07 Jan 2026 05:16 PM
Hi Team
I am trying to filterout specific MQ's however getting error "filter name". Can anyone guide me on that please.
This is the query :
timeseries { availability = avg(ibmmq.queue_manager.availability), dlq_depth = avg(ibmmq.queue_manager.dlq_depth), active_channels = avg(ibmmq.queue_manager.active_channels), connections = avg(ibmmq.queue_manager.connections), uptime = avg(ibmmq.queue_manager.uptime) }, by: { `dt.entity.ibmmq:queue_manager` }
| fieldsAdd name = entityName(`dt.entity.ibmmq:queue_manager`)
| fieldsAdd availability = arrayLast(availability)
| sort availability asc
| fieldsAdd dlq_depth = arrayLast(dlq_depth)
| fieldsAdd active_channels = arrayLast(active_channels)
| fieldsAdd connections = arrayLast(connections)
| fieldsAdd uptime = arrayLast(uptime)
| filterOut isNull(name)
| filter name in("entity.queue_manager", {"SCP1", "SCP2", "SISP"})
| fields `Name` = name, `Availability` = availability, `DLQ Depth` = dlq_depth, `Active channels` = active_channels, `Connections` = connections, `Uptime` = uptime
| limit 10
08 Jan 2026 12:01 PM
Hi,
The error was caused by incorrect usage of in() in DQL.
name is already a string returned by entityName(), so it can’t be filtered using in("entity.queue_manager", …) or in() with parentheses.
In my case, entityName() contains additional text, so using startsWith() works correctly.
I tested this, and it not recive errors:
timeseries {
availability = avg(ibmmq.queue_manager.availability),
dlq_depth = avg(ibmmq.queue_manager.dlq_depth),
active_channels = avg(ibmmq.queue_manager.active_channels),
connections = avg(ibmmq.queue_manager.connections),
uptime = avg(ibmmq.queue_manager.uptime)
}, by: { `dt.entity.ibmmq:queue_manager` }
| fieldsAdd name = entityName(`dt.entity.ibmmq:queue_manager`)
| fieldsAdd availability = arrayLast(availability)
| fieldsAdd dlq_depth = arrayLast(dlq_depth)
| fieldsAdd active_channels = arrayLast(active_channels)
| fieldsAdd connections = arrayLast(connections)
| fieldsAdd uptime = arrayLast(uptime)
| filterOut isNull(name)
| filter startsWith(name, "SCP1") or startsWith(name, "SCP2") or startsWith(name, "SISP")
| sort availability asc
| fields
`Name` = name,
`Availability` = availability,
`DLQ Depth` = dlq_depth,
`Active channels` = active_channels,
`Connections` = connections,
`Uptime` = uptime
| limit 10Featured Posts