# Generic Objects

Generic Objects (also known as *Dynamic Resource Objects*) have been in development for several versions of CloudForms and ManageIQ, and in CloudForms 4.6 (ManageIQ *Gaprindashvili*) they are made available for general use.

This section describes the capabilities of Generic Objects in CloudForms 4.6 and ManageIQ *Gaprindashvili*.

The section contains 3 chapters:

* Introduction to Generic Objects
* Generic Object Example
* Managing Associations Between Generic Objects from Ansible


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