Viewing the templates listing

TrueSight Network Automation is delivered with predefined templates that are listed on the Templates page. The Contents column states the number of scripts in the template. Each script represents a unique device type and OS version. Through the Template Filter page, you can filter the list of templates based on various template attributes.

To view the list of templates

1. Navigate to Network > Scripts > Templates.
   
   

2. (Optional) Perform one of the following tasks by using the menu options that are available on the Templates page:
   
   

   Menu option	Description
   Views	Display templates matching a favorite View. See About lists and views and Managing and sharing views.
   Filter	Filter the template list based on selected criteria
   Add	Add a new template to the database. See Adding-a-template.
   Delete	Delete the selected template or templates. Each row of the table has a select box on the left for use with this function, and the box in the header row selects all templates.
   Manage Rights	Manage template rights. See Managing-template-access-rights.
   Print View	Print the template list
   Refresh	Refresh the list with any recent updates
   Help	Display help for the template list

3. (Optional) Perform one of the following actions by clicking an icon in the Actions column on the Templates page:
   
   

   Icon	Action	Description
   	View	Display details about the template
   	Edit	Edit the template
   	Copy	Copy the template
   	Delete	Delete the template

   Note

   You cannot delete a Template that is currently referenced by any other component (such as job, policy, or predefined job). You must clear these references manually before the template can be deleted.

   Logged events associated with the deleted template are retained (until aged out) and remain viewable in the Events viewer. The same is true of jobs that used the deleted template; such completed jobs are retained until purged and their detailed results remain viewable.

   Use the Show items per page drop-down list to change the number of templates available for deletion in a single operation.

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To define a filter for the templates listing

1. Select Network > Scripts > Templates.
2. Click the Filter menu option above the list of templates.
3. Specify or select any of the following optional attributes:
   
   
   
   • The name of the template; wildcards supported
   • The vendor or the device type for a script contained within the template
   • Contents of the template; wildcards supported

   • Container blueprint name (to find all templates used by that blueprint)
     
     

     Note

     The filter criteria match the string values of the Name and Contents attributes. For example, filtering for Fire* finds all templates whose name begins with Fire.

4. Click Submit.

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