# msmq collector

The msmq collector exposes metrics about the queues on a MSMQ server

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Metric name prefix  | `msmq`
Classes             | `Win32_PerfRawData_MSMQ_MSMQQueue`
Enabled by default? | No

## Flags

### `--collector.msmq.msmq-where`

A WMI filter on which queues to include. `%` is a wildcard, and can be used to match on substrings.

## Metrics

Name | Description | Type | Labels
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`windows_msmq_bytes_in_journal_queue` | Size of queue journal in bytes | gauge | `name`
`windows_msmq_bytes_in_queue` | Size of queue in bytes | gauge | `name`
`windows_msmq_messages_in_journal_queue` | Count messages in queue journal | gauge | `name`
`windows_msmq_messages_in_queue` | Count messages in queue | gauge | `name`

### Example metric
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## Useful queries
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## Alerting examples
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