Configuration Flow Templates: Overview

A configuration flow template is essentially a configuration job that can be reused and combined with other templates in a configuration flow profile. System administrators create configuration flow templates.

A configuration template allows you to do some things that you cannot do in a configuration job:

• A template allows you to enter flow tokens (variables) in the fields that define the parameters of a configuration step. When the template is executed, the operator will be required to enter or select actual values for parameters defined with flow tokens in the template, see "Flow Tokens".
• A template allows you to enter a device token to indicate the applicability of the template (the type of device it can be applied to) or to describe the role of the device in the overall configuration flow, see "Tokens".

System administrators create configuration flow templates in the Job Configuration page (accessed by selecting Commission ▶ Jobs). To turn a configuration job into a template, you check the Flow template checkbox. The following diagram shows the main steps in creating a template. For a detailed procedure, see "Creating a Configuration Flow Template".

Overview of Creating a Configuration Flow Template

Overview of Creating a Configuration Flow Template:

• Configuration name: Enter a name for the template.
• Configuration flow template: Put a check mark in the check box to turn the job into a template.
• Device Token: Enter a device token to describe affected network elements.
• Configuration check box: Put a check mark in the check box for the configuration step.
• General: Use flow tokens (variables) to define parameters that the operator will enter in the executor.