7.4

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Problem
If you migrated from a 6.2.x or earlier version and you had property definitions with these control types or
attributes, these elements are missing from the property definitions and any catalog items that use the
definitions do not function as they did before you performed the migration.
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Control types. Check box or link.
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Attributes. Relationship, regular expressions, or property layouts.
Cause
In vRealize Automation 7.0 and later, the property definitions no longer use these elements. You must
recreate the property definition or configure the property definition to use a vRealize Orchestrator script
action rather than the embedded control types or attributes.
Migrate the control type or attributes to vRealize Automation 7.x using a script action.
Solution
1 In vRealize Orchestrator, create a script action that returns the property values. The action must
return a simple type. For example, return strings, integers, or other supported types. The action can
take the other properties on which it depends as an input parameter.
2 In vRealize Automation console, configure the product definition.
a Select Administration > Property Dictionary > Property Definitions.
b Select the property definition and click Edit.
c From the Display advice drop-down menu, select Dropdown.
d From the Values drop-down menu, select External Values.
e Select the script action.
f Click OK.
g Configure the Input Parameters that are included in the script action. To preserve the existing
relationship, bind the parameter to the other property.
h Click OK.
Data Collection Radio buttons Disabled in
vRealize Automation
After migration from vRealize Automation 6.2.x to 7.x, the Compute Resources page on the target
vRealize Automation contains disabled radio buttons under Data Collection.
Migrating vRealize Automation to 7.4
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