Custom resource properties are not all visible in the deployment view in vRealize Automation

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Custom resource are not displaying all the expected properties in the deployment view in vRealize Automation

Environment

VMware vRealize Automation 8.x

Cause

In the vRealize Automation 8.7 release a feature was implemented which allows the users to modify the custom resource type schema, in order to have more flexibility.

As part of this feature it changed the way the resource properties are displayed. So, now they are displayed based on that schema.

The missing properties can occur if they are added to the create workflow after the custom resource type was created and the schema was initially generated without them.

 

Resolution

To resolve the issue follow the steps below:

1. Open the custom resource type and then the Properties tab, you will see two views for the schema - Code view and Form view.

2. The missing properties can be manually added to the schema using the code view.

3. If you don’t know the correct format to add the properties, another custom resource can be created with the same create workflow. Once you select the create workflow, the schema will be generated containing all the inputs which are currently available in the workflow, so you can copy the missing fields and paste them to the original custom resource type schema.