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10 On the General tab, type a description of the Web view in the Description text box .
11 Click Save and close to close the Web view editor.
You created a new Web view from a Web view template.
What to do next
Export the contents of the new Web view to a working folder to modify them, and edit the Web view
settings and attributes in the Orchestrator client.
Define a Web View Template as a Resource Element
Instead of exporting a Web view to your local system for use as a Web view template, you can define a Web
view template as a resource element in the Orchestrator server.
Defining a Web view template as a resource element makes it available to all Web view developers who
connect to the Orchestrator server.
Prerequisites
You exported a Web view template ZIP file to define as a resource element.
Procedure
1 From the drop-down menu in the Orchestrator client, select Design.
2 Click the Resources view.
3 Right-click a resource folder in the hierarchical list or the root and select New folder to create a folder in
which to store the resource element.
4 Right-click the resource folder in which to import the resource element and select Import resources.
5 Select the resource to import and click Open.
Orchestrator adds the resource element to the folder you selected.
You defined a Web view template ZIP file as a resource element that all Web view developers who connect
to the Orchestrator server can use.
What to do next
Create a Web view from a resource element template.
Create a Web View from a Resource Element Template
Instead of creating a Web view from the beginning, you can create a Web view from a resource element
template that you or another developer has imported to the Orchestrator server.
A Web view template ZIP file that a developer has defined as a resource element is available to all
developers who connect to the Orchestrator server.
Prerequisites
Orchestrator must define a Web view template that you or another developer has imported to the server as a
resource element.
Procedure
1 From the drop-down menu in the Orchestrator client, select Administer.
2 Click the Web Views view.
3 Right-click in the white space in the Web view list and select New from > Resource template.
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