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Table 3‑23. Properties > Custom Properties Tab Settings (Continued)
Setting Description
Overridable You can specify that the property value can be overridden by the
next or subsequent person who uses the property. Typically, this
is another architect, but if you select Show in request, your
business users are able to see and edit property values when
they request catalog items.
Show in Request If you want to display the property name and value to your end
users, you can select to display the property on the request form
when requesting machine provisioning. You must also select
overridable if you want users to provide a value.
You can use the Property Groups tab to add and configure settings for existing custom property groups.
You can create your own property groups or use property groups that have been created for you.
Table 3‑24. Properties > Property Groups Tab Settings
Setting Description
Name Select an available property group from the drop-down menu.
Move Up and Move Down Control the precedence level of listed property groups in
descending order. The first-listed property group has
precedence over the next-listed property group and so on.
View Properties Display the custom properties in the selected property group.
View Merged Properties Display all the custom properties in the listed property groups in
the order in which they appear in the list of property groups.
Where the same property appears in more than one property
group, the property name appears only once in the list based on
when it is first encountered in the list.
OpenStack Machine Component Settings
Understand the settings and options you can configure for an OpenStack machine component in the
vRealize Automation blueprint design canvas.
General Tab
Configure general settings for an OpenStack machine component.
Table 3‑25. General Tab Settings
Setting Description
ID Enter a name for your machine component, or accept the default.
Description Summarize your machine component for the benefit of other architects.
Display location on request In a cloud environment, such as vCloud Air, this allows users to select a
region for their provisioned machines.
For a virtual environment, such as vSphere, you can configure the locations
feature to allow users to select a particular data center location at which to
provision a requested machine. To fully configure this option, a system
administrator adds data center location information to a locations file and a
fabric administrator edits a compute resource to associate it with a location.
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