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vCO Workflow Script to Create or Update a Custom Property

var arrvCACVirtualMachine;
	arrvCACVirtualMachine = Server.findAllForType("vCAC:VirtualMachine", "VMUniqueID eq '" + objVcVirtualMachine.config.instanceUuid + "'");

var objvCACVirtualMachine;
	objvCACVirtualMachine = arrvCACVirtualMachine[0];

var objvCACEntity;
	objvCACEntity = objvCACVirtualMachine.getEntity();

var objvCACHost;
	objvCACHost = Server.findForType("vCAC:VCACHost", objvCACEntity.hostId); 

var blnFound;
	blnFound = false;

var objProperties;
	objProperties = new Properties();
	objProperties.put("PropertyName", strPropertyName);
	objProperties.put("PropertyValue", strPropertyValue);
	objProperties.put("IsHidden", false);
	objProperties.put("IsRuntime", false);
	objProperties.put("IsEncrypted", false);

var objPropertiesLinks;
	objPropertiesLinks = new Properties();
	objPropertiesLinks.put("VirtualMachine", objvCACEntity);
	
var arrvCACEntityVirtualMachineProperties;
	arrvCACEntityVirtualMachineProperties = objvCACEntity.getLink(objvCACHost, "VirtualMachineProperties");

for ( var i = 0; i < arrvCACEntityVirtualMachineProperties.length; i++ )
{
	var objvCACEntityVirtualMachineProperties;
		objvCACEntityVirtualMachineProperties = arrvCACEntityVirtualMachineProperties[i];
		
	var strPropertyNameLoop;
		strPropertyNameLoop = objvCACEntityVirtualMachineProperties.getProperty("PropertyName");
		
	if (strPropertyNameLoop == strPropertyName)
	{
		blnFound = true;
		
		break;
	}
}

if (blnFound == true)
{
	var objEntityKey;
		objEntityKey = objvCACEntityVirtualMachineProperties.entityKey;
		
	var strEntityKeyId;
		strEntityKeyId = objEntityKey.get("Id");
	
	vCACEntityManager.updateModelEntityBySerializedKey(objvCACHost.id, "ManagementModelEntities.svc", "VirtualMachineProperties", strEntityKeyId, objProperties, objPropertiesLinks);
}
else
{
	vCACEntityManager.createModelEntity(objvCACHost.id, "ManagementModelEntities.svc", "VirtualMachineProperties", objProperties, objPropertiesLinks);
}