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5 Invokes the action responsible for deleting the entity.

Table 2-4. Input Variables

Variable Type

entity

vCAC:Entity

var hostId = entity.hostId;

var modelName = entity.modelName;

var entitySetName = entity.entitySetName;

var entityKeyString = entity.keyString;

var headers = null;

//Delete the entity

System.getModule("com.vmware.library.vcac")

.deleteVCACEntity(hostId, modelName, entitySetName, entityKeyString, headers);

Example: Read a vCloud Automation Center entity by custom filter

This example script performs the following actions.

1 Defines the model name and the entity set name.

2 Defines the properties by which the entities are filtered.

3 Reads a list of entities.

Table 2-5. Input Variables

Variable Type

host

vCAC:VcacHost

templateName String

var modelName = 'ManagementModelEntities.svc';

var entitySetName = 'VirtualMachineTemplates';

var headers = null;

//Create properties for prefix entity

var properties = {

VirtualMachineTemplateName:templateName,

};

//Read a list of entities

var entities = vCACEntityManager

.readModelEntitiesByCustomFilter(host.id, modelName, entitySetName, properties, headers);

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