Accounting and statistics message MQMD (message descriptor)

Use this page to understand the differences between the message descriptor of accounting and statistics messages and the message descriptor of event messages

The parameters and values in the message descriptor of accounting and statistics message are the same as in the message descriptor of event messages, with the following exception:

Format

Description:	Format name of message data.
Data type:	MQCHAR8.
Value:	MQFMT_ADMIN Admin message.

Some of the parameters contained in the message descriptor of accounting and statistics message contain fixed data supplied by the queue manager that generated the message.

The MQMD also specifies the name of the queue manager (truncated to 28 characters) that put the message, and the date and time when the message was put on the accounting, or statistics, queue.