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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Chargeback Manager User’s Guide
- Contents
- About the User's Guide
- Introduction to vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Configuring Administration Settings
- Authenticating and Managing Users, Roles, and Permissions
- Resource Based Authorization in vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Permissions Defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Managing Roles
- Managing Users
- vCenter Chargeback Manager User Authentication
- Managing Chargeback Hierarchies
- Creating a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Add a vCenter Chargeback Manager Entity
- Add a vCenter Server Entity
- Rename a Chargeback Hierarchy or a Chargeback Entity
- Delete an Entity from the Hierarchy
- Delete a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Assign Attributes
- Move Entities Within a Hierarchy
- Allocate Computing Resource Units for a Chargeback Entity
- Share Virtual Machine Cost
- Backdate a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View Properties of a vCenter Server Entity
- Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements
- Generating Reports
- Monitoring System Health
- Administration Utilities
- Index
Add an Attribute
You can define one or more attributes in vCenter Chargeback Manager.
You must have the Super User or Administrator role to perform this task.
Procedure
1 In the Settings tab, click Manage Attributes.
2 Click Create.
The Create Attribute screen is displayed.
3 Enter the name and description for the attribute.
A attribute can be attached to an entity to provide additional information about the entity. The attributes
associated with an entity can be included in the chargeback reports.
4 Click Create.
The attribute is added to the table listing the attributes added to the application.
Modify an Attribute
You can modify the attributes defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager
You must be the owner of the attribute or should have the Super User role to modify the attribute. Also, you
can only modify attributes that are created in vCenter Chargeback Manager. Attributes imported from vCenter
Server cannot be modified.
Procedure
1 In the Settings tab, click Manage Attributes.
The page displays a table with all the attributes available in your vCenter Chargeback Manager
installation.
2 Select the attribute that you want to modify and click Edit.
3 Modify the required information.
4 Click Save.
The modified attribute details are listed in the table.
Delete an Attribute
The attributes that are not required can be deleted from the application.
You cannot delete attributes that are imported from the vCenter Server. If an attribute is deleted from the
vCenter Server, it is also deleted from vCenter Chargeback Manager during the next run of the data collector
synchronization job.
You must have the Super User or Administrator role to perform this task.
Procedure
1 In the Settings tab, click Manage Attributes.
A table listing all the attributes added to the application is displayed.
2 Select the attribute that you want to remove.
3 Click Delete.
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