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Table Of Contents
Contents
Developing with VMware vCenter Orchestrator 7
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Developing Workflows 9
Principal Phases in the Workflow Development Process 10
Accessing the Orchestrator Client 11
Testing Workflows During Development 11
Workflow Editor 11
Create a Workflow 12
Edit a Workflow 12
Edit a Workflow from the Standard Library 12
Workflow Editor Tabs 13
Provide General Workflow Information 14
Defining Attributes and Parameters 15
Define Workflow Attributes 15
Define Workflow Parameters 16
Attribute and Parameter Naming Restrictions 16
Workflow Schema 17
View Workflow Schema 18
Building a Workflow in the Workflow Schema 18
Schema Elements 19
Schema Element Properties 22
Links and Bindings 24
Decisions 29
Exception Handling 31
Obtaining Input Parameters from Users When a Workflow Starts 33
Creating the Input Parameters Dialog Box In the Presentation Tab 33
Setting Parameter Properties 35
Requesting User Interactions While a Workflow Runs 38
Add a User Interaction to a Workflow 39
Set the User Interaction security.group Attribute 39
Set the timeout.date Attribute to an Absolute Date 40
Calculate a Relative Timeout for User Interactions 41
Set the timeout.date Attribute to a Relative Date 42
Define the External Inputs for a User Interaction 43
Define User Interaction Exception Behavior 44
Create the Input Parameters Dialog Box for the User Interaction 45
Respond to a Request for a User Interaction 46
Calling Workflows Within Workflows 46
Workflow Elements that Call Workflows 47
Call a Workflow Synchronously 49
Call a Workflow Asynchronously 50
Schedule a Workflow 50
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