6.1

Import Actions for Desktop and Pool Items
After you define View desktops and pools as resource types, you can assign actions to View desktops and
pools.
Prerequisites
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Create the business groups that contain the users who will use these actions. See “Create Business
Groups for Delegated Administrators and End Users,” on page 42.
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Verify that vRealize Automation is configured to communicate with the vRealize Orchestrator server so
that the vRealize Orchestrator workflows are available.
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Import the required resource types. See “Import View Desktops and Pools as Custom Resources,” on
page 50.
Procedure
1 Log in to vRealize Automation as an administrator.
2 Select Advanced Services > Resource Actions, and click the Add (+) icon.
3 On the New Resource Action - Workflow tab, navigate to Library > Horizon > Workflows > vCAC >
Actions.
4 Expand the Desktop folder, select an action, and click Next.
5 On the Input Resource tab, click Next.
The Resource type drop-down list displays the ViewDesktop type you imported.
6 On the Details tab, select the Hide catalog request information page check box.
You can also change the name of the action. For example, instead of Logoff, you might use Log off
desktop.
7 If you are importing the Recycle action or the Drop Pool action, on the Details tab, in the Type section,
select the Disposal check box.
8 On the Details tab, in the Target criteria section, for the Drop Pool action only, select Always available,
and for all other actions, select the Available based on conditions radio button, and use the following
settings in the drop-down lists that appear.
List Select
Clause
Available Actions
Operator
Contains
Value
Constant, and type the appropriate value: logoff, reboot, refresh,
shutdown, start, drop-pool, manage-entitlement, manage-session,
recompose, manage-assignment, or recycle.
The value must be in lowercased letters.
9 Click Next.
10 On the Form tab, if you are importing a desktop action, click Add, or, if you are importing a pool action,
edit the vCACUser field to bind the action to a user.
a Click in the vCACUser text box and click the Edit (pencil) icon.
b In the Edit Form Field - vCACUser dialog box, click the Constraints tab.
c Click to expand the Value: drop-down list.
d Select the Field radio button and click to expand the Request Info item.
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