Templates

Templates are essentially Bookmarks, but they lack an associated model. Templates provide a means for applying the same visualization state to another model of that same model type. Note that the similarity between the template’s original data and the new data set will determine the similarity of the resulting visualization. For dissimilar data, some portions of the saved state may not be applicable (in which case those attributes are ignored), or the results may significantly differ from your expectations.

To create a Template, click the green Create button, then select Template from the dropdown list. A Create Template popup will appear. Type in a Name and click the Save Template button on the right to save it, or click the X button to abort the operation.

Figure 12: Edit dropdown for models, providing Apply Template functionality.

To apply a Template to a model, from within that model’s page click the yellow Edit button and select Apply Template from the dropdown list (Figure 12). The Apply Template popup will appear. Select the name of the template that you wish to use from the list and click the Apply Template button on the right to execute, or click the X button to abort the operation. Note that bookmarks can also be used as templates, so they are included in the list of available templates (Figure 13). However, they are not interchangeable. Templates will not appear in the Bookmarks dropdown list, since they cannot be rendered without an associated model.

Figure 13: Apply Template dialog. Note that a bookmark appears in the template list.