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Group
AGroupobjectdefinesagroup.
Content-Type application/vnd.vmware.admin.group+xml
Object href prototype API‐URL/admin/group/id
Role
TheRoleelementcontainsasingleRightReferenceselement,whichisacontainerforRightReference
elements.
Content-Type application/vnd.vmware.admin.role+xml
Object href prototype API‐URL/admin/role/id
RightReferences
TheRightReferenceselementisacontainerforzeroormoreRightReferenceelements.
RightReference
TheRightReferenceelementcontainsareferencetoaRight.
Role 0 1 ReferenceType Areferencetotheuser’srole.Whenyouarecreatinga
User,therequestbodymustcontainexactlyoneRole
element.
Password 0 1 xs:string Theuser’spassword.Thisvalueisneverreturnedby
GET.Itisinspectedoncreateandmodify.Onmodify,
theabsenceofthiselementindicatesthatthepassword
should
notbechanged.
GroupReferences 0 1 GroupsListType ContainerforReferenceTypeelementsthatreference
groupsofwhichthisuserisamember
Schema (Continued)
Name Min Max Type Description
Schema
Name Min Max Type Description
name 1 1 xs:string Commonobjectnameattribute.TheGroup’sname.
anyattributename 0 n any Includestype,href,XMLnamespaceidentifiers
Description 01 xs:string Optionaldescription
NameInSource 0 1 xs:string Groupnameasretrievedfrom,andintheencoding
usedby,LDAP
UsersList 0 1 UsersListType Alistofreferencestousersinthegroup
Role 0 1 ReferenceType Referencetothegroup’srole.
Schema
Name Min Max Type Description
Right 1 1 ReferenceType AreferencetoarightdefinedinthevCloud.