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Table 3‑65. Custom Request Form Action Menu Items (Continued)
Action Menu Item Description
Export CSS Exports your imported CSS.
Remove CSS Discards your custom CSS.
The discarded CSS is not recoverable.
Download format schema Downloads a JSON file that contains the structure and
description of the controls and states used in a custom form.
You can use this schema to create a form or to modify an
existing form. You can import the modified JSON file as the
custom form.
Create a Custom Request Form with Active Directory Options
You create a custom form when the default form provides too much or too little information to the
requesting user. You can add more fields to the form, you can hide fields on a form, or you can pre-
populate fields and either show or hide them.
This use case is based on a blueprint that contains a vSphere virtual machine type and an XaaS blueprint
that configures an Active Directory administrator account on the virtual machine. The XaaS blueprint is
based on the Create a user with a password in a group workflow.
Your goal in this use case is to:
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Give the user the option to configure the administrator password.
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Preconfigure the machine details so that CPU and memory values are both based on GB.
How do you benefit from this use case? The use case includes examples of the following form
customizations:
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Add specific fields to a blank form.
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Configure a show/hide check box.
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Hide fields until the requesting user selects a check box.
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Add validation to fields.
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Display a memory field in GB even though the blueprint field is calculated in MB.
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Use regular expressions.
Prerequisites
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Log in to vRealize Automation as an application architect, software architect, or infrastructure
architect.
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Create a YourCo Machine and User blueprint that includes a vSphere blueprint and an XaaS blueprint
to create an Active Directory user account with a password in a group. For an example, see Create
an XaaS Blueprint for Creating a User.
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