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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
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A workflow that requires this resource element as an attribute.
Procedure
1 Click the Workflows view in the Orchestrator client.
2 Expand the hierarchical tree viewer to navigate to the workflow that requires the resource element as an
attribute.
3 Right-click the workflow and select Edit.
4 On the General tab, right-click in the attributes pane and select Add attribute.
5 Click the attribute name and type a new name for the attribute.
6 Click Type to set the attribute type.
7 In the Select a type dialog box, type resource in the Filter box to search for an object type.
Option Action
Define a single resource element as
an attribute
Select ResourceElement from the list.
Define a folder that contains multiple
resource elements as an attribute
Select ResourceElementCategory from the list.
8 Click Value and type the name of the resource element or category of resource elements in the Filter text
box.
9 Select the resource element or folder of resource elements from the proposed list and click Select.
10 Click Save and Close to exit the editor.
You added a resource element or folder of resource elements as an attribute in a workflow.
Add a Resource Element to a Web View
Resource elements are external objects that you can import into the Orchestrator server for Web views to use
as Web view attributes. Web view attributes identify objects with which Web view components interact.
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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A Web view that requires this resource element as an attribute.
Procedure
1 In the Orchestrator client, click the Web views view.
2 If the Web view is running, right-click the Web view to which to add the resource element and select
Unpublish.
3 Right-click the Web view and select Edit.
4 Click the Attributes tab.
5 Right-click in the Attributes tab and select Add attribute.
6 Click the attribute name and type a new name for the attribute.
7 Click Type to set the attribute type.
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