Edge Device Templates

the template list provides you with an overview about available templates from the templates list, you can access all templates available for different companies, projects, or instances from the admin console three scopes are defined for a template instance the template can be applied to all companies and projects for this belden horizon data manager company the template can be applied to all projects for a company project the template can be applied to all device for this project for each template, the following displays description a description of the template template scope this determines where templates can be applied in the belden horizon data manager company the company for which the template can be applied template statistics display additional information about the components of the edge device included in the template created at the date the template was uploaded to belden horizon data manager parameterized indicates if the selected template is simple or parameterized using false and true respectively action allows you to select the following actions for each template edit template download template delete templates are created externally and can be uploaded from a file simple templates are used to duplicate the field data for one instance, company or project to multiple other instances, companies or projects in belden horizon data manager this comes in handy when most field data is the same for example, if most configuration information for devices in the same project are the same, you can use a simple template when adding new devices to the project parameterized templates are used when you want to change specific names or types of configuration information for instances, companies or projects for example, if some of the configuration information for devices, such as the name, in the same project are different, you can use a parameterized template when adding new devices to the project access edge device templates ui to access the edge device templates ui log in to the belden horizon data manager (bhdm) admin console at the following url https //\[bhdm ip address] 8446 from the navigation panel, select edge devices edge device's edge software update pane by default appears from edge device's navigation sub panel, select edge devices templates edge device's edge devices templates pane appears refer to the following actions you can take on belden horizon data manager admin console edge device's edge device template pane the user interface below is for belden horizon data manager version 2 12 0 and later \[1] show filter / hide filter search by description or company \[2] refresh \[3] upload template simple template or parameterized template \[4] action menu edit template download template delete \[5] view template statistics upload templates you can upload a simple or parameterized template from the templates list section simple templates simple templates are used to duplicate the field data for one instance, company, or project to multiple other instances, companies, or projects in belden horizon data manager this comes in handy when most field data is the same for example, if most configuration information for edge devices in the same project is the same, you can use a simple template when adding new devices to the project parameterized templates parameterized templates are used when you want to change specific names or types of configuration information for instances, companies, or projects for example, if some of the configuration information for devices, such as the name, in the same project is different, you can use a parameterized template when adding new devices to the project the simple template is uploaded as a json file, and the parameterized template is uploaded as a zip file \[1] select simple template (json) / parameterized template ( zip) \[2] select file \[3] enter description