Sharing Templates

If you need to insert and reuse a template, you can share a local template to the database.

A shared template is represented by the following symbol: .

You can search, import, or export two types of templates: actors and behaviors templates. Use the following search criteria: actx:* or bex:*.

Note: An actor template can contain a behavior template (script).

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About Templates
Creating Templates
Template Properties

Share a Local Template Among Experiences

You can share a local template to reuse it in several experiences.

In the tree or the Behavior Editor, right-click a template and select Share Template.

Update a Shared Template

You can update a shared template.

  1. Modify a shared template.
  2. Save your experience.
  3. In the tree or the Behavior Editor, click a local template and select Update Shared Template.

    The orange dot disappears indicating that the instance is synchronized with the template.

    Note: The command is grayed out if there is no change on the instance compared with the template.

    All experiences that use the shared template are updated.

Restore Template Properties

You can restore all the original values of a shared template.

In the tree or the Behavior Editor, click a local template and select Reset.

The orange dot disappears indicating that the instance is synchronized with the template.

Note: The command is grayed out if there is no change on the instance compared with the template.

Isolate a Template

You can isolate a shared template. The link between a shared and a local template is removed. However the template is still stored.

All modifications made to the shared template are no longer applied to the local template.

In the tree or the Behavior Editor, click a shared template and select Disconnect from shared template.