Viewing resource group templates

You can access Resource group templates from the Resource management page or while viewing a topology. From the Resource group templates page you can edit, delete, or create new templates.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps console.

  2. From the main navigation, click Resurce management.

  3. Click the Resource group templates icon Resource group templates on the upper right corner of the page.

  4. Any templates that exist in your system are listed in the Resource group templates table.

    From the Resource group templates page, you can delete or edit existing templates, or click Create a new template.

    For new templates, select from the following available template types:

    • Dynamic template

      This template automatically finds and updates multiple resource groups based on your criteria and how your services and infrastructure change.

    • Tag-based template

      This template creates and updates a single resource group containing the resources that have a specified set of tags.

    • Token template

      This template applies rules to resources as they are received via observer jobs.

    • Exact template

      This template creates and updates a single resource group based on the specified seed resource, your criteria and how your services and infrastructure change.

  5. Click Start to begin building your selected template type.

    For more information, see Building resource group templates.

Templates table columns

Column name Description
Name The template name and the icon associated with the template when it was defined.
Type The template type; Dynamic, Tag based, or Exact.
Resource groups The number of resource groups that have been created from the template (Dynamic templates can be more than one).
Description A description of the template.
User The user ID of the user who last modified the template.
Date modified The date that the template was last modified.