Templates

5 min

Templates allow you to create a template from an edge device or upload a template from a file for your edge devices from the Templates pane.

You can access all templates available for an instance, an open company, or an open project from the Templates pane. You can create a template from an online edge device or upload a template from a file for an edge device after you have selected a company and opened a project.

Templates for an instance are uploaded from the Admin console.
Templates for a company can be uploaded from a file.
Templates for a project can be uploaded from a file or created from an edge device.

Three scopes are defined for a template:

Instance: All companies for this Belden Horizon Data Manager
Company: All projects for this company
Project: Only this project

Templates for edge devices may include devices, analytics, flows, and connectors. You can make selections for these categories when creating a template from edge devices.

Important: Before you can create a template, you must add one or more online edge devices in the Edge Devices pane.

You can select the scope for a template when you upload. For example, If you upload a template from the Company Templates pane, the template is accessible to all the projects for that company. If you upload a template from a Project Templates pane, the template is accessible to only that project.

When you modify a template, you can modify the scope by selecting Company or Project in the Edit Template dialog box.

You can apply, modify, parameterize, download and remove a template from the Templates pane.

Access Template UI

You can access company-level templates and project-level templates.

To access company-level templates:

Log in to Belden Horizon Data Manager.
Select a company. The Projects pane appears.
From the Navigation panel, select Templates. The Templates pane for the company appears.

To access project-level templates:

Log in to Belden Horizon Data Manager.
Select a company. The Projects pane appears.
From the Projects pane, click a project tile. The Dashboard pane appears for the project.
From the Navigation panel, select Templates. The Templates pane for the project appears.

Belden Horizon Data Manager User UI : Templates [Company View]

Belden Horizon Data Manager User UI : Templates [Project View]

[1] Show filter: search by Description

[2] Create Template from device: At least one Edge device must be connected to use this option.

[3] Load template from file: Upload a Simple Template (.json) or Parameterized Template (.zip)

[4] Reload Template list

[5] Parameterize a Template

[6] Actions

(Project-View only) Apply Template:
- Apply a Parameterized Template
- Apply a Parameterized Template During Activation
Edit Template: Template scope cannot be changed from Company to Project.
Parameterize a Template
Download Template: A .json file. When downloaded from the Company List Templates UI, the file contains information on all projects for the company. When downloaded from the Project List Templates UI, the file contains information on only the project.
Delete: Deleting a template makes it unavailable for users to apply. Download the template prior to removal so it can be re-uploaded if necessary.