Category: vRO

Simplistic considered coding practices

Recently I have been asked about my methods for creating dummy data, coding styles, coding habits, how to …. well, just about every aspect of how I like to code in vRO. In fact, how I like to code in vRO is how I like to code in...

LogManager – Yet Another VMware vRO Logging Action

Note: The download package has been updated with a new version of the action. The action now includes the workflow id, the path to the workflow and the current workflow execution token id to help tally logs sent to a webservice with an execution context on the server....

Automating Office365 with VMware vRO – Part Three

Note: Please ensure you have read Part One and Part Two in this series before continuing Recap In Part Two we Reader Activity Review 1. We successfully created our first action. 2. We configured the input for the action. 3. We configured our output, or return value for...

Automating Office365 with VMware vRO – Part Two

Note: Please ensure you have read Part One in this series before continuing Recap In Part One we Reader Activity Review 1. Became familiar with the Microsoft Graph API. 2. Tested the API using the Graph Explorer. 3. Became familiar with the Graph API Reference guide. 4. Registered...

Automating Office365 with VMware vRO – Part One

  Recently I have been working on projects where I have been asked to automate actions within Office365. An example of this is to create a new user. Thankfully, Microsoft have the great Microsoft.Graph API that helps with this. Did you know that the Graph API has been...

Configuration Element to Json Transformer

I love using Configuration Elements in VMware vRO to store repetitive information. What I don’t like is making multiple calls to get information back or making a call which pulls back a load of data that I then have to man handle through my flow to where I...