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Prerequisites
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Verify that you have administrator credentials for the Orchestrator server. The account must be a
member of the vRealize Orchestrator Admin group configured to authenticate through vCenter Single
Sign-On.
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Verify that a connection has been made to the View pod by running the Add View Pod in
Configuration workflow. See “Configure the Connection to a View Pod,” on page 16.
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Verify that you have assigned the correct delegated administrators to the pools that you plan to expose
through vSphere Web Client. See “Assign Delegated Administrators to Pools,” on page 20.
Procedure
1 Log in to the Orchestrator client as an administrator, and select Design from the drop-down menu in
the upper-left portion of the screen.
2 In the workflows hierarchical list, select Library > Horizon and navigate to the subfolder and workflow.
For example, you might navigate to the Add User(s) to Desktop Pool workflow in Library > Horizon >
Workflows > vSphereWebClient.
3 Right-click the workflow, select Duplicate Workflow, and complete the form.
The new workflow is placed in the folder you selected.
4 Select the newly created workflow in the left pane, click the Presentation tab in the right pane, and click
the Edit (pencil) icon in the toolbar at the top of the pane.
5 Select (string)podAlias Horizon View Pod in the upper portion of the tab and edit its properties.
a In the lower portion of the tab, click the Properties tab, and in the Data Binding row, type the pod
name and enclose it with quotation marks; for example: "ViewPod1".
b Select and delete the Predefined answers property.
c Add the Default value property and type in the same pod name enclosed with quotation marks.
If you do not delete the Predefined answers property and set the Default value property, you might
see a drop-down list of pods in vSphere Web Client, even though the workflow is bound to one pod.
6 To bind the workflow to only one pool, select (string)poolId Desktop Pool ID in the upper portion of
the tab and edit its properties.
a In the lower portion of the tab, click the Properties tab, and in the Data Binding row, type the pool
ID and enclose it with quotation marks; for example, "DesktopPool".
b Select and delete the Predefined answers property.
c Add the Default value property and type in the same pool name enclosed with quotation marks.
If you do not delete the Predefined answers property and set the Default value property, you might
see a drop-down list of pods in vSphere Web Client, even though the workflow is bound to one pool.
When this workflow starts, the pod name and pool ID are already populated and cannot be changed.
What to do next
Create versions of the workflow in other languages.
Using the Horizon vRealize Orchestrator Plug-In
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