Application templates enhancements in
Niagara 4.7
In
Niagara 4.7 and later, there is added support for application templates.
Application templates are a mechanism to deploy an entire station application to a running station. They are the primary means of sharing solutions that are built for Edge devices. In concept, application templates can be used wherever a whole station needs to be replicated and installed to running stations.
For details, see the “Application Templates” chapter of this guide.
Bulk deployment enhancements in
Niagara 4.6
In
Niagara 4.6 and later, there is added support for templates deployed in bulk, that is multiple templates can be deployed to a station
in a single operation.
The Template Manager view has a Bulk Deploy from Excel button to deploy bulk templates from an Excel spreadsheet.
For details, see the chapter on “Template bulk deployment”.
Template enhancements in
Niagara 4.3
In
Niagara 4.3 and later, there are a number of template enhancements. Specifically, templates now support subtemplates, offline station
template deployment, as well as deployed template provisioning.
Subtemplate support
It is possible to configure a template that contains other templates. A template contains a list of any subtemplates and the
Template View supports the management of any included subtemplates.
- The Make Template menu option has a Subtemplates tab that shows any contained subtemplates. This is the same Template Manager view used by the TemplateService that supports the provisioning of deployed templates.
- The Template View has a Subtemplates tab that shows any contained subtemplates, This is the same Template Manager view that is used by the Template Service that supports the provisioning of deployed templates.
- The Template sidebar has an added Find Usage option on the right-click menu. This option provides a list of parent templates that contain this template.
Offline station template deployment support
In
Niagara 4.3 and later, it is possible to execute the NEQL searches required to support this. The deployment and provisioning work flow
is the same as the online station work flow.
Deployed template provisioning support
In
Niagara 4.3 and later, the Template Manager view is changed to support provisioning deployed templates. In prior releases the Template Manager view was the default view of the TemplateService. It provides the visualization of the deployed templates and indicates any unresolved inputs, outputs, or relations. It also
provides a means for the user to initiate to resolve any unresolved inputs, outputs, or relations. In
Niagara 4.3, the Template Manager view is still the default view of the TemplateService, but it is also used by the Template View to manage the subtemplates deployed in a template.