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8 Select the vCenter Chargeback Manager entity to which you want to add this vCenter Server entity.
The selected vCenter Server entities are added to the chargeback hierarchy.
After a vCenter Server entity is added to a chargeback hierarchy, you cannot delete any of its child entities
from the chargeback hierarchy without deleting this added entity.
What to do next
You can undo an add operation by right-clicking the newly added entity and selecting the Revert this add
operation option. However, this option is not available on the entity if any further changes are made to the
entity or to the chargeback hierarchy. If you add multiple entities at the same time, you can revert the add
operation for only one of the entities. To revert the add operation for an entity, right-click the required entity
and select Revert this add operation.
Rename a Chargeback Hierarchy or a Chargeback Entity
You can edit the names of chargeback hierarchies and the vCenter Chargeback Manager entities in them.
To perform this task, you must have update privilege on the hierarchy and the chargeback hierarchical entity.
Procedure
1 In the Manage Hierarchy tab, select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop-down menu on the
left pane of the page.
The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed.
2 Expand the hierarchy by clicking the plus sign (+) to the left of the hierarchy name.
The first-level entities in the hierarchy are displayed. You can view all the entities in the hierarchy by
clicking the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub-entities.
3 Right-click the entity and select Edit label from the pop-up menu.
4 Provide a new name for the entity and click outside the entity-name text box.
The character limit for the hierarchy and entity names is 255 characters. The hierarchy and entity names
are not case-sensitive.
Delete an Entity from the Hierarchy
You can delete the vCenter Server entities and vCenter Chargeback entities from a chargeback hierarchy. If
you have added a vCenter Server entity to the chargeback hierarchy, you cannot remove any of its child entities
without deleting the directly added vCenter Server entity from the chargeback hierarchy.
Even if an entity is deleted from the hierarchy, the generated reports include these deleted entities for the time
period they were available in the hierarchy. vCenter Chargeback maintains the history of the entities created
in the chargeback hierarchies. Therefore, the cost information of the deleted entities can be retrieved for the
period they existed in the chargeback hierarchy.
To delete an entity, you must have delete privilege on the chargeback hierarchical entity and update privilege
on the hierarchy.
CAUTION You cannot undo a delete entity operation.
Procedure
1 In the Manage Hierarchy tab, select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop-down menu on the
left pane of the page.
The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed.
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