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Using the vCloud Automation Center
Plug-In Workflows 3
The vCloud Automation Center plug-in workflow library contains workflows that you can use for common
tasks such as interacting with the catalog, managing infrastructure, and creating tenants and services.
You can use custom HTTP headers, such as the vCloud Automation Center specific headers Tasks and
Identity, and apply them in the CRUD, provisioning, and post-provisioning workflows.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Inventory,” on page 15
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“Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Administration Workflows,” on page 15
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“Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Infrastructure Administration Workflows,” on
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“Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Requests Workflows,” on page 22
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“Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Sample Workflows,” on page 22
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“Access the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In API,” on page 23
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Inventory
You can use the Inventory view to run workflows on vCloud Automation Center objects.
To display the workflows that are available for an inventory object, navigate to Tools > User preferences >
Inventory and select the Use contextual menu in inventory check box. After the option is enabled, when
you right-click an object in the Orchestrator inventory, all available workflows for the object are displayed.
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Administration
Workflows
You can use the administration workflows to manage vCloud Automation Center services, tenants,
approval policies, entitlements, business groups, catalog items, and Advanced Services components.
You can find these workflows on the Workflows view of the Orchestrator client, in the Administration
subdirectory of the plug-in library.
You can use the workflows in the Approval Policies subdirectory to create and manage approval policies.
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