Service point attributes

If you are creating a new service point, you must supply a Name that will be specified on AMI calls (see note 1).

You can provide an optional long or short description of the service point under the Description tab.

Specify the attributes you require by typing them in the boxes, or selecting them from the drop-down lists provided.

Attribute Comments
Queue Name Name of the queue representing the service that messages are sent to or received from (see note 2). Required if the Definition Type is 'Predefined'.
Queue Manager Name Name of the queue manager that owns Queue Name (see note 2). If blank, the local queue manager name is used.
Model Queue Name Name of a model queue definition used to create a dynamic queue (see note 2). It is normally a Reply Service to receive response messages. Required if the Definition Type is 'Dynamic'.
Dynamic Queue Prefix Name of a prefix used when creating a dynamic queue from Model Queue Name (see note 2). Required if the Definition Type is 'Dynamic' and the last non-blank character in positions 1 to 33 is '*'. The '*' is replaced by a string that guarantees that the name generated is unique.
Definition Type Defines how the AMI obtains the queue name for the service point. If set to 'Predefined' (the default), the Queue Name and Queue Manager Name as specified above are used. If set to 'Dynamic', the Model Queue Name and Dynamic Queue Prefix are used to create a dynamic queue.
Service Type Defines the header (if any) that is sent with the message data, and the parameters within the header.

Set to 'Native' for a native MQ service (default). Set to 'MQSeries Integrator V1' for MQSeries Integrator Version 1 (adds the OPT_APP_GROUP and OPT_MSG_TYPE fields to the MQRFH header). Set to 'RF Header V1' for MQSeries Publish/Subscribe applications.

Default Format Optional format name to insert in the MQMD, if a format is not passed by the application (see note 3). Also used as the MsgType when the service is an MQSeries Integrator Version 1 broker.
CCSID Coded character set identifier of the destination application. Can be used by sending applications to prepare a message in the correct CCSID for the destination. Leave blank if the CCSID is unknown (the default) or set to the CCSID number.
Encoding Integer encoding of the destination application. Can be used by sending applications to prepare a message in the correct encoding for the destination.

Set to 'Unspecified' (the default), 'Reversed', 'Normal', 'Reversed With 390 Floating Point', or 'Normal With 390 Floating Point'.

Notes:

  1. The name is a maximum of 256 characters, and can contain the following characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, '.', '/', '_' and '%'.
  2. The name is a maximum of 48 characters, and can contain the following characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, '.', '/', '_' and '%'.
  3. The name is a maximum of 8 characters, and can contain any character from a single byte character set (it is recommended that the characters are restricted to A-Z, 0-9).


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