Meaning of ibmmq_channel_status_squash metrics

[sabinaluzzatti]

Hi all,
a simple question : what does ibmmq_channel_status_squash metrics represent and which is the difference between ibmmq_channel_status_squash and ibmmq_channel_status metrics ?
Thank you in advance
Sabina

[ibmmqmet]

From the README in this repo:

There are actually two versions of the channel status returned. The channel_status metric has the value corresponding to one of the MQCHS_* values. There are about 15 of these possible values. There is also a channel_status_squash metric which returns one of only three values, compressing the full set into a simpler value that is easier to put colours against in Grafana. From this squashed set, you can readily see if a channel is stopped, running, or somewhere in between.