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8 Select the network custom property and congure the options.
Option Description
Name
You cannot change the property name.
Value
(Optional) Enter a default value.
Encrypted
When adding custom properties that run vRealize Orchestrator actions, do
not encrypt the value.
Overridable
Select this option to ensure that the requesting user can select a value on
the request form.
Show in request
Select this option to ensure that the requesting user can see the property
and select a value on the request form.
9 Click OK.
The network custom property is added to the blueprint.
10 Click Finish.
11 Publish the blueprint.
The blueprint includes the custom property.
What to do next
Test the custom property in the request form. See “Verify the Custom Property in the Catalog Request
Form,” on page 97
Verify the Custom Property in the Catalog Request Form
As creator of the custom property denitions that run vRealize Orchestrator actions, you test your custom
properties to ensure that the correct values appear in the request form.
Prerequisites
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Add the custom property to the appropriate location in the blueprint. See “Add a Custom Property to a
Blueprint,” on page 95.
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Verity that the blueprint is entitled to you so that you can test the custom properties in the blueprint.
See Conguring vRealize Automation.
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Log in to the vRealize Automation as a user with access to the test blueprint.
Procedure
1 Select Catalog.
2 Select the test blueprint and click Request.
3 On the request form, click the machine to which you added the custom property.
4 Locate the custom property and click the drop-down arrow.
The vRealize Orchestrator action runs and retrieves the values it is congured to display. Verify that the
expected values appear.
What to do next
Add the custom property to your production blueprints where needed.
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