Preferences for IBM MQ Explorer
Use this information to help you to configure your IBM® MQ Explorer installation.
You 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. You can also customize a range of other preferences to suit your business needs. The availability of certain preferences depends on which plugins you 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 . Other settings can be configured as per the information in the following
table:
| 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 | Configuring a default security exit | |
| User identification; enabling default user identification | Users and groups (entities) in the authorization service | |
| Display settings | Changing the colors | Changing the colors |
| Defining schemes and filters from the relevant content view | Filtering the objects displayed in the Content view | |
| Setting the order of columns in tables and the objects that are displayed | Changing the order of columns in tables | |
| Changing the refresh frequency of queue manager information | Changing 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 | Configuring managed file transfer | Configuring Managed File Transfer preferences |
| Messages | Configuring messages | Configuring message preferences |
| Passwords | Setting password preferences | Passwords preferences |
| Telemetry | Configuring 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 |