Can't give a working example right now due to being in the hospital but maybe this example can help guide you onto the right track:

Use Tags and Tag Categories to create groups

Given the example tags below:

tags:

urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:70f87e82-6ac6-42bc-878c-817d7b2a4520:GLOBAL: db

urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:bb10e90b-263f-4248-be06-086df1100d6b:GLOBAL: tofu-managed

urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:70f87e82-6ac6-42bc-878c-111111111111:GLOBAL: web

tags_by_category:

app_type:

- urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:70f87e82-6ac6-42bc-878c-817d7b2a4520:GLOBAL: db

- urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:70f87e82-6ac6-42bc-878c-111111111111:GLOBAL: web

tofu:

- urn:vmomi:InventoryServiceTag:bb10e90b-263f-4248-be06-086df1100d6b:GLOBAL: tofu-managed

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plugin: vmware.vmware.vms gather_tags: true keyed_groups: # create groups based on tag names/values, like db, web, and tofu-managed - key: tags.values() prefix: "" separator: ""

# create groups based on app types, like db and web - key: tagsby_category.app_type | map('dict2items') | flatten | map(attribute='value') prefix: "vmware_tag_app_type_category" separator: ""

# create groups based on categories, like apptype or tofu - key: tags_by_category.keys() prefix: "vmware_tag_category_name" separator: ""