5.5.1

Orchestrator Views in the Administer Perspective
From the Administer perspective in the Orchestrator client, you can access the inventory and manage
authorizations, Web views, and packages.
View Description
Inventory Displays the objects of the plug-ins that are enabled in Orchestrator.
You can use the Inventory view to run workflows on an inventory object.
Policy Templates Displays a list of the available master policies.
You can use the Policy Templates view to create policy templates.
Authorizations Displays a list of the available authorization elements.
You can use the Authorizations view to create and edit authorization elements.
Web views Displays a list of the available Web views.
You can use the Web views view to create, publish, and export Web views to a working folder. You
can either modify exported Web views or use them as templates from which to create other Web
views. You can also use Web views to access Orchestrator functions from a Web browser.
Packages Displays a list of the available packages and where a selected package is used.
You can use the Packages view to add, import, export, and synchronize packages.
User Preferences
You can customize the options displayed to users of the Orchestrator client by using the User preferences
tool.
Your preferences are saved on the client side in the vmware-vmo.cfg file.
To set preferences, select Tools > User preferences in the Orchestrator client toolbar.
From the User preferences tool you can change the following preferences.
General Preferences
Table 1‑1. Orchestrator Client Customization Options
Option Description
Auto-edit new inserted The new elements that you add open in an editor.
Script compilation delay [ms] The frequency of the background task that compiles the scripts and
reports errors in edit mode in milliseconds.
Show decision scripts The option enables you to see the decision script of the implemented
decision functions.
Delete non empty folder permitted The option enables you to delete a folder together with its subfolders
and contents.
Size of run logs (number of lines) The maximum number of lines in the system log that Orchestrator
displays when you select a workflow run in the Orchestrator client and
click
Logs on the Schema tab.
The value must be greater than 0.
Server log fetch limit The maximum number of lines in the server logs that Orchestrator
fetches from the database and displays when you click any of the Events
tabs in the Orchestrator client.
The value must be greater than 0.
Using the VMware vCenter Orchestrator Client
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