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Table 2-1. Input Variables

Variable Type

host

vCAC:VcacHost

var modelName = 'ManagementModelEntities.svc';

var entitySetName = 'HostNamePrefixes';

var links = null;

var headers = null;

//Create properties for prefix entity

var prefixInputProperties = {

MachinePrefix:'test-prefix',

NextMachineNo:1,

MachineNumberLength:3

};

//Save the prefix

var prefixEntity = vCACEntityManager

.createModelEntity(host.id, modelName, entitySetName, prefixInputProperties, links, headers);

entitySetName = 'ProvisioningGroups';

//Create properties for the provisioning group entity

inputProperties = {

GroupName:'TestGroupName',

GroupDescription:'This group was generated with a vCO workflow',

AdministratorEmail:'test@test.com',

AdContainer:'AD',

IsTestGroup:false,

Flags:2,

GroupType:1};

//Add a reference to the newly created prefix entity

links = {

HostNamePrefix:prefixEntity

};

//Save the provisioning group

var entity = vCACEntityManager

createModelEntity(host.id, modelName, entitySetName, inputProperties, links, headers);

Example: Update a vCloud Automation Center model entity

This example script performs the following actions.

1 Gets the host id from the provided entity.

2 Gets the model name from the provided entity.

3 Gets the entity set name from the provided entity.

4 Gets the entity id from the provided entity.

5 Defines a set of properties that will be updated.

6 Invokes the action responsible for updating the entity.

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