Hi,
I have two question about that.
First question ; I created two dynamic dropdown custom property called via external source ( With vRealize ORchestrator );
My vRO action code is ;
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return ["Production,"Development"];
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But, I want to write "Name" and "Values" different like picture below . Is that possible ?
return [{"name" : "Production", "value" : "PROD"}] --> this is not working...
My second question is ;
When I click the first dropdown, second drowdown values are coming but i want to first values set as default. Because i'll hide second dropdown and values should be set as default without user selection.
Thanks.
Accepted Solutions
To do this, you'll need to change your action to return the type Properties. You can then do something like this sample:
if (continent == "NA"){
var props = new Properties();
props.put("US","United States");
props.put("Canada","Canada");
props.put("Mexico","Mexico");
return props;}
continent is my input value. I'm creating a list of properties here. The first entry is the value, the second entry is the display. At the end, return the variable in which your properties are stored. The visible result is like this:
Note that, by default, they will be sorted in ascending order alphabetically.
Second question, you can't hide a drop-down altogether unless you're using custom forms in vRA 7.4. Once you expose a drop-down, it's always there, but you can either force the value of leave it null depending on if you've set it as required or not.
To do this, you'll need to change your action to return the type Properties. You can then do something like this sample:
if (continent == "NA"){
var props = new Properties();
props.put("US","United States");
props.put("Canada","Canada");
props.put("Mexico","Mexico");
return props;}
continent is my input value. I'm creating a list of properties here. The first entry is the value, the second entry is the display. At the end, return the variable in which your properties are stored. The visible result is like this:
Note that, by default, they will be sorted in ascending order alphabetically.
Second question, you can't hide a drop-down altogether unless you're using custom forms in vRA 7.4. Once you expose a drop-down, it's always there, but you can either force the value of leave it null depending on if you've set it as required or not.
Okay, solved it with the following workaround:
1) Create a Helper Action "DropdownParser" that has two functions to format & parse back ID+Name -> combined string:
Creates a string like so: MyDeploymentName (ID: 123123123123123123)
return {
// Formats a label+id into the final Dropdown Value.
format: function(name, id) {
return name + " (ID: " + id + ")"
},
// Parses the Dropdown Value back to label + id.
parse: function(dropdownValue) {
// Split the combined string
var splitString = dropdownValue.split(" (ID: ")
var name = splitString[0]
var id = splitString[1].slice(0, -1) // remove last character (the ")")
return {
name: name,
id: id
}
}
}
2) Create an Action to get the values for the dropdown field:
var dynamicTypes = [] // somehow get your array dynamicTypes
for each(var item in items) {
dynamicTypes.push(DropdownParser.format(item.name, item.id));
}
return dynamicTypes;
3) In vRA in your XaaS Blueprint or Resource Action form, go to your Dropdown -> Values -> External Values & Select the Action from Step 2
4) The dropdown should look like this:
5) In your Resource Action / XaaS Blueprint workflow parse the Dropdown string like so:
var parsedDropdownLabel = DropdownParser.parse(dropdownTest)
var id = parsedDropdownLabel.id
var name = parsedDropdownLabel.name
// e.g. use the ID to get your dynamicType again
6) Extra Step: Make sure to disallow the name of the dynamicType to include "(ID: " with form validation, so the combined string can always be parsed properly.
Bit much for a simple label/value dropdown form, but haven't found a better solution so far...