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Table Of Contents
- Life Cycle Extensibility
- Contents
- Life Cycle Extensibility
- Machine Extensibility Overview
- Extending Machine Lifecycles By Using vRealize Orchestrator
- Configuring Workflow Subscriptions to Extend vRealize Automation
- Event Topics Provided with vRealize Automation
- Workflow Subscriptions and Event Broker Terminology
- Blockable and Replyable Event Topics
- Best Practices for Creating vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Workflow Subscriptions
- Workflow Subscription Settings
- Working with Provisioning and Life Cycle Workflow Subscriptions
- Configuring vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Provisioning and Life Cycle Workflows
- Workflow Subscription Life Cycle State Definitions
- Configuring the Timeout Values for States and Events
- Configuring the Error Behavior for States and Events
- Scenario: Take a Post-Provisioning Snapshot of a Virtual Machine
- Working with Approval Workflow Subscriptions
- Troubleshooting Workflow Subscriptions
- Troubleshooting vRealize Orchestrator Workflows That Do Not Start
- Troubleshooting Provisioning Requests That Take Too Much Time
- Troubleshooting a vRealize Orchestrator Workflow That Does Not Run for an Approval Request
- Troubleshooting a Rejected Approval Request That Should Be Approved
- Troubleshooting a Rejected Approval Request
- Extending Machine Life Cycles By Using vRealize Automation Designer
- Extending Machine Life Cycles By Using vRealize Automation Designer Checklist
- Installing and Configuring vRealize Automation Designer
- Customizing IaaS Workflows By Using vRealize Automation Designer
- Workflows and Distributed Execution Management
- CloudUtil Command Reference
- vRealize Automation Workflow Activity Reference
Table 8‑9. LoadProperty Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
DataServiceContext RepositoryServiceContext The DataServiceContext from which to load the property.
Instance Object The entity that contains the property to load.
InstanceProperty String The name of the property of the specified entity to load.
SaveChanges
Saves the changes that the DataServiceContext is tracking to storage.
Table 8‑10. SaveChanges Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
DataServiceContext RepositoryServiceContext The DataServiceContext that is tracking the changes to save.
SetLink
Notifies the DataServiceContext that a new link exists between the objects specified and that the link is
represented by the property specified in the SourceProperty argument.
Table 8‑11. SetLink Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
DataServiceContext RepositoryServiceContext The DataServiceContext to notify of the link.
Source Object The source object for the new link.
SourceProperty String The property on the source object that identifies the target object
of the new link.
Target Object The child object involved in the new link to initialize by calling
this method. The target object must be a subtype of the type
identified by SourceProperty. If Target is set to null, the call
represents a delete link operation.
UpdateObject
Changes the state of the specified object in the DataServiceContext to Modified.
Table 8‑12. UpdateObject Activity Input Parameters
Argument Type Description
DataServiceContext RepositoryServiceContext The DataServiceContext tracking the entity to update.
Instance Object The tracked entity to be assigned to the Modified state.
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