Setup

Add vRA Property Group

1. Login to the vRA tenant
2. Click on the Administration tab > Property Dictionary
3. Click on Property Group
4. Click on +New
   • Name: Provide a name for the Property Group
   • Properties: Click on +New to add a new property:
     • Name:
       • Always prefix the name with SovLabs_CreateProperties_ (e.g. SovLabs_CreateProperties_Location)
       • Multiple properties can be attached as long as the suffix after SovLabs_CreateProperties_ is unique

     • Value: Multiple properties can exist on each property and must be in one of the following 4 formats:

       • Single Object format:

         {
           "name": "foo",
           "value": "bar",
           "hidden": false,
           "runtime": false,
           "encrypted": false,
           "doNotUpdate": false
         }
         

       • Array of Single Objects format:

         [
           {
          "name": "foo",
          "value": "bar",
          "hidden": false,
          "runtime": false,
          "encrypted": false,
          "doNotUpdate": false
           },
           {
          "name": "hello",
          "value": "world",
          "hidden": true,
          "runtime": false,
          "encrypted": true,
          "doNotUpdate": false
           }
         ]
         

       • Single Array format:

         [
           "foo", //name
           "bar", //value
           false, //hidden
           false, //runtime
           false, //encrypted
           false  //doNotUpdate
         ]
         

       • Array of Array format:

         [
           [
          "foo", //name
          "bar", //value
          false, //hidden
          false, //runtime
          false, //encrypted
          false  //doNotUpdate
           ],
           [
          "hello", //name
          "world", //value
          true, //hidden
          false, //runtime
          false, //encrypted
          true  //doNotUpdate
           ]
         ]
         

       • name is the name of the Property
         value is the value of the Property
         
          Optional fields that can be omitted and will default to false: 
         hidden
         runtime (refers to Show in Request?)
         encrypted
         doNotUpdate
         

5. Repeat Step 4 for all desired vRA Properties
6. Save