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This topic explains how to use the Queue Browser view, which allows you to see the contents of queues deployed on Websphere IBM MQ, Websphere Application Server, Tibco EMS, Sonic MQ, ActiveMQ, and any other JMS provider.

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The following JMS providers are supported:

• IBM WebSphere MQ JMS, see below for prerequisites
• IBM WebSphere Application Server JMS
• Tibco EMS JMS, see below for prerequisites
• Progress Sonic MQ/ESB
• ActiveMQ JMS
• JBoss JMS

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IBM MQ Prerequisites

The Queue Browser can be configured to show the available MQ queues and show the messages available within them, similar to the WebSphere IBM MQ Browser tool from IBM.

To configure the view for this, add the WebSphere IBM MQ jars for JMS messaging and configure the browser view following the JMS instructions described in in IBM WebSphere MQ (MQ Series).

Once this configuration is completed, MQ Messages that are generated via the MQ native API might appear in a hexadecimal encoded (non-readable) format in the Queue Browser view. A hexadecimal decoding tool can be used to convert text/XML messages to a human readable format. Such tools are available online; for example, see http://www.string-functions.com/hex-string.aspx.

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1. If you have not already done so, add the jar files required for the JMS implementation you are going to be accessing (see Adding Required jar Files for details).
2. Go to Parasoft > Show View > Queue Browser.
3. Click Open JMS Settings at the top-right of the Queue Browser view.
   
4. In the JMS Provider Settings dialog that opens,
   1. In the Provider tab, select your JMS provider. If your provider is not listed (for example, JBoss JMS), choose Other JMS Provider.

   2. Specify the connection settings needed to access your JMS provider.

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      title Completing the Connection Factory Field
      In many cases you can leave the Connection Factory field at the default value. In some cases, you need to fill it out. For WebSphere IBM MQ JMS, use the name of whatever queue manager holds the queues you are connecting to. For WebSphere Default JMS, use the name of the connection factory that was created on WebSphere Application Server.

   3. (Optional) If you want to specify queues manually, open the Queues tab and specify which of the available queues you want shown. This is useful if your JMS provider does not allow the browser to automatically retrieve the list of queues, if you are using Tibco but do not have access to an admin account, or if you simply want to focus on a subset of all the available queues.
   4. Click OK.
5. Click Refresh JMS Provider at the top-right of the Queue Browser view.
   

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