Create a summary

[St0ked56]

Hi,

In the workflow I have now I have the end user specify CPU,RAM,Disk, etc.  Once the end user specifies those details an email is sent to an approver.  What I would like to do is parrellof having the details sent in an email, I would like to be able to present the summary on the approve or cancel form that the approver must goto in the webview (Attached pic).  So where it says summary I would like the to be a mult-text box with all the vApp/VM details.

Is this possible?

Thank you

[cdecanini_ · Accepted solution]

Yes it is possible. You can look at the Approve vApp workflow we have included in the notification package. You can add all the summary in a string and display it with the following syntax.

Christophe.

[St0ked56]

This answered my question but raised a new one.  Now I am having formatting issues.  How would I go about doing multiple lines.  I tried </p>,</n> and it still goes on the same line. This is test data that I am trying now?  How would I go about separating the lines?

displayContent = "Jira Ticket: " + JiraTIcket + "\n"

+ "CPU Count: " + newCPUCount + "\n";

I put in the General field ${displayContent}.

Thanks for you help!

[cdecanini_]

If you need the formating in the web-views keep your "\n" and try this:

In the conf firectory edit vmo.propeties file and add:

com.vmware.o11n.webview.htmlescaping.disabled = false

webview.raw.enabled = true

Christophe.

[St0ked56]

Where exactly is the conf directory containing vmo.properties?

[Burke-]

vcoInstallationFolder\app-server\server\vmo\conf

[St0ked56]

I added the 2 lines of code to the vmo.properties (See pic).  I restarted the vCO Server through the configuration portal.  I currently have the below code for the summary output.  I still get the output to show on oneline and shows the \n as a string instead of a new line (See pic).

displayContent = "Jira Ticket: " + JiraTIcket + "\n"

+ "CPU Count: " + newCPUCount + "\n";

[cdecanini_]

Add a  <BR> tag.

My fault: these are web view: need html tags.

[St0ked56]

I tried adding the <BR> to the code but it still reads it as part of the string and keeps everything on the same line.  I am not exactly sure where the <BR> needs to go.  I tried putting it like "<BR>/n".  I tried without quotes, but get an error.  I have also tried putting the <BR> into the general tab which only printed it to the screen.  Can you show me an example of how to skip a line with basic code?

[cdecanini_]

The example is in the notification package I mentioned before (in the document tab). The approve vApp has such a summary.

Could you please try if this works for you. I thought the 2 properties I provided where the one fixing hte issue of html escaping but I do not know why it does not work for you.

Christophe.

[St0ked56]

Figured out the issue as to why the html wasn't working.

In the vmo.properties files the 2 lines of code should be set to true

com.vmware.o11n.webview.htmlescaping.disabled = true

webview.raw.enabled = true

[cdecanini_]

Good catch and sorry for the quick copy and paste ...

I did not even think of checking this bit.

Time for me to get some vacations

Christophe.