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4 Enter or update the values for the attributes that you want to assign to the entity.
You can overwrite the values of only the attributes created in vCenter Chargeback Manager.
5 Click Apply.
The attributes with their values are assigned to the entity and can be included in the chargeback report.
The attribute value assigned to an entity does not get propagated to the child entities. You must individually
set the value for the attributes on each of the entities.
Move Entities Within a Hierarchy
You can move the entities within a chargeback hierarchy. This is particularly useful if you want to rearrange
the entities within a chargeback hierarchy. You cannot, however, rearrange the entities that are under a vCenter
Server entity.
You must have the update privilege on the hierarchy, the chargeback hierarchical entity, and the current and
new parent chargeback hierarchical entity to move entities within a hierarchy.
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 that you want to move, and select Cut Entity from the pop-up menu.
NOTE This menu option is available only for the vCenter Chargeback Manager entities created in the
hierarchy and the vCenter Server entities that are directly added to the hierarchy.
4 Right-click the destination entity and select Paste Entity from the pop-up menu.
The selected entity and all its child entities are moved under the destination entity. You cannot paste the
entities under a vCenter Server entity.
What to do next
You can undo a paste operation by right-clicking the pasted entity and selecting the Revert this paste
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.
Allocate Computing Resource Units for a Chargeback Entity
You can allocate some computing resource units for a chargeback entity. This allocation can be used to calculate
the cost when using an allocation-based billing policy.
Allocation of computing resource units is different from reservation of computing resource units. The
reservation of computing resources for a virtual machine is performed in vCenter Server. The allocation of
computing resource units is performed in vCenter Chargeback Manager. An allocation of computing resource
does not imply that the chargeback entity will get to use the set amount of computing resource units at all
times. This allocation is used purely for calculating the cost when using an allocation-based billing policy.
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