User's Manual

Working with Templates
Template Management 11-31
Remove
Select the Global Parameter and click Remove, see Figure 11-11 on page 11-26.
Adding Resource Types
To add a resource type to your Template, open the Resource Types view, select the resource type, and drag
to drop it in your working Template.
Note If you add resource types to your Template by dragging and dropping them in the Template editor,
you must drag and drop the resources individually, one at a time.
On dragging and dropping the resource types in the working Template, the properties of that particular
resource type appear in the Properties panel. You can update the values of property parameters in the
Properties panel.
Note In case of Provisioning property, the Provisioning parameters are loaded in the panel from the CSV
file, where these parameters are pre-defined in the form of input field definitions. For more
information, refer the the “Adding Provisioning Parameters Using CSV” section on page 11-33.
The Outline and Properties views update to reflect what displays in your Template editor. When you click
a resource type on the Template editor, a different set of properties values display in the Properties view (in
table form) and the Outline view (in tabular form).
Note When dragging a virtual resource type (for example, a resource type with the role set to virtual),
you can request more than one resource for the same type by setting the Virtual Object Count
resource type property (in the Properties view).
The multiple resource types, as a single icon, are represented with two concentric circles.
Table 11-5 lists and defines the default properties for the resource types selected.
Table 11-5 Default Properties for the Resource Types View
Tab Name
Property
Name Description
Resource List of all resource type information related to this Template. You can use this tab for a high-level
view of information for the selected element.
Name • Template—Resource Template name of the Template resource. This name is automatically
assigned by the Templates perspective.
• Inventory—Resource name, as specified in the inventory resource instance editor.
Exclusive
Resource
For the Managed Equipment role only. Option that determines whether the resource is exclusive or
not. If a resource is sharable, some of its interfaces can be assigned to one session, while others are
used in other sessions. If your requirements include exclusive access to a resource, you can prevent
it from being shared by turning on the “Exclusive” property in this Template. Any session based on
the Template reserves the entire resource and prevents others from sharing it. This property forces
the Active System Manager scheduler to find a resource that can be allocated in its entirety (for
example, all ports) during the life of your session. Thus, even if you request only a subset of the ports
in the resource, the scheduler does not give any part of the resource a way to a new requirement for
the same time period. The ports not being used during the requirement can still be used during the
session realization because the resource is virtually owned by the session owner and participants.
Note: If you do not specify Exclusive for a sharable resource, then by default, others are allowed to
use it concurrently.
Manufacturer Manufacturer name of the resource. Used for reference only; cannot be edited.