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Object templates

On this page, you can manage object templates.

Options:

This page contains similar controls as the Objects page, only it displays object templates instead of actual objects.

Additionally, it offers following options:

  • Command panel

    • Export - exports the selected object templates (one or multiple) to file. You may choose whether to export only the selected templates or also their child templates. This command is available from version 25.2.

      Following elements of object template are exported:

      • Object icon
      • Object type
      • Object name template
      • Object property definitions

      If you wish to export all templates, discard any selection by clicking in the right border of the tree and run this command.

    • Import - imports file with previously exported templates to the selected folder object in the object tree. This way you can copy templates between test and production environments. This command is available from version 25.2.

      Upon import only elements (object icons, types, property definitions) that don't already exist in Alvao are created. Existing elements are not duplicated.

What are object templates​

Object templates are templates for creating new objects. When a new object is inserted in the tree on the Objects page, it is created by copying a particular object template.

Each object template consists of the following elements:

  1. Object type - corresponds to type of the real-world object the object represents, e.g., computer, monitor, printer, user, department, etc.

    An object type may have multiple object templates, e.g., in the case of monitor object type, a template for each monitor model may be defined.

    With each object type, just one object icon is associated so all objects of the same type have the same icon displayed in the object tree. See Edit - Object type - Edit object type - Icon field. To display two different icons you need to have defined two different object types.

  2. Set of object properties

    Each object property contains a certain value describing the object. E.g., an object of type User may have properties like Personal number, Work position, etc. You can define available object properties on the Administration - Asset Management - Property definitions page. One object can have at most one property defined by one property definition, e.g., a user can't have two or more Work position properties.

  3. Object name template - name of an object is automatically composed of values of selected object properties according to an object name template. For each object type, just one object name template can be defined, see Edit - Object type - Edit object type - Object name template field.