diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/controllers/report_data_controller.js b/app/assets/javascripts/controllers/report_data_controller.js
index 07180cf1912..858c4b7c80e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/controllers/report_data_controller.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/controllers/report_data_controller.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   }
 
   function constructSuffixForTreeUrl(initObject, item) {
-    var itemId = initObject.showUrl.indexOf('xx-') !== -1 ? '_-' + item.id : '-' + item.id;
+    var itemId = _.isString(initObject.showUrl) && initObject.showUrl.indexOf('xx-') !== -1 ? '_-' + item.id : '-' + item.id;
     if (item.parent_id && item.parent_id[item.parent_id.length - 1] !== '-') {
       itemId = item.parent_id + '_' + item.tree_id;
     } else if (isAllowedParent(initObject)) {
@@ -37,22 +37,6 @@
     return splitUrl && (splitUrl[1] === ManageIQ.controller || splitUrl[2] === 'policies');
   }
 
-  function isCurrentOpsWorkerSelected(items, initObject) {
-    if (initObject.activeTree === 'diagnostics_tree' && ManageIQ.controller === 'ops') {
-      var lastSlash = initObject.showUrl.indexOf('/', 5) + 1;
-      var itemId = initObject.showUrl.substring(lastSlash);
-      if (itemId.indexOf('?id=') === -1) {
-        initObject.showUrl = initObject.showUrl.substring(0, lastSlash);
-        if (itemId) {
-          itemId = itemId[itemId.length - 1] === '/' ? itemId.substring(0, itemId.length - 1) : itemId;
-          return _.find(items, {id: itemId});
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    return;
-  }
-
   /**
   * Method for init paging component for GTL.
   * Default paging has 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 1000
@@ -215,7 +199,7 @@
         this.$window.DoNav(item.parent_path + '/' + item.parent_id);
       } else if (this.initObject.isExplorer && isCurrentControllerOrPolicies(splitUrl)) {
         var itemId = item.id;
-        if (this.initObject.showUrl.indexOf('?id=') !== -1 ) {
+        if (_.isString(this.initObject.showUrl) && this.initObject.showUrl.indexOf('?id=') !== -1) {
           itemId = constructSuffixForTreeUrl(this.initObject, item);
           this.activateNodeSilently(itemId);
         }
@@ -454,7 +438,6 @@
             this.initObject.showUrl = splitUrl.join('/');
           }
         }
-        this.onItemSelect(isCurrentOpsWorkerSelected(this.gtlData.rows, this.initObject), true);
         gtlData.messages && gtlData.messages.forEach(function(oneMessage) {
           add_flash(oneMessage.msg, oneMessage.level);
         });
diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller/report_data_additional_options.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller/report_data_additional_options.rb
index 4677c0b104b..f3cfd2672c3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller/report_data_additional_options.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller/report_data_additional_options.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ class ApplicationController
     :lastaction,
     :display,
     :gtl_type,
-    :supported_features_filter
+    :supported_features_filter,
+    :clickable,
   ) do
     def self.from_options(options)
       additional_options = new
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ def self.from_options(options)
       additional_options.view_suffix = options[:view_suffix]
       additional_options.parent_method = options[:parent_method]
       additional_options.supported_features_filter = options[:supported_features_filter]
+      additional_options.clickable = options[:clickable]
       additional_options
     end
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/ops_controller/diagnostics.rb b/app/controllers/ops_controller/diagnostics.rb
index c3fadd6ac7c..cd98ec2b841 100644
--- a/app/controllers/ops_controller/diagnostics.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/ops_controller/diagnostics.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def restart_server
   def pm_restart_workers
     assert_privileges("restart_workers")
     @refresh_partial = "#{@sb[:active_tab]}_tab"
-    worker = MiqWorker.find_by_id(@sb[:selected_worker_id])
+    worker = MiqWorker.find(checked_or_params.first)
     wtype = worker.normalized_type
     case wtype
     when "ems_vimbroker"
@@ -417,23 +417,6 @@ def diagnostics_server_list
     update_gtl_div('diagnostics_server_list') if pagination_or_gtl_request?
   end
 
-  def diagnostics_worker_selected
-    @explorer = true
-    @sb[:selected_worker_id] = params[:id]
-    get_workers
-
-    render :update do |page|
-      page << javascript_prologue
-      page.replace_html(@sb[:active_tab], :partial => "#{@sb[:active_tab]}_tab")
-      if center_toolbar_filename.present?
-        page << "$('#toolbar').show();"
-        page << javascript_reload_toolbars
-      else
-        page << "$('#toolbar').hide();"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   private ############################
 
   # Build the Utilization screen for a server
@@ -543,11 +526,6 @@ def refresh_server_summary
   end
 
   def pm_get_workers
-    @sb[:selected_worker_id] = nil
-    get_workers
-  end
-
-  def get_workers
     @lastaction = "pm_workers_list"
     @force_no_grid_xml = true
     @no_checkboxes = true
@@ -555,8 +533,16 @@ def get_workers
     @embedded = @pages = false
     @showlinks = true
     status = ["started", "ready", "working"]
-    # passing all_pages option to show all records on same page
-    @view, @pages = get_view(MiqWorker, :named_scope => [[:with_miq_server_id, @sb[:selected_server_id]], [:with_status, status]], :all_pages => true) # Get the records (into a view) and the paginator
+
+    view_options = {
+      :named_scope => [[:with_miq_server_id, @sb[:selected_server_id]],
+                       [:with_status, status]],
+      # passing all_pages option to show all records on same page
+      :all_pages   => true,
+      :clickable   => false,
+    }
+    @view, @pages = get_view(MiqWorker, view_options)
+
     # setting @embedded and @pages to nil, we don't want to show sorting/paging bar on the screen'
     @embedded = @pages = nil
   end
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index bf513305a86..a4f3862d37b 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -506,7 +506,6 @@ def db_to_controller(db, action = "show")
       controller = "ansible_credential"
     when "MiqWorker"
       controller = request.parameters[:controller]
-      action = "diagnostics_worker_selected"
     when "OrchestrationStackOutput", "OrchestrationStackParameter", "OrchestrationStackResource",
         "ManageIQ::Providers::CloudManager::OrchestrationStack",
         "ManageIQ::Providers::AnsibleTower::AutomationManager::Job", "ConfigurationScriptBase"
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper/button/restart_workers.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper/button/restart_workers.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 18dfe64e6be..00000000000
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper/button/restart_workers.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-class ApplicationHelper::Button::RestartWorkers < ApplicationHelper::Button::RefreshWorkers
-  def disabled?
-    @error_message = _('Select a worker to restart') if @sb[:selected_worker_id].nil?
-    @error_message.present?
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper/toolbar/diagnostics_server_center.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper/toolbar/diagnostics_server_center.rb
index fc0008be646..f2cf6f15f7f 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper/toolbar/diagnostics_server_center.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper/toolbar/diagnostics_server_center.rb
@@ -103,8 +103,11 @@ class ApplicationHelper::Toolbar::DiagnosticsServerCenter < ApplicationHelper::T
           'pficon pficon-restart',
           N_('Select a worker to restart'),
           N_('Restart selected worker'),
-          :confirm => N_("Warning: Selected node will be restarted, do you want to continue?"),
-          :klass   => ApplicationHelper::Button::RestartWorkers),
+          :confirm      => N_("Warning: Selected node will be restarted, do you want to continue?"),
+          :klass        => ApplicationHelper::Button::RefreshWorkers,
+          :send_checked => true,
+          :enabled      => false,
+          :onwhen       => "1"),
       ]
     ),
   ])
diff --git a/app/helpers/gtl_helper.rb b/app/helpers/gtl_helper.rb
index e808d5b697c..03eea2ca61e 100644
--- a/app/helpers/gtl_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/gtl_helper.rb
@@ -121,9 +121,21 @@ def render_gtl_javascripts(options)
           isExplorer: '#{options[:explorer]}' === 'true' ? true : false,
           records: #{!options[:selected_records].nil? ? h(j_str(options[:selected_records].to_json)) : "\'\'"},
           hideSelect: #{options[:selected_records].kind_of?(Array)},
-          showUrl: '#{view_to_url(options[:view], options[:parent]) if options[:view].present? && options[:view].db.present?}'
+          showUrl: '#{gtl_show_url(options)}'
         }
       }});
 EOJ
   end
+
+  def gtl_show_url(options)
+    # FIXME: fetch_path doesn't work on structs in a hash
+    if options[:report_data_additional_options].present?
+      # only false, nil is true
+      return false if options[:report_data_additional_options].clickable == false
+    end
+
+    # TODO: the "what happens on nil" logic should probably live here, not in ReportDataController.prototype.initObjects
+
+    view_to_url(options[:view], options[:parent]) if options[:view].present? && options[:view].db.present?
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/gtl/_list.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/gtl/_list.html.haml
index a389e8b1733..bb90126bf03 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/gtl/_list.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/gtl/_list.html.haml
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@
       - table.data.each do |row|
         - @id = to_cid(row['id'])
         - classes = []
-        - if view.db == "MiqWorker" && @sb[:selected_worker_id].to_i == row['id'].to_i
-          - classes.append("selected")
         - if %w(MiqEventDefinition MiqTask VmdbDatabaseConnection VmdbDatabaseSetting).include?(view.db) || @embedded
           - classes.append("no-hover")
         %tr{:class => classes.join(' ')}
@@ -156,8 +154,6 @@
               - click = "miqTreeActivateNode('#{x_active_tree}', '#{x_node}_cr-#{to_cid(row['id'])}');"
             - when "MiqDialog"
               - click = "miqTreeActivateNode('old_dialogs_tree', '#{TreeBuilder.get_prefix_for_model("MiqDialog")}-#{to_cid(row['id'])}');"
-            - when "MiqWorker"
-              - click = remote_function(:url => {:action => 'diagnostics_worker_selected', :id => "#{row['id']}"})
             - else
               - click = "DoNav('#{url_for_db(view.db)}');"
           %td.table-view-pf-select{:title => title, :onclick => click}
@@ -252,8 +248,6 @@
                     - click = "miqTreeActivateNode('#{x_active_tree}', '#{x_node}_cr-#{to_cid(row['id'])}');"
                   - when "MiqDialog"
                     - click = "miqTreeActivateNode('old_dialogs_tree', '#{TreeBuilder.get_prefix_for_model("MiqDialog")}-#{to_cid(row['id'])}');"
-                  - when "MiqWorker"
-                    - click = remote_function(:url => {:action => 'diagnostics_worker_selected', :id => "#{row['id']}"})
                   - else
                     - if view.db == "Action"
                       - click = "DoNav('#{url_for_db("miq_action")}');"
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index bbba4a4012e..ae3fadc734c 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -2678,7 +2678,6 @@
         db_list
         diagnostics_server_list
         diagnostics_tree_select
-        diagnostics_worker_selected
         edit_rhn
         explorer
         fetch_build
diff --git a/spec/helpers/application_helper/buttons/restart_workers_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/application_helper/buttons/restart_workers_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cecbe19a94..00000000000
--- a/spec/helpers/application_helper/buttons/restart_workers_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-describe ApplicationHelper::Button::RestartWorkers do
-  let(:sandbox) { {:selected_worker_id => worker_id} }
-  let(:view_context) { setup_view_context_with_sandbox(sandbox) }
-  let(:button) { described_class.new(view_context, {}, {'sb' => sandbox}, {}) }
-
-  describe '#calculate_properties' do
-    before { button.calculate_properties }
-    context 'when worker is not selected' do
-      let(:worker_id) { nil }
-      it_behaves_like 'a disabled button', 'Select a worker to restart'
-    end
-    context 'when worker is selected' do
-      let(:worker_id) { 'not_nil' }
-      it_behaves_like 'an enabled button'
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/routing/ops_routing_spec.rb b/spec/routing/ops_routing_spec.rb
index 1cbf0531032..fe648180c9e 100644
--- a/spec/routing/ops_routing_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/routing/ops_routing_spec.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
     db_list
     diagnostics_server_list
     diagnostics_tree_select
-    diagnostics_worker_selected
     edit_rhn
     explorer
     fetch_build