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Table Of Contents
- Developing with VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- Contents
- Developing with VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- Updated Information
- Developing Workflows
- Principal Phases in the Workflow Development Process
- Accessing the Orchestrator Client
- Testing Workflows During Development
- Workflow Editor
- Provide General Workflow Information
- Defining Attributes and Parameters
- Workflow Schema
- Obtaining Input Parameters from Users When a Workflow Starts
- Requesting User Interactions While a Workflow Runs
- Add a User Interaction to a Workflow
- Set the User Interaction security.group Attribute
- Set the timeout.date Attribute to an Absolute Date
- Calculate a Relative Timeout for User Interactions
- Set the timeout.date Attribute to a Relative Date
- Define the External Inputs for a User Interaction
- Define User Interaction Exception Behavior
- Create the Input Parameters Dialog Box for the User Interaction
- Respond to a Request for a User Interaction
- Calling Workflows Within Workflows
- Running a Workflow on a Selection of Objects
- Developing Long-Running Workflows
- Configuration Elements
- Workflow User Permissions
- Validating Workflows
- Running Workflows
- Develop a Simple Example Workflow
- Create the Simple Workflow Example
- Define the Simple Workflow Example Parameters
- Create the Simple Workflow Example Schema
- Link the Simple Workflow Example Elements
- Create Workflow Zones
- Define the Simple Workflow Example Decision Bindings
- Bind the Simple Workflow Example Action Elements
- Bind the Simple Workflow Example Scripted Task Elements
- Define the Simple Example Workflow Exception Bindings
- Set the Simple Workflow Example Attribute Read-Write Properties
- Set the Simple Workflow Example Parameter Properties
- Set the Layout of the Simple Workflow Example Input Parameters Dialog Box
- Validate and Run the Simple Workflow Example
- Develop a Complex Workflow
- Create the Complex Workflow
- Define the Complex Workflow Example Input Parameters
- Create a Custom Action For the Complex Workflow Example
- Create the Complex Workflow Example Schema
- Link the Complex Workflow Example Schema Elements
- Create the Complex Workflow Example Zones
- Define the Complex Workflow Example Bindings
- Set the Complex Workflow Example Attribute Properties
- Create the Layout of the Complex Workflow Example Input Parameters
- Validate and Run the Complex Workflow Example
- Scripting
- Orchestrator Elements that Require Scripting
- Limitations of the Mozilla Rhino Implementation in Orchestrator
- Using the Orchestrator API
- Access the Scripting Engine from the Workflow Editor
- Access the Scripting Engine from the Action or Policy Editor
- Access the Orchestrator API Explorer
- Use the Orchestrator API Explorer to Find Objects
- Writing Scripts
- Add Parameters to Scripts
- Accessing the Orchestrator Server File System from JavaScript and Workflows
- Accessing Java Classes from JavaScript
- Accessing Operating System Commands from JavaScript
- Exception Handling Guidelines
- Orchestrator JavaScript Examples
- Developing Actions
- Creating Resource Elements
- Creating Packages
- Index
What to do next
Save the resource element to a file to update it, or add the resource element to a workflow or Web view.
Save a Resource Element to a File
You can save a resource element to a file on your local system. Saving the resource element as a file allows you
to edit it.
For example, if the resource element is an XML configuration file or a script, you must save it locally to modify
it. You cannot edit a resource element in the Orchestrator client.
Prerequisites
You must have a resource element in the Orchestrator server to save to a file.
Procedure
1 Right-click the resource element and select Save to file.
2 Make the required modifications to the file.
You saved a resource element to a file.
What to do next
Update the resource element in the Orchestrator server.
Update a Resource Element
If a file or object that you have defined as a resource element changes, you can update the resource element in
the Orchestrator server.
Prerequisites
An image, script, XML, or HTML file, or any other type of object that you imported into Orchestrator as a
resource element.
Procedure
1 Modify the source file of the resource element in your local system.
2 In the Orchestrator client, click the Resources view.
3 Navigate through the hierarchical list to the resource element that you have updated.
4 Right-click the resource element and select Update resource.
5 (Optional) Click the Viewer tab to check that Orchestrator has updated the resource element.
You updated a resource element that the Orchestrator server contains.
Add a Resource Element to a Workflow
Resource elements are external objects that you can import to the Orchestrator server for workflows to use as
attributes when they run. For example, a workflow can use an imported XML file that defines a map to convert
one type of data to another, or a script that defines a function, when it runs.
Prerequisites
You must have the following objects in your Orchestrator server:
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An image, script, XML, or HTML file, or any other type of object that you imported into Orchestrator as
a resource element.
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