Editing a greyed out custom form on service broker on Aria Automation 8.x

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

• To be able to edit the greyed-out custom form in the service broker.

Symptoms:

• While trying to add a template to the existing blueprint, the custom form appears greyed out and does not allow editing.:
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Cause

• This is an expected behavior.

Resolution

• Expected behavior but a workaround is available.

Workaround:

Follow the steps to be able to edit the existing custom form:

1. Take Snapshot of vRA (Non-Memory)
2. Login to service broker --> Go to content --> Open the form to be edited.
3. Click Action and export the JSON format of the custom form.
4. Make a copy of the Original JSON file and keep it as a backup.
5. Update the copied JSON file with the required changes.

Example: Add label and it's value under the template section.

{"label":"AlmaLinux 8","value":"TEMPLATE-ALMA8"}

5. Save the changes.
6. Import the updated JSON file to the custom form.

Additional Information

Impact/Risks:

• No Impact.

Additionally ,If you need to edit the Field ID in a custom form, you can do so by exporting the form as a JSON file, implementing the changes required, and then importing the updated JSON file.