5.5
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
- Index
A new empty workflow is created in the folder that you chose.
What to do next
You can edit the workflow.
Edit a Workflow
You edit a workflow to make changes to an existing workflow or to develop a new empty workflow.
Procedure
1 From the drop-down menu in the Orchestrator client, select Design.
2 Click the Workflows view.
3 Expand the workflows hierarchical list to navigate to the workflow that you want to edit.
4 To open the workflow for editing, right-click the workflow and select Edit.
The workflow editor opens the workflow for editing.
Edit a Workflow from the Standard Library
Orchestrator provides a standard library of workflows that you can use to automate operations in the
virtual infrastructure. The workflows in the standard library are locked in the read-only state.
To edit a workflow from the standard library, you must create a duplicate of that workflow. You can edit
duplicate workflows or custom workflows.
Procedure
1 From the drop-down menu in the Orchestrator client, select Design.
2 Click the Workflows view.
3 (Optional) Right-click the root of the hierarchical list of workflow folders and select New folder to
create a folder to contain the workflow to edit.
4 Expand the Library hierarchical list of standard workflows to navigate to the workflow to edit.
5 Right-click the workflow to edit.
The Edit option is dimmed. The workflow is read-only.
6 Right-click the workflow and select Duplicate workflow.
7 Provide a name for the duplicate workflow.
By default, Orchestrator names the duplicate workflow Copy of workflow_name.
8 Click the Workflow folder value to search for a folder in which to save the duplicate workflow.
Select the folder you created in Step 3. If you did not create a folder, select a folder that is not in the
library of standard workflows.
9 Click Yes or No to copy the workflow version history to the duplicate.
Option Description
Yes
The version history of the original workflow is replicated in the duplicate.
No
The version of the duplicate reverts to 0.0.0.
10 Click Duplicate to duplicate the workflow.
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