Table View & Presets

Table View & Presets

The message browser displays messages in a spreadsheet-style grid with configurable columns. Click a row to open the message detail dialog, which shows the full payload, headers, and properties. Table view is particularly useful when you want to compare many messages at once.

Configuring Columns

Click Columns in the toolbar to open the column picker. You can:

  • Toggle standard columns on or off (payload preview, correlationId, routingKey, timestamp, messageId, headers)
  • Add custom columns derived from JSON payload fields — enter a dot-notation path like body.customerId or metadata.source
  • Drag columns to reorder them

Custom columns evaluate the JSON path against each message’s payload. If the path doesn’t exist in a message, the cell is left empty.

Column Filters

Each column header has an inline text filter. Type to filter messages by that column’s value. Multiple column filters combine with AND logic and work alongside the main filter bar.

Presets

A preset saves the current column configuration (which columns are visible, their order, and any custom columns) so you can restore it instantly.

Creating a preset

  1. Configure columns as desired.
  2. Click Save preset and give it a name (e.g. Order events, DLQ view).

Loading a preset

Click Presets in the toolbar and select a saved preset. The column layout is restored immediately.

Auto-generate preset

When you switch to a queue that has an AsyncAPI schema (see Schema Validation) assigned, HZN Queue Console can auto-generate a table preset from the schema’s top-level fields. Enable Auto-generate table preset in settings to activate this. A separate Auto-select table preset setting will also automatically switch to a matching preset when you open a queue.

Managing presets

Open the Presets menu to rename or delete existing presets. Presets are stored locally per machine.

Exporting Table Data

Click Export to download the current visible rows as a CSV file. The exported columns match the current column configuration.