Property Group Considerations
VMware Aria Automation
8 includes
these property group considerations.A property group is a group of custom properties that you can use to customize your Cloud
Template. When migrating property groups from vRealize Automation 7.x to
VMware Aria Automation
8.x, review these
considerations:- In vRA 7.x, a property group could be linked to a single tenant or shared across tenants. InVMware Aria Automation8.x, these property groups are migrated and linked to a single tenant and the name of the tenant is added to the property group name: <propertygroupname>_<tenantname>. If a group is shared across tenants, inVMware Aria Automation8.x it is migrated as is and without any changes to its name.
- Property groups containing constant properties (show in request: false) are migrated as constant type property groups: <propertygroupname>_constants. Property groups containing editable properties (show in request: true) are migrated as input type property groups: <propertygroupname>_inputs. During migration, if a property group contains both constant and editable properties the property group is split into two property groups: <propertygroupA>_constants and <propertygroupA>_inputs. However, if a property group contains a property that is a dropdown based on a vRO action, then the property group is not split into two property groups.
- If yourVMware Aria Automation8.x environment contains a property group with the same name as one being migrated, the migrated property group name is amended with a random number: <propertygroupname>_3439553.
- VMware Aria Automation8 does not support the use of "-" and "." characters in property names. During migration these characters are replaced with the "_" character.
- Custom properties directly on Cloud Templates or components take precedence over property groups.
- VMware Aria Automation8.x supports all property data types. However,VMware Aria Automation8 does not support all functionality within those data types. The unsupported functionality is flagged in the migration assessment report.
- VMware Aria Automation8.x does not support migrating the display order for properties.
Attribute in vRA 7.x | VMware Aria Automation 8.x Mapping | |
|---|---|---|
Property Group Attributes | ||
Name | Display Name | |
ID | Name | |
Visiblity: all tenants | N/A | |
Visibility: this tenant | Visibility: this tenant | |
Description | Description | |
Property Group Property Attributes | ||
Name | Name | |
Value | Default Value | |
Encrypted | Encrypted | |
Show in request: true | Created as part of an input type property group. If a property
definition exists for this property, the definition is applied. | |
Show in request: false | Created as part of a constant type property group. If a property
definition exists for this property, the definition is ignored. | |
Property Definition Attributes | ||
Name | Name | |
Label | Display Name | |
Visibility: all tenants | N/A | |
Visibility: this tenant | Visibility: this tenant | |
Description | Description | |
Display Order | N/A | |
Property Definition Data Type
Attributes | ||
Boolean | Display as: checkbox | Display as: checkbox |
Display as: Yes/No | N/A | |
Datetime | Required: Yes Required:
No | Required: Yes Required:
No |
Minimum value Maximum
value | N/A | |
Display as: Date Time Picker | N/A | |
Decimal | Required: Yes Required:
No | N/A |
Minimum value Maximum
value | Minimum value Maximum
value | |
Increment | N/A | |
Display as: Dropdown/static list/ enable custom value entry: true/
static list: true | N/A | |
Display as: Dropdown/static list/ enable custom value entry: false/
static list: true | Display as: Dropdown/static list/ enable custom value entry: false/
static list: true | |
Display as: Dropdown/ external values | Display as: Dropdown/external values | |
Display as: Slider | N/A | |
Display as: Textbox | Display as: Textbox | |
Integer | Required: Yes Required:
No | N/A |
Minimum value Maximum
value | Minimum value Maximum
value | |
Increment | N/A | |
Display as: Dropdown/static list/ enable custom value entry: true/
static list: true | N/A | |
Display as: Dropdown/static list/ enable custom value entry: false/
static list: true | Display as: Dropdown/static list/ enable custom value entry: false/
static list: true | |
Display as: Dropdown/external values | Display as: Dropdown/external values | |
Display as: Slider | N/A | |
Display as: Textbox | Display as: Textbox | |
Secure String | Required: Yes Required:
No | Required: Yes Required:
No |
Display as: Password that requires confirmation | N/A | |
Display as: Textbox with validation | Display as: Textbox with validation | |
Display as: Textbox without validation | Display as: Textbox without validation | |
String | Required: Yes Required:
No | Required: Yes Required:
No |
Display as: Dropdown/static list/ enable custom value entry: true/
static list: true | N/A | |
Display as: Dropdown/static list/ enable custom value entry: false/
static list: true | Display as: Dropdown/static list/ enable custom value entry: false/
static list: true | |
Display as: Dropdown/external values | Display as: Dropdown/external values | |
Display as: Email | N/A | |
Display as: Hyperlink | N/A | |
Display as: Textarea | N/A | |
Display as: Textbox with validation | Display as: Textbox with validation | |
Display as: Textbox without validation | Display as: Textbox without validation | |