Managing Templates

Viewing Templates on the Templates Page

To view existing templates:

1. Navigate to the Templates page.

   1. On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.

   2. Select an application.

   3. Click Shared Components.

   4. Under User Interface, select Templates.

      The Templates page appears.

2. You can narrow the display by making a selections from the following lists and clicking Go.

   • Template Name - Enter a case insensitive query.

   • Theme - View only templates in a specific theme.

   • Referenced - Select a type of template to display.

   • Type - Select a a type of template type.

   • Since - Restrict the report to a specific time frame. Select the amount of time to include in your report.

   • Subscribed - Specify whether to view All Templates, Subscribed Templates, or Not Subscribed Templates.

3. To see a preview of a template, click the Run icon in the Preview column.

   Note that not all template types have the preview capability.

4. To view or edit a template definition, click the template name.

   The template definition appears.

   Each template definition is divided into sections. You can access these sections by manually scrolling, or by clicking a navigation button at the top of the page. When you select a button at the top of the page, the selected section appears and all other sections are temporarily hidden. To view all sections of the page, click Show All.

5. Edit the appropriate attributes.

   Note that if you edit a template, you can make changes in one window and run your application in another by selecting the Return to Page check box on the right side of the template definition page. Selecting this check box keeps the page you are editing current after you click Apply Changes.

6. Click Apply Changes.

Viewing Templates Associated with a Specific Page

To view templates associated with a specific page:

1. On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.

2. Select an application.

3. Select a page.

   The Page Definition appears. Templates associated with the current page display under the Templates heading in the far right column.

4. To view or edit a template definition, click the template name.

   The Template Definition appears.

   Each template definition is divided into sections. You can access these sections by manually scrolling, or by clicking a navigation button at the top of the page. When you select a button at the top of the page, the selected section appears and all other sections are temporarily hidden. To view all sections of the page, click Show All.

5. Edit the appropriate attributes.

   Note that if you edit a template, you can make changes in one window and run your application in another by selecting the Return to Page check box on the right side of the template definition page. Selecting this check box keeps the page you are editing current after you click Apply Changes.

6. Click Apply Changes.

Replacing Templates

You can update the template associated with a component using the Replace Templates Wizard.

To replace the template associated with a component:

1. Navigate to the Templates page.

   1. On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.

   2. Select an application.

   3. Click Shared Components.

   4. Under User Interface, select Templates.

      The Templates page appears.

2. From the Task list, select Replace Templates.

3. From Template Type, select a template and click Next.

4. For Replace Templates, select the following:

   1. Change From - Select the template you want to change.

   2. Change To - Select the template you want to change to.

   3. Click Next.

5. Click Finish.

Replacing All Templates within an Application

To replace all templates within an application with templates from another application:

1. Navigate to the Templates page.

   1. On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.

   2. Select an application.

   3. Click Shared Components.

   4. Under User Interface, select Templates.

      The Templates page appears.

2. From the Task list, select Replace templates in this application with templates from another application.

3. From Replace from Application, select an application and click Next.

4. On Replace Templates, select a new template for each component and then select an Action:

   • Replace copies the template definition

   • Replace/Subscribe copies the templates and adds a subscription.

5. Click Replace Templates.

Viewing Region Position Utilization by Page Template

Regions are organized on a page by position (or Display Point). The possible display points for a region are determined by the page-level template.

To view region position utilization by page template:

1. Navigate to the Templates page.

   1. On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.

   2. Select an application.

   3. Click Shared Components.

   4. Under User Interface, select Templates.

      The Templates page appears.

2. From the Task list, select View page template region position utilization.

   The Region Display Point Utilization report appears.

Unsubscribing to Templates

A subscribed template is a template that has its definition maintained in another template, the referenced template. If your application utilizes subscribed templates, you can unsubscribe to templates on the Unsubscribe Templates page.

To unsubscribe to templates:

1. Navigate to the Templates page.

   1. On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.

   2. Select an application.

   3. Click Shared Components.

   4. Under User Interface, select Templates.

      The Templates page appears.

2. From the Task list, select Unsubscribe Templates.

   The Unsubscribe Templates page appears.

3. To unsubscribe to a specific template type within the current theme, select the template type and click Unsubscribe.

Publishing Templates

Use the Publish Templates page to view templates that are subscribed to by other templates in your workspace.

To publish master template content to subscribing templates:

1. Navigate to the Templates page.

   1. On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.

   2. Select an application.

   3. Click Shared Components.

   4. Under User Interface, select Templates.

      The Templates page appears.

2. Click the Publish tab.

   The Published Templates page appears.

3. Select those you want to publish and click Publish Checked.