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e Click to expand the Requested by item and select Principal ID.
f Click to expand the Visible: drop-down list.
g Select the Constant radio button and select No to hide this parameter in catalog request.
h Click Submit.
i On the Form tab, click Add.
11 Repeat this process to add other actions.
The action items are added to the list on the Resource Actions page, and the Status column shows that
they are in draft form.
12 On the Resource Actions page, select the action items one by one and click the Publish button above
the table.
What to do next
Import the workflows that will use these actions. See “Import Workflows for Desktop and Pool
Management,” on page 52.
Import Workflows for Desktop and Pool Management
You must create service blueprints that correspond to the workflows you plan to use for desktop and pool
management.
This procedure involves importing the following workflows for end users:
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Self Service Desktop Allocation
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Self Service Advanced Desktop Allocation
You must import these workflows so that items for the workflows can appear on the end user's Catalog tab
in vRealize Automation. After the end user submits a request to run the workflow, an item for the user's
desktop appears on the user's Items tab in vRealize Automation.
When the user clicks the desktop item and goes to the Item Details tab, the user can access the configured
actions for the desktop. The actions can include start, logoff, reboot, shut down, recycle, and, for linked-
clone desktops, users can also use a refresh action, to revert the machine back to the state it was in when the
user first acquired the machine. In this way, end users can access and manage their machines from the
vRealize Automation UI.
This procedure also involves importing the following workflows for delegated administrators:
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Advanced Desktop Allocation
After you import this workflow, an item for this workflow appears on the delegated administrator's
Catalog tab in vRealize Automation. After the delegated administrator submits a request to run this
workflow, the workflow performs one or more tasks to ensure that a machine is created and
provisioned, if need be, and is assigned to a user. Also, if necessary, the workflow creates an
entitlement for the user. The end result is that the end user has an item on the user's Items tab in
vRealize Automation, and the end user can see the configured action buttons described for the self-
service workflows.
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Port Pool to vCAC
After you import this workflow, an item for this workflow appears on the delegated administrator's
Catalog tab in vRealize Automation. After the delegated administrator submits a request to run this
workflow, the workflow creates items for the specified pools, and these pool items appear on the
delegated administrator's Items tab in vRealize Automation.
Using the Horizon vRealize Orchestrator Plug-In
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