5.5.1
Table Of Contents
- Developing with VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- Contents
- Developing with VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- Developing Workflows
- Key Concepts of Workflows
- Phases in the Workflow Development Process
- Access Rights for the Orchestrator Client
- Testing Workflows During Development
- Creating and Editing a Workflow
- 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
- Debugging Workflows
- Running Workflows
- Resuming a Failed Workflow Run
- Generate Workflow Documentation
- Use Workflow Version History
- Restore Deleted Workflows
- Develop a Simple Example Workflow
- Create the Simple Workflow Example
- Create the Schema of the Simple Workflow Example
- Create the Simple Workflow Example Zones
- Define the Parameters of the Simple Workflow Example
- Define the Simple Workflow Example Decision Bindings
- Bind the Action Elements of the Simple Workflow Example
- Bind the Simple Workflow Example Scripted Task Elements
- Define the Simple Workflow Example Exception Bindings
- Set the Read-Write Properties for Attributes of the Simple Workflow Example
- 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 Example
- Create a Custom Action for the Complex Workflow Example
- Create the Schema of the Complex Workflow Example
- Create the Complex Workflow Example Zones
- Define the Parameters of the Complex Workflow Example
- Define the Bindings for the Complex Workflow Example
- 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 Scripting 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
- Creating Plug-Ins by Using Maven
- Index
10 Save and close the workflow editor.
11 Repeat Step 5 to Step 10 for all the workflows that use the modified workflow.
You propagated a changed workflow to other workflows that call it.
Propagate the Input Parameters and Presentation of a Child Workflow to the
Parent Workflow
If you develop a workflow that calls other workflows, you can propagate the input parameters and the
presentation of the child workflows to the parent workflow.
Procedure
1 From the drop-down menu in the Orchestrator client, select Run.
2 Right-click the workflow that you want to modify and select Edit.
The workflow editor opens.
3 Select the Schema tab.
4 Right-click the element of the child workflow whose input parameters and presentation you want to
propagate to the parent workflow and select Synchronize > Synchronize Presentation.
5 In the confirmation dialog, select OK.
6 (Optional) Repeat Step 4 and Step 5 for all child workflows whose input parameters and presentation
you want to propagate to the parent workflow.
The input parameters of the child workflows are added to the input parameters of the parent workflow. The
presentation of the parent workflow is extended with the presentations of the child workflows.
Call a Workflow Synchronously
Calling a workflow synchronously runs the called workflow as a part of the run of the calling workflow. The
calling workflow can use the called workflow's output parameters as input parameters when it runs its
subsequent schema elements.
You call workflows synchronously from another workflow by using the Workflow element.
Prerequisites
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Open a workflow for editing in the workflow editor.
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Add some elements to the workflow schema.
Procedure
1 Drag a Workflow element from the Generic menu to the appropriate position in the workflow schema.
The Choose workflow selection dialog box appears.
2 Search for ands select the workflow you want and click OK.
If the search returns a partial result, narrow your search criterion or increase the number of search
results from the Tools > User preferences menu in the client.
3 Click the Workflow element to show its properties tabs in the bottom half of the Schema tab.
4
Click the Edit icon ( ) of the Workflow element in the workflow schema.
5 Bind the required input parameters to the workflow in the IN tab of the workflow schema element.
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