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. In VMware Aria Automation 8.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, in VMware Aria Automation 8.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 your VMware Aria Automation 8.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 Automation 8 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 Automation 8.x supports all property data types. However, VMware Aria Automation 8 does not support all functionality within those data types. The unsupported functionality is flagged in the migration assessment report.
- VMware Aria Automation 8.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 | |
