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
• Authentication information (authinfo) objects

The maximum length of 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:

1. 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.

2. Leading or embedded blanks are not allowed.

3. National language characters are not allowed.

4. Names can be enclosed in double quotation marks, but this is essential only if special characters are included in the name.