The value picker in a custom form fails to load data after applying the Aria Automation 8.18.1 Patch 1

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

• The value picker custom form is used to retrieve data from the backend Aria automation orchestrator action for multiple VMs and the subsequent attempts to use the same value picker for the next VM in the list fails. 
• The form doesn't load, and the action to fetch the requested data is not triggered

Environment

Aria Automation 8.18.1 

Cause

• Action execution is halted if at least one of the inputs is invalid (Null Value) (note: this applies only if the input is bound to another custom form field). And this is Due to the functionality introduced in 8.18.1.

Resolution

• A fix is planned with the upcoming release of Aria Automation 8.18.1 Patch 2. 
  
  Workaround:
• Make sure to add a default value to field with id: "action". This is needed to make the field valid and the custom form to work as expected.