"Filter is not valid for API" while creating a Tier

[rmjstn]

Hello,

I tired with master and vrni_6_1_0 branches.
VRNI version 6.1.0.1610450081.

I've got an error when I want to create a Tier with a particular filter.

Creating a filter with a selection on the VM names works :

tier=swagger_client.Tier()
tier.entity_type=swagger_client.AllEntityType.TIER
tier.name="Virtual Machines" 
group_membership_criteria=swagger_client.GroupMembershipCriteria()
group_membership_criteria.membership_type="SearchMembershipCriteria"
group_membership_criteria.ip_address_membership_criteria=None
tmp_list=[]
for virtual_machine in virtual_machine_list:
    tmp_list.append(virtual_machine.get_name())
filter="Name in (" + ', '.join("'{0}'".format(x) for x in tmp_list) + ")"
group_membership_criteria.search_membership_criteria = swagger_client.SearchMembershipCriteria(entity_type=swagger_client.AllEntityType.VIRTUALMACHINE, filter=filter)
tier.group_membership_criteria = [group_membership_criteria]
self.__application_api.add_tier(application.entity_id, tier)

Creating a filter with a selection on an Application name doesn't works (I want include another application as a Tier) :

print(application_solution)
tier=swagger_client.Tier()
tier.entity_type=swagger_client.AllEntityType.TIER
tier.name="Application " + application_solution["name"]
group_membership_criteria=swagger_client.GroupMembershipCriteria()
group_membership_criteria.membership_type="SearchMembershipCriteria"
group_membership_criteria.ip_address_membership_criteria=None
filter="application = 'Gitlab'"
group_membership_criteria.search_membership_criteria = swagger_client.SearchMembershipCriteria(entity_type=swagger_client.AllEntityType.BASEVIRTUALMACHINE, filter=filter)
tier.group_membership_criteria = [group_membership_criteria]
self.__application_api.add_tier(application.entity_id, tier)

I've got this error :

swagger_client.rest.ApiException: (400)
Reason: Bad Request
HTTP response headers: HTTPHeaderDict({'Server': 'nginx', 'Date': 'Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:18:55 GMT', 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Content-Length': '65', 'Connection': 'keep-alive', 'Strict-Transport-Security': 'max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains'})
HTTP response body: {"code":400,"message":"Filter is not valid for API","details":[]}	

If I create the same filter via the UI and print the Tier, I've got this :

{'application': {'entity_id': '10000:561:3585505518670791468',
                        'entity_type': 'Application'},
 'entity_id': '10000:562:156772085204643187',
 'entity_type': 'Tier',
 'group_membership_criteria': [{'ip_address_membership_criteria': None,
                                'membership_type': 'SearchMembershipCriteria',
                                'search_membership_criteria': {'entity_type': 'BaseVirtualMachine',
                                                               'filter': 'application '
                                                                         '= '
                                                                         "'Gitlab'"}}],
 'name': 'Application *******'}		

If I print the Tier I've build by code I've got this :

{'application': None,
 'entity_id': None,
 'entity_type': 'Tier',
 'group_membership_criteria': [{'ip_address_membership_criteria': None,
                                'membership_type': 'SearchMembershipCriteria',
                                'search_membership_criteria': {'entity_type': 'BaseVirtualMachine',
                                                               'filter': 'application '
                                                                         '= '
                                                                         "'Gitlab'"}}],
 'name': 'Application *******'}

It seems the same to me.

I post my problem here knowing that there is a good chance that the problem is coming from the API and not from the SDK...

Thanks,

Rémy

[rmjstn]

Filter is not allow for Application in the API call.

https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vRealize-Network-Insight/quot-Filter-is-not-valid-for-API-quot-while-creating-a-Tier/m-p/2832968/highlight/true#M290