custom service objects in the Service properties dialog.
IBM MQ service definition properties
We can set properties and attributes for service definitions while creating a new service definition, or when editing an existing service definition.
IBM MQ subscription properties
We can set attributes for all types of subscriptions. Some of the attributes do not apply to all types of subscriptions, some attributes are specific to z/OS subscriptions.
Process definition properties
We can set attributes for process definitions. Some attributes do not apply to all types of process definitions. Some of the attributes are specific to z/OS process definitions.
Namelist properties
We can set attributes for namelists. Some of the attributes are specific to z/OS namelists.
Authentication information properties
We can set attributes for all types of authentication information objects. Some of the attributes do not apply to all types of authentication information objects, and some attributes are specific to z/OS authentication information objects.
Channel authentication record properties
We can set attributes for channel authentication record objects.
Multicast Communication Information object properties
We can set attributes for Multicast communication information objects.
Storage class properties
We can set attributes for storage classes. Storage classes are available only on z/OS.
Queue sharing group properties
We cannot edit the values of any queue sharing group attributes.
Coupling facility structure properties
We can set attributes for coupling facility structures. Coupling facility structures are available only on z/OS.
Cluster queue manager properties
The Cluster Queue Manager properties dialog shows the attributes of the cluster-sender and cluster-receiver channels on the selected cluster queue manager. We cannot edit any of the attributes in the Cluster Queue Manager properties dialog.
Cluster queue properties
When you view the cluster queues that belong to a queue manager in a cluster, we can double-click the cluster queue and view its properties in the Cluster Queue properties dialog. We cannot edit any of the attributes in the Cluster Queue properties dialog.
Cluster topic properties
We can set attributes for cluster topics. However, we can alter some attributes only while you are creating a new cluster topic. We cannot alter these attributes once the cluster topic has been created.
Application connection properties
The attributes for application connections are displayed in the Application Connection properties dialog. We cannot edit the values of any of these attributes.
Message properties
Message attributes are displayed in the Message properties dialog. We cannot edit any of the message attributes.
Connection details properties
We can view and set properties for connections in the Connection Details properties dialog.
Connection factory properties
We can view and set connection factory properties in the Connection Factory properties dialog. The properties that are available in the dialog depend on which messaging provider the connection factory uses.
Destination properties
We can view and set destination properties in the Destination properties dialog. The properties that are available in the dialog depend on the type of destination.
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