The term channel, refers to a a component running within an application or a server, which is performing the actual message processing. Channels can be monitored across all applications and servers.

The Channels monitoring screen provides the standard information for transactional processing and overall channel status, as shown in the following image.

By default, the Channels monitoring screen can display a large number of channels that are available. As a result, you can filter the list of channels to find a specific channel within an application of interest. For more information on filtering, see Filtering and Searching.