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vCO Workflow Script to Get the Current Value of 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 arrVCACEntityProperties;
	arrVCACEntityProperties = objvCACEntity.getLink(objvCACHost, "VirtualMachineProperties");

var strReturnValue;
	strReturnValue = "";

for ( var i = 0; i < arrVCACEntityProperties.length; i++ )
{
	var objVCACEntityProperties;
		objVCACEntityProperties = arrVCACEntityProperties[i];

	var strPropertyName;
		strPropertyName = objVCACEntityProperties.getProperty("PropertyName");
	
	var strPropertyValue;
		strPropertyValue = objVCACEntityProperties.getProperty("PropertyValue");
	
	if ( strPropertyName == strServiceName )
	{
		strReturnValue = strPropertyValue;
		
		break;		
	}	
}

return strReturnValue;