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3 Click the Details Form tab.
4 Drag the Text element from the Form pane to the Form page pane.
5 Enter the text you want to add.
6 Click outside of the element to save the changes.
7 Click Finish.
Insert an Externally Defined Field in a Custom Resource Form
You can insert a new field and assign it an external value definition to dynamically provide read-only
information that consumers can see on the item details page when they provision a custom resource.
Prerequisites
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Log in to vRealize Automation as a tenant administrator or XaaS architect.
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Add an XaaS Custom Resource.
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Develop or import a vRealize Orchestrator script action to retrieve the information you want to provide
to consumers.
Procedure
1 Select Design > XaaS > Custom Resources.
2 Click the custom resource to edit.
3 Click the Details Form tab.
4 Drag an element from the New Fields pane and drop it to the Form page pane.
5 Enter an ID for the element in the ID text box.
6 Enter a label in the Label text box.
Labels appear to consumers on the forms.
7 (Optional) Select a type for the field from the Type drop-down menu.
8 Enter the result type of your vRealize Orchestrator script action in the Entity Type search box and
press Enter.
For example, if you want to use a script action to display the current user, and the script returns a
vRealize Orchestrator result type of LdapUser, enter LdapUser in the Entity Type search box and
press Enter.
9 Click Add External Value.
10 Select your custom vRealize Orchestrator script action.
11 Click Submit.
12 Click Submit again.
13 Click Finish.
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