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 properties for both local and remote queue managers.
• IBM MQ queue properties
  The properties 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 properties do not apply to all types of queue, some properties are specific to cluster queues, and some properties 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 properties for all types of listeners. Some properties 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 properties for topics. Some topic properties are specific to z/OS topics. Also, there are some properties that we can alter only while we are creating a topic. We cannot modify these properties after the IBM MQ topic has been created.
• Service properties
  We can configure properties 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 properties for all types of subscriptions. Some of the properties do not apply to all types of subscriptions, some properties are specific to z/OS subscriptions.
• Process definition properties
  We can set properties for process definitions. Some properties do not apply to all types of process definitions. Some of the properties are specific to z/OS process definitions.
• Namelist properties
  We can set properties for namelists. Some of the properties are specific to z/OS namelists.
• Authentication information properties
  We can set properties for all types of authentication information objects. Some of the properties do not apply to all types of authentication information objects, and some properties are specific to z/OS authentication information objects.
• Channel authentication record properties
  We can set properties for channel authentication record objects.
• Multicast Communication Information object properties
  We can set properties for Multicast communication information objects.
• Storage class properties
  We can set properties 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 properties.
• Coupling facility structure properties
  We can set properties 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 properties of the cluster-sender and cluster-receiver channels on the selected cluster queue manager. We cannot edit any of the properties 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 properties in the Cluster Queue properties dialog.
• Cluster topic properties
  We can set properties for cluster topics. However, we can alter some properties only while we are creating a new cluster topic. We cannot alter these properties once the cluster topic has been created.
• Application connection properties
  The properties for application connections are displayed in the Application Connection properties dialog. We cannot edit the values of any of these properties.
• Message properties
  Message properties are displayed in the Message properties dialog. We cannot edit any of the message properties.
• 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.

Parent topic: Reference

Related tasks

• Configure queue managers and objects