Namelist properties
You can set properties for namelists. Some of the properties are specific to z/OS® namelists.
The following tables list the properties that you can set:
For each property, there is a brief description of when you might need to configure the property. The tables also give the equivalent MQSC parameter for the DEFINE, ALTER and DISPLAY NAMELIST commands. For more information about MQSC commands, see Administration using MQSC commands in IBM® Knowledge Center.
General page
The following table lists the properties that you can set on the General page of the Namelist properties dialog.
Property | Meaning | MQSC parameter |
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Namelist name | Read-only. You cannot change the name of the namelist after it has been created. | NAMELIST |
Description | Type a meaningful description of the purpose of the namelist. See Entering strings in MQ Explorer. | DESCR |
Names | Type the list of names of objects that are associated with the namelist. The objects must be defined on the local queue manager. See Entering strings in MQ Explorer. | NAMES |
Name count | Read-only. This is the number of names in the namelist. | NAMCOUNT |
QSG disposition | Read-only. This is the queue sharing group disposition of the
namelist. You cannot change the disposition of a namelist after it
has been created. Queue manager means that the object
definition is available only to the queue manager that hosts it; Group means
that the object definition is stored on the shared repository and
each queue manager in the queue sharing group has a copy of the definition; Copy means
that the object definition is the queue manager's copy of a definition
in the shared repository. |
QSGDISP |
Statistics page
The following table lists the properties that you can set on the Statistics page of the Namelist properties dialog. The Statistics page displays information about the history of the namelist. You cannot edit any of these properties.
Property | Meaning | MQSC parameter |
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Alteration date | Read-only. This is the date on which the namelist's properties were last altered. | ALTDATE |
Alteration time | Read-only. This is the time at which the namelist's properties were last altered. | ALTTIME |