Upgrading a template

This procedure creates a provisioning job to upgrade an existing component or device template on each remote device station in the job.

Prerequisites: The BatchJobService is available under Services. The ProvisioningNwExt component is available under the NiagaraNetwork. The Niagara Network Job Builder (one-time) or Niagara Network Prototype View (reoccurring job) is open.

To copy the upgraded .ntpl file to the Supervisor station, expand Config > Drivers > NiagaraNetwork,double-click ProvisioningNwExt and click the Copy Templates button at the bottom of the view.
In the top pane, Provisioning steps to run , click (Add).
The New Job Step window opens.
Select the Upgrade Template step and click OK.
The system opens a File Chooser window so you can select the template (*.ntpl) file to be used for deploying templates to each remote station in the job.
Navigate to the templateCache folder and select the Excel file to use for this step.
The system adds the step in the job sequence and displays the template file path ORD to use.
In the bottom pane, Stations to include in the job, click (Add).
The Add Device window opens.
Click to select the stations and click OK.
Review your choices and do one of the following:
- Click the Run Now button at the bottom of the Niagara Network Job Builder view to initiate the provisioning job.
- Click the Save button at the bottom of the Niagara Network Prototype View and Run the prototype to apply the upgraded template.
The results if you save the job are the same as if you upgraded each template individually with each station's Template Manager. The job reapplies initial configurations on the template to the upgraded template.

The view changes to the Niagara Network Job View, where steps and results appear as they are executed.

You may include multiple Upgrade Template job steps in a single provisioning prototype to upgrade multiple templates at the same time.