Configure IBM MQ Explorer

Use this information to help you to configure your IBM MQ Explorer installation.

About this task

We can customize the way that IBM MQ Explorer presents information to you, including the order of columns in tables and the objects that are displayed in the Content view. We can also customize a range of other preferences to suit your business needs. The availability of certain preferences depends on which plugins we have that are installed and enabled for IBM MQ Explorer.

Key settings can be configured in the Preferences dialog. To open the Preferences dialog: Click Window > Preferences. Other settings can be configured as per the information in the following table:

Table 1. Configuring IBM MQ Explorer preferences

To configure	Task	See
Authorization service	Displaying object authority settings as text	Displaying object authority settings as text
Client connections	Remote queue managers; specifying default values that are used to connect to remote queue managers	Specifying the default values used to connect to remote queue managers
	TLS Key Repositories; specifying the default location and default password of TLS certificates	Specifying the default location and default password of TLS certificates
	TLS Options; specifying default security preferences	Default security preferences
	Security exit; configuring a default security exit	Configure a default security exit
	User identification; enabling default user identification	Users and groups (entities) in the authorization service
Display settings	Change the colors	Change the colors
	Defining schemes and filters from the relevant content view	Filtering the objects displayed in the Content view
	Set the order of columns in tables and the objects that are displayed	Change the order of columns in tables
	Change the refresh frequency of queue manager information	Change the refresh frequency of queue manager information
	Displaying object authority settings as text	Displaying object authority settings as text
Enable Plug-ins	Enabling installed plug-ins	Enabling installed plug-ins
Managed File Transfer	Configure managed file transfer	Configure Managed File Transfer preferences
Messages	Configure messages	Configure message preferences
Passwords	Set password preferences	Passwords preferences
Telemetry	Configure telemetry channels	Telemetry channels
Tests	Including hidden queue managers in test configurations	Including hidden queue managers in test configurations
	Including SYSTEM objects when you run tests	Including SYSTEM objects when you run tests

We can export and import the customizations that you make in IBM MQ Explorer. For more information, see Exporting and importing settings in MQ Explorer.