0:06 Welcome to this Application Explainer video, part of our SLM 101 topic range.

0:11 In this video, we’ll cover the subject of object templates within SLM.

0:17 Object templates refer to predefined data structures or blueprints used for creating instances of objects inside SLM.

0:25 They help in maintaining consistency and reusability in data, allowing users to define common data structures once and then create multiple instances of objects based on those definitions, rather than creating them from scratch each time they’re needed.

0:39 Object templates are located under the Template object in each User module.

0:44 Users can create an object from a template by accessing Template Tools in the Views toolbar.

0:54 Object templates are located under the Templates object within the object tree in any user module.

1:01 Let’s say for example, we’d like to create an alarm.

1:05 Using this alarm template, I can go to any scope in SLM.

1:12 We go to the Template tools, select the type of object that we’d like to create, which in this example will be an alarm.

1:23 The system will display all the alarm templates.

1:25 I can create multiple alarms at the same time, but in this scenario there’s only one template.

1:31 I’ll select that template and click Save.

1:34 A background task will be scheduled to create this alarm from the alarm template.

1:39 Once this task is finished, we’ll be able to see the alarm under the unit.

1:45 If we now reload the unit, we’re going to be able to see the alarm has been created from the alarm template.