Hiding queue managers

We can hide from view any queue manager that is displayed in the Navigator view. If you hide a queue manager that is a member of one or more queue manager Sets, the queue manager is not displayed in any of those Sets.

About this task

Hiding queue managers enables you to restrict the queue managers that are displayed in the Queue Managers folder if we have been working with many queue managers in IBM MQ Explorer.

To hide queue managers, complete the following steps.

Procedure

1. In the Navigator view, right-click the queue manager you want to hide.
   • Hold down the Ctrl key to select more than one queue manager then right-click
2. Click Hide to hide the queue manager.

Results

The selected queue managers are no longer displayed in the Queue Managers folder.

If the queue managers we have hidden are members of one or more queue manager Sets, then those queue managers are not displayed in those Sets.

Alternative procedure for hiding queue managers

Procedure

1. In the Navigator view, right-click the Queue Managers folder, then click Show/Hide Queue Managers. The Show/Hide Queue Managers dialog opens. A list of the visible queue managers is displayed in the Shown Queue Managers table of the Show/Hide Queue Managers dialog.
2. In the Shown Queue Managers table, click the name of the queue manager, then click Hide. The selected queue managers are now listed in the Hidden Queue Managers table.
3. Click Close.

Results

The queue manager is no longer displayed in the Queue Managers folder.

Hiding a queue manager using Sets

Before you begin

We can also hide from view any queue managers that are grouped in a queue manager Set. This enables you to restrict the queue managers that are displayed in the Set and Queue Managers folder if we have been working with many queue managers in IBM MQ Explorer.

Before you hide all the queue managers in a Set, the following steps must be taken:

1. You must display the queue manager sets as described in: Displaying queue manager sets.
2. You must define a set for the queue managers as described in: Defining manual sets or: Defining automatic sets.

About this task

To hide the queue managers in a Set, complete the following steps.

Procedure

In the Navigator view, right-click the Set, then click Hide All Queue Managers.

Results

The queue manager is no longer displayed in the Set folder.

When you hide the queue managers in a Set, the queue managers are then hidden in every Set (including the All Set) not just the Set you selected.