1. Types
2. vcenter
3. ovf

## vcenter ovf: property

The `property` structure contains the information about a property in an OVF package.

A property is uniquely identified by its [classid.]id[.instanceid] fully-qualified name (see vcenter.ovf.property.class_id, vcenter.ovf.property.id, and vcenter.ovf.property.instance_id). If multiple properties in an OVF package have the same fully-qualified name, then the property is excluded and cannot be set. We do warn about this during import.

See deploy and filter.

### Representations:

- JSON
- XML

{
"category": "string",
"class_id": "string",
"description": "string",
"id": "string",
"instance_id": "string",
"label": "string",
"type": "string",
"ui_optional": true,
"value": "string"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Property xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/ovf" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<id>string</id>
<ui_optional>true</ui_optional>
<category>string</category>
<class_id>string</class_id>
<description>string</description>
<value>string</value>
<label>string</label>
<type>string</type>
<instance_id>string</instance_id>
</ns0:Property>

#### Attributes:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
Optional
class_id | string | The classId of this OVF property. Optional. This field is not used in the input parameters when deploying an OVF package. This field will always be present in the result when retrieving information about an OVF package.
id | string | The identifier of this OVF property. Optional. This field must be provided in the input parameters when deploying an OVF package. This field will always be present in the result when retrieving information about an OVF package.
instance_id | string | The instanceId of this OVF property. Optional. This field is not used in the input parameters when deploying an OVF package. This field will always be present in the result when retrieving information about an OVF package.
category | string | If this is set to a non-empty string, this property starts a new category. Optional. This field is not used in the input parameters when deploying an OVF package. This field is optional in the result when retrieving information about an OVF package. If unset, the property is in the same category as the previous item, otherwise, it starts a new category.
ui_optional | boolean | Whether a category is UI optional. This is only used if this property starts a new category (see vcenter.ovf.property.category). The value is stored in an optional attribute vmw:uioptional to the ovf:Category element. The default value is false. If this value is true, the properties within this category are optional. The UI renders this as a group with a check box, and the group is grayed out until the check box is selected. When the check box is selected, the input values are read and used in deployment. If properties within the same category specify conflicting values the default is used. Only implemented in vSphere Web Client 5.1 and later as of Nov 2012. Optional. This field is not used in the input parameters when deploying an OVF package. This field is optional in the result when retrieving information about an OVF package.
label | string | The display name of this OVF property. Optional. This field is not used in the input parameters when deploying an OVF package. This field will always be present in the result when retrieving information about an OVF package.
description | string | A description of this OVF property. Optional. This field is not used in the input parameters when deploying an OVF package. This field is optional in the result when retrieving information about an OVF package.
type | string | The type of this OVF property. Refer to the configuration of a virtual appliance/virtual machine for the valid values. Optional. This field is not used in the input parameters when deploying an OVF package. This field will always be present in the result when retrieving information about an OVF package.
value | string | The OVF property value. This contains the default value from ovf:defaultValue if ovf:value is not present when read. Optional. This field must be provided in the input parameters when deploying an OVF package. This field will always be present in the result when retrieving information about an OVF package.