Opening the Edit Template tab
This topic describes the elements of the Edit Template tab in the Service Editor.
You create and edit service templates in the Edit Template tab of the Service Editor.
To create a new service template, click the Create New Template button from the toolbar in Templates in the Service Navigation portlet.
To edit an existing service template, click a template name in Templates in the Service Navigation portlet; then click the Edit Template tab for the template in the Service Editor.
Table 1 describes the elements of the Edit Template tab.
| Element | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Toolbar | The toolbar options let you save and refresh the service template settings. You can also display online help. | Edit tabs |
| Template Properties | Template Properties fields let you set the basic service template information and choose an icon to represent the template in the console. | Basic service template properties |
| Rules tab | The settings in this tab let you configure the service incoming status and aggregation rules for a service template. You can also configure auto-population and ESDA rules for the template. | Incoming status rules
Aggregation and numerical formula rules Auto-population rules ESDA rules |
| Tagged Services tab | The settings in this tab let you tag services with the settings in the service template. | Tagging services |
| Output Expressions tab | The settings in this tab let you combine the status of multiple rules to get the status of a service. | Output expressions |
| SLA tab | Optional. The settings in this tab let you configure your SLA settings. | Service level agreement configuration |
| Additional tab | Optional. The settings in this tab let you set an hourly SLA penalty for templates with SLA settings and add custom properties to the service template. For example, you can create an additional attribute that gets its value from a field in a database row. | Service level agreement configuration |
| Security tab | The settings in this tab let you assign user and group permissions
for viewing and editing the service template. You only see this tab
if you have the tbsmTemplateAdmin user role for the
service template. |
Granting user and group permissions to templates and services |