The ActiveMQ Consumer viewlet provides multiple actions for monitoring and managing consumer objects. These actions allow you to view attributes, check message consumption status, reset statistics, and verify consumer–queue or consumer–topic matching.
To access consumer viewlet actions, select a consumer and click the Selected menu to view the available options.
Show Object Attributes
Select Show Object Attributes from the Selected menu. The Attributes tab opens in the Console, displaying detailed information about the selected consumer’s configuration and attributes.
To learn more, refer to the View Object Attributes article.
Show Status
Select Show Status from the Selected menu. The Status tab opens in the Console, displaying real-time operational details of the selected consumer.
Commands > (submenu)
The Commands submenu provides options to manage consumer-related statistics.
Statistics Reset
Select Commands > Statistics Reset.
The Confirm Statistics Reset Action dialog opens. Click Yes to reset all monitored statistics for the selected consumer, including enqueue/dequeue counters, prefetch metrics, and other runtime tracking data.
Check Matching > (submenu)
The Check Matching submenu allows you to verify whether the consumer is correctly linked to its assigned queue or topic destination.
Consumer Queue
Select Check Matching > Consumer Queue from the Selected menu.
The ActiveMQ Consumer Check Property dialog opens.
From the Queue dropdown, select the queue you want to verify and click Check Matching Queue.
The Status field then displays the result of the match check:
true — if the consumer is subscribed to the selected queue.
false — if there is no matching subscription.
This feature helps verify whether a specific consumer is correctly linked to the intended queue destination.
Consumer Topic
Select Check Matching > Consumer Topic from the Selected menu.
The ActiveMQ Consumer Check Property dialog opens.
From the Topic dropdown, choose the topic you want to verify and click Check Matching Topic.
The Status field then displays the result of the match check:
true — if the consumer is subscribed to the selected topic.
false — if there is no matching subscription.
This feature helps confirm whether a consumer is properly associated with the intended topic destination.
Properties
Select Properties from the Selected menu. The Consumer Properties dialog opens, displaying configuration details for the selected consumer.
You can view or modify properties as needed.
Force Update
Select Force Update from the Selected menu.
This action refreshes the consumer viewlet to retrieve and display the most recent information from the server.
Events
Select Events from the Selected menu.
The Events tab opens, displaying detailed information about consumer-related activities and system notifications.
To learn more, refer to the View Events.
Add to Favorites
Select Add to Favorites from the Selected menu.
This action adds the selected consumer to your Favorites list for quick access in future sessions.
To learn more, refer to the Add Object Shortcuts to a Favorite Objects Viewlet.