Document change log

Updates (changes and additions) to this document are listed below.

December 15, 2023

As of Niagara 4.14, the Slot Path Scope feature allows an additional scoped slot path element to be added to input, output, and relation bind hints for component and device templates.

October 4, 2021

Added a note to several topics explaining the need to copy relevant tag dictionaries to the User Home tagDictionary folder prior to making, editing, or deploying a template.

In the in the “Application Templates” chapter, added procedures for upgrading and updating application templates.

December 11, 2019

Many edits throughout related to functional changes (in Niagara 4.9 and later) for optional components in application templates.

June 16, 2019

Added the “Template Options” topic to the chapter “Component and Plugins”.

April 10, 2019

In the chapter “Template bulk deployment”, edited several topics updating those for the latest functional changes.

March 18, 2019

Revisions related to the Niagara 4.8 release include adding the following topics to the “Template bulk deployment” chapter:

  • “Exporting the application template spreadsheet”
  • “Editing the application template spreadsheet”
  • “Deploying bulk application templates”

October 2, 2018

In the “Overview chapter”, added “Enhancements in Niagara 4.7”. Edited template creation topics, “Managing I/O Links” and “Deploying a template via drag-and-drop”, to reflect changes in functionality. Also there are updates to a few topics in the “Application Template” chapter.

August 14, 2018

Document updated for Niagara 4.7 that includes the Application template feature.

May 29, 2018

Document updated for Niagara 4.6 including the template bulk deployment feature. Minor correction in the topic, “Detaching a deployed template.”

April 4, 2017

Edited the procedure “Creating a station template” to include subtemplates.

March 22, 2017

Edited the topic,” Example template.manifest.xml file,” to add a description of the template id number.

March 9, 2017

This document has been updated to cover the template enhancements in Niagara 4.3 which include support for versioning templates, upgrading deployed templates as well as deploying and provisioning subtemplates in a parent template’s config bog. Additionally, there are many minor changes throughout the document, and several added topics on the new functionality.

August 13, 2015

Initial release document