Configure dashboard layouts

A dashboard is a container in the IBM MQ Console in which widgets are shown. We can create multiple dashboard tabs to show different selections of information.

About this task

We can configure each dashboard tab by clicking the arrow next to the tab name . We can change the tab name, and add a description for the tab. We can also configure how many columns the tab has.

We can configure the layout of the widgets within a dashboard tab by dragging and dropping the widgets.

• Create and deleting dashboard tabs
  We can automatically create a dashboard tab that shows information about a specific local queue manager. We can manually create and delete dashboard tabs.
• Importing and exporting dashboard layouts
  We can save a dashboard layout by exporting it from the IBM MQ Console. We can import a saved dashboard layout into the IBM MQ Console.

Parent topic: The Dashboard Web Console