# adding vcenter to tower caused hosts displayed with ids **URL:** \ **Category:** AWX Project\ **Tags:** vmware, awx\ **Created:** [October 29, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-vcenter-to-tower-caused-hosts-displayed-with-ids/25855 "2017-10-29T11:19:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oguz\_Yarimtepe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d07c76/32.png) [@Oguz\_Yarimtepe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oguz_Yarimtepe)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-vcenter-to-tower-caused-hosts-displayed-with-ids/25855/1 "2017-10-29T11:19:50Z")
I added VMWare VCenter credential type to AWX interface and also added source of my VCenter. I can see the vms on my VCenter but all are imported with their name\_id format which i don’t want. How can i tell AWX (Tower) to import VCenter vms with just their name or display them as their names? I checked the instance filters part but couldn’t find the way to tell AWX import just names. ---
**Author:** ![treyphan77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@treyphan77](https://forum.ansible.com/u/treyphan77)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-vcenter-to-tower-caused-hosts-displayed-with-ids/25855/2 "2017-11-02T20:37:25Z")
Had the same thing happen. ---
**Author:** ![Garrett\_Kelly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Garrett\_Kelly](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Garrett_Kelly)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/adding-vcenter-to-tower-caused-hosts-displayed-with-ids/25855/3 "2018-06-07T22:42:43Z")
Hey Oguz and Chris, Were either of you able to figure this out? Experiencing the same issue as I go through all posts since the beginning of this group… Thanks already for your response.