Object attributes

The properties of an object are defined by its attributes. Some you can specify, others you can only view.

For example, the maximum message length that a queue can accommodate is defined by its MaxMsgLength attribute; you can specify this attribute when you create a queue. The DefinitionType attribute specifies how the queue was created; you can only display this attribute.

In IBM® MQ, there are two ways of referring to an attribute:

Using its PCF name, for example, MaxMsgLength.
Using its MQSC command name, for example, MAXMSGL.

This guide mainly describes how to specify attributes using MQSC commands, and so it refers to most attributes using their MQSC command names, rather than their PCF names.