Deploying bulk templates

This topic documents how to import bulk templates to the station database via the Template Manager view.

Expand Station > Config > Services in the Nav tree and double-click the TemplateService.
The Template Manager view opens.
Click the Bulk Deploy from Excel button.
The File Chooser window opens.
Select an Excel file and click Open. If the file is encrypted, a Password window opens. Enter the password to continue.
The job deploys the template instances contained in the Excel worksheets to the station. First it generates template components for all template instances. Then it applies the input, output, relation, and configuration elements to the generated template components. This allows links and relations to be established between deployed template instances.
The Template Bulk Deploy progress window opens to update the deployment progress.

CAUTION: Clicking Cancel on the progress window stops the bulk deployment at the point of progress. It does not restore any template component deployments that are already processed.

Once the deployment process is complete, the Template Manager view displays the generated template instances.

The Wire Sheet view shows the template components generated, linked and configured.