User's Manual

Working with Templates
11-18 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.1
Attaching a Template Image from a Screenshot
To attach a Template image from a screenshot, perform the following steps:
1. Open a Template; see the “Opening Templates” section on page 11-11.
2. In the Template editor, click the background, right-click and select Attach Default Rendering >
Screenshot (the default).
3. Click the Properties tab > Attachments to verify that the Template.jpeg attachment has been added.
The attachments are used for reporting purposes.
Attaching a Custom Rendering (Template) from a File
To attach a custom rendering, perform the following steps:
1. Open a Template; see the “Opening Templates” section on page 11-11.
2. In the Template editor, click the background, right-click and select Attach Default Rendering > File.
The Select image for Template rendering dialog box displays.
3. Navigate to the file location where your image resides and click Open.
Scheduling Templates
You can reserve equipment from a predefined Template and schedule it. Scheduling a Template allows you
to invoke the session scheduler.
To schedule a Template, perform the following steps:
1. Select a method to schedule a Template:
• In the Templates view, right-click a Template and select Schedule.
• On the Active System Manager menu bar, click File > New > Session.
• On the Active System Manager menu bar, click File > New > Other > expand the Active System
Manager folder and click Session.
• On the Active System Manager toolbar, click the New icon > click Other > expand the Active
System Manager folder and click Session.
• From a Template editor, right-click the Template editor background and select Schedule.
The Scheduling Template dialog box displays as a tree view representation of the Templates, which
allows for sorting, filtering, and facilitating Template searches; see Figure 11-8.