Topic Publishers attributes

The Topic Publishers attributes provide detailed information about the publishers (message producing applications) that use a particular topic.

Connection ID The currently active ConnectionId (CONNID). This is the connection that has opened the subscription. The valid format is an alphanumeric string of up to 48 characters. Possible values are as follows:

  • active Connection ID
  • Not_Connected_to_QMgr

Host Name Name of the system on which the queue manager is running. The valid format is an alphanumeric string of up to 48 case-sensitive characters.

Msg Date & Time Date and time that the message is last sent by this publisher.

Origin Node Name of the node on which the data for the queue manager originates.

On z/OS systems, this name takes the form of qmgr:smfid:MQESA, where qmgr is the name of the queue manager and smfid is the z/OS system or SMF ID.

Publish Count Number of items that are published by this publisher.

Remember: This is the total number of publications before fan-out, not the total number of messages that result from publication.

QMgr Name Name of the queue manager. The valid format is an alphanumeric string of up to 48 case-sensitive characters.

Topic ID Topic identifier string. The valid format is an alphanumeric string of up to 40 case-sensitive characters.

Topic String The topic string, which comprises the tree node names that make up the topic. For example, /news/ibm/hursley/. The valid format is an alphanumeric string of up to 256 case-sensitive characters.

Remember: If the topic string exceeds 256 characters in length, it is truncated.