Real-time Channel Definitions workspace

The Real-time Channel Definitions workspace provides information about the characteristics, number and performance of the monitored channels of a queue manager. It is different from the Channel Definitions Workspace in that the data in its Real-time Channel Definitions view is on-demand, collected when the workspace is opened or refreshed. Use it to review channel performance and modify channel attributes when resolving problems.

Predefined views

The Real-time Channel Definitions workspace includes the following predefined views:

  • Real-time Channel Definitions This view contains a table summarizing the characteristics of the monitored channels of the selected queue manager. It displays on-demand data, collected when the workspace is opened or refreshed. Select a channel from this list to review and edit its parameters. If your system has a high volume of traffic, or uses different types of queues or different message priorities, you might need to define multiple channels to handle this. Additionally, editing these parameters is often crucial to resolving problems.
  • Channel Definitions Summary This view shows, as a bar chart, the total number of active and inactive channels of each type defined on the selected queue manager. The Channel Definitions Summary chart contained in this workspace does not necessarily match the data displayed in the table at the bottom of this workspace. It is intended only to give an overview of data sampled at the queue manager level according to the agent current parameters. The data displayed in the table is on-demand data, collected when the workspace is opened or refreshed, whereas the data on which the chart is based is sampled during standard sampling intervals.

For more information on the attributes listed in the tables of this workspace, see Channel Data attributes.

Predefined links

You can link to the following workspace from the Real-time Channel Definitions workspace:

  • Channel Parameters
  • Channel Status