View single and batch action options in VMware Lab Platform

The Classes page lists all the classes. You can view the classes in list view or in tile view. List includes a drop-down menu that lets you apply an action to a single class and a drop-down menu for actions you want to apply to multiple classes.

Single action options for a class

To modify a single class instance, select the class and click the ellipses next to the class.

Option	Description
More Details	Shows details for the selected class.
Update	Provides actions to edit or modify an existing class.
View Usage and Cost for Class	Provides cost details and usage cost.
Start	Creates, enables, and provisions the selected classes. Also sets the statuses of the selected classes to “Active”. Administrators can also edit the start time of a started class. The new start time of the class will be effective from the following day.
End	Sets the statuses of the selected classes to “Complete” which will archive them and prevent further updating.
Create Entitlements	Creates lab entitlements for students in the selected classes but does not enable them. Until activated, a student’s lab console will not list the entitlements in the Enrollments tab.
Provision Entitlements	Powers-up the vApps for each entitlement (manually triggered prepop) for the selected classes.
Enable Entitlements	Activate the created entitlements for the selected classes.
Recreate Completed Entitlements	Recreates a completed entitlement.
Send Notification Email	Sends notification email to all students. You can modify the content of the email from Portal Settings > Configuration > Email.
Duplicate	Creates a replica of a class along with the details such as students, instructors, lab and so on. When you duplicate an existing class, a new SKU Id is added to the duplicated class. You need to set the start and end date, and time for the duplicated class.
Open Instructor Interface	Opens the instructor interface for the class.
Delete	Deletes the selected classes form the Class List.

Batch action options for classes

The Class List includes Batch Actions that lets you to update/modify multiple classes. First, select the classes you want to take a batch action upon, then click the ellipsis to open the drop-down menu.

Actions	Description
Start	Creates, enables, and provisions the selected classes. Also sets the status of the selected classes to “Active”.
End	Sets the status of the selected classes to “Complete” which will archive them and prevent further updating.
Create Entitlements	Creates lab entitlements for students in the selected classes but does not enable them. Until activated, a student’s lab console will not list the entitlements in the My Enrollments tab.
Provision Entitlements	Powers-up the vApps for each entitlement (manually triggered prepop) for the selected classes.
Enable Entitlements	Activates the created entitlements for the selected classes.
Send Notification Email	Sends notification emails to the students enrolled for the selected classes.
Delete	Deletes the selected classes.
Download page	Exports the Classes page information in an excel sheet format to your local system.