Data Object - ProfileMetadata

Returned by: QueryHostProfileMetadata
Extends: DynamicData
See also: ExtendedDescription, ProfileMetadataProfileSortSpec
Since: vSphere API 4.0

Data Object Description

This data object represents the metadata information of a Profile.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
description*	ExtendedDescription	Property which describes the profile
key	xsd:string	Type of the Profile
profileTypeName*	xsd:string	Type identifier for the ApplyProfile *Since* vSphere API 5.0
sortSpec*	ProfileMetadataProfileSortSpec[]	Property that determines a sorting order for display purposes. If the list contains more than one sort spec, then the precedence should be determined by the list order (i.e. sort first by the first spec in the list, then sort by the second spec in the list, etc). *Since* vSphere API 5.0
Properties inherited from DynamicData
dynamicProperty, dynamicType

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition

         <complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="ProfileMetadata">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:DynamicData">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="key" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="profileTypeName" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="description" type="vim25:ExtendedDescription" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="sortSpec" type="vim25:ProfileMetadataProfileSortSpec" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>