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Exposing Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In Workflows in vSphere
Web Client
Administrators can configure Horizon workflows so that delegated administrators can run them from
within vSphere Web Client. The delegated administrator can search for the name of the workflow and run
and schedule vCenter Orchestrator workflows.
Bind vSphereWebClient Workflows to Specific Pods and Pools in vCenter
Orchestrator
When a delegated administrator's access must be restricted to particular pools or pods, you can bind a
workflow to a specific pool or pod. Administrators can duplicate workflows and bind them to different
pools as needed.
After an administrator binds a workflow to a pod, the delegated administrator sees a drop-down list of the
pools that belong to that pod in vSphere Web Client. You can, however, also bind the workflow to a specific
pool and disable the drop-down list of pools. Drop-down lists of pools are supported for most workflows
regardless of whether the workflows are localized.
IMPORTANT For the following workflows, if you plan to localize the workflow, you must bind the workflow
to a specific pool and disable the drop-down list of pools:
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Application Entitlement
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Assign User
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Desktop Assignment
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Desktop Entitlement
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Unassign User
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have administrator credentials for the Orchestrator server. The account must be a
member of the vCenter 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 13.
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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 17.
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.
Using the Horizon vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In
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