Reader small image

You're reading from  VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook. - Second Edition

Product typeBook
Published inNov 2016
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781786462787
Edition2nd Edition
Right arrow
Author (1)
Daniel Langenhan
Daniel Langenhan
author image
Daniel Langenhan

Daniel Langenhan is a Virtualisation expert with formidable skills in Architecture, Design and Implementation for large multi-tier systems. His experience and knowledge of process management, enterprise-level storage, Linux and Windows operation systems has made him and his business a highly sought after international consultancy in the Asia-Pacific and European regions for multinational clientele in the areas of Finance, Communication, Education and Government. Daniel has been working with VMware products since 2002 and is directly associated with VMWare since 2008. His proven track record of successful integrations of Virtualisation into different business areas while minimizing cost and maximizing reliability and effectiveness of the solution for his clients. Currently, Daniel is operating in the Europe and Asia-Pacific region with his company vLeet GmbH and Melbourne Business Boosters Pty Ltd. Daniel's expertise and practical approach to VMWare has resulted in the publication of the following books: Instant VMware vCloud Starter, Packt Publishing VMware View Security Essentials, Packt Publishing VMware vCloud Director Cookbook, Packt Publishing VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook, Packt Publishing VMware vRealize Orchestrator Essentials, Packt Publishing He has also lent his expertise to many other publishing projects as a Technical Editor.
Read more about Daniel Langenhan

Right arrow

Working with Orchestrator tags


Let's explore the tagging of workflows. Tagging introduces the same kind of tagging you're familiar with from vCenter server. Tagging allows you to add tags to Orchestrator objects and search for them.

Getting ready

We need some elements such as a workflow or action we can tag.

How to do it...

Tagging involves the following procedures.

Tagging an element (manual)

Let's start by tagging a workflow manually.

  1. Open a workflow for editing.

  2. Go to the General tab and click on the [Type here to add a tag...].

  3. Type a tag name such as glbTest and then press Enter.

  4. Next, we are adding a tag with a value. Enter another tag such as author, then press Ctrl + S and then enter the value for the tag, such as Daniel.

  5. Click on Save and close.

Tagging a workflow (workflow)

You can tag a workflow using a workflow.

  1. Start the workflow by navigating to Library | Tagging | Tag workflow.

  2. Select the workflow you would like to tag.

  3. Enter a tag and a value.

  4. Select whether you would like this tag to be...

lock icon
The rest of the page is locked
Previous PageNext Page
You have been reading a chapter from
VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook. - Second Edition
Published in: Nov 2016Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781786462787

Author (1)

author image
Daniel Langenhan

Daniel Langenhan is a Virtualisation expert with formidable skills in Architecture, Design and Implementation for large multi-tier systems. His experience and knowledge of process management, enterprise-level storage, Linux and Windows operation systems has made him and his business a highly sought after international consultancy in the Asia-Pacific and European regions for multinational clientele in the areas of Finance, Communication, Education and Government. Daniel has been working with VMware products since 2002 and is directly associated with VMWare since 2008. His proven track record of successful integrations of Virtualisation into different business areas while minimizing cost and maximizing reliability and effectiveness of the solution for his clients. Currently, Daniel is operating in the Europe and Asia-Pacific region with his company vLeet GmbH and Melbourne Business Boosters Pty Ltd. Daniel's expertise and practical approach to VMWare has resulted in the publication of the following books: Instant VMware vCloud Starter, Packt Publishing VMware View Security Essentials, Packt Publishing VMware vCloud Director Cookbook, Packt Publishing VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook, Packt Publishing VMware vRealize Orchestrator Essentials, Packt Publishing He has also lent his expertise to many other publishing projects as a Technical Editor.
Read more about Daniel Langenhan