公开(公告)号：US11762911B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-19

申请号：US16143490

申请日：2018-09-27

Applicant: VMWARE, INC.

Inventor： Amit Sangodkar ,  Anant Karve ,  Rahul Kumar

IPC: G06F16/9032 ,  G06F16/182 ,  G06F16/248 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06F9/448 ,  G06F9/54

CPC classification number: G06F16/90328 ,  G06F9/3005 ,  G06F9/4488 ,  G06F9/541 ,  G06F16/182 ,  G06F16/248

Abstract: Executing workflows can include receiving, via an interface associated with execution of a workflow, an entry corresponding to a particular workflow object from among a plurality of workflow objects of a datacenter, communicating the entry to a third-party system, receiving, from the third-party system, search results corresponding to the entry, wherein the search results include indications of a subset of the plurality of workflow objects of the datacenter that each have a threshold correlation with the entry, displaying, via the interface, a plurality of items respectively corresponding to the subset of the plurality of workflow objects of the search results, receiving a selection, via the interface, of an item of the plurality of items, and designating a workflow object of the subset of the plurality of workflow objects of the search results that corresponds to the selected item as an input parameter of the workflow responsive to the selection.