Names of WebSphere MQ objects
In general, the names of WebSphere MQ objects can have up to 48 characters. This
rule applies to all the following objects:
- Queue managers
- Queues
- Process definitions
- Namelists
- Clusters
- Listeners
- Services
- Authentication information objects
The maximum length of channel, and client connection channel names is 20 characters.
The characters that can be used for all WebSphere MQ names are:
- Uppercase A-Z
- Lowercase a-z
- Numerics 0-9
- Period (.)
- Underscore (_)
- Forward slash (/) (see note 1)
- Percent sign (%) (see note 1)
Notes:
- Forward slash and percent are special characters. If you use either of
these characters in a name, the name must be enclosed in double quotation
marks whenever it is used.
- Leading or embedded blanks are not allowed.
- National language characters are not allowed.
- Names can be enclosed in double quotation marks, but this is essential
only if special characters are included in the name.