Last put and get values

[lavalex]

Hello,

When I'm analyzing last queue get and last queue put times, it's not possible to tell, was there a put (or get) just now or there was no put (get) at all, since QM started. In both cases the value is 0 (seconds ago).

Any idea, how to tell both cases apart? For example, in MQ Explorer, when there was no put or get since QM started, the value is just missing.

Thank you in advance.

[ibmmqmet]

Because metrics are not strings, it's not really feasible to handle it the same way as Explorer that shows the text date/time value. I don't like the alternative of a magic number like -1 or "MAX_INT". I'd probably construct a query that combines the value with the actual number of puts (or gets) in the most recent interval. Because if those are zero, then a zero in the last put/get time can only make sense if it doesn't mean "JUST NOW".

[lavalex]

So there is no way to distinguish between then right now, correct?