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User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
4






Using

Application

Template

Definitions
Managing
Application

Template

Definitions
Note
When
using

the

Save
As

feature,

ANM

does

not

allow

you

to

save

a

template

using

the

same
application
type

and

version

number

as

the

original

template

file.

You

must

change

either
the
application

type

or

the

version

number.

•
Click
Exit
to
exit

the

template

editor

and
return
to

the

Application

Template

Definitions
window.
Related
Topics

•
Information
About

Application

Template
Definitions
and
Instances,

page
4-1

•
Editing
an

Application
Template
Instance,

page
4-9

•
Managing
Application

Template

Definitions,

page
4-15

•
Editing
an

Application
Template
Definition

Using

an

External
Editor,
page
4-19

•
Testing
an

Application
Template
Definition,
page
4-28

•
Deleting
an
Application
Template
Definition,

page
4-29

•
Using
the

ANM

Template

Editor,
page
4-29
Editing
an

Application

Template

Definition

Using

an

External

Editor
You
can

export

an

application

template

definition

file,

modify

it

using

a

text

editor,

and

then

import

it
back
into

ANM.
Prerequisites
You
must


have

a

text

editor

(minimum)

such

as

WordPad

or

a

n

XML

editor

(pr

eferred).
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
Config
>

Global

>

Application

Template
Definitions
and

export

the

template

to

edit

from

the
list
of

available

templates.
For
details,

see

the

“Exporting

an

Application

Template

Definition”

section

on

page

4-26 .
Step
2
Using
a

t

ext

editor

such

as
WordPad,
open

t

he
template
XML

file

t

hat

you

exported
in
St

ep

1.
Step
3
Modify
the

template

identification

by

doing

one

or

both

of

the
following
in

the

header

code:

•
Assign
a

new

value

to

the

applicationType

attribute.

•
Change
the

version

number

attribute.
In
the

example

(see

Figure

4-2 ),

the

template

version

number

is

changed

from

1

to

1.1.
version=”1.1”
Note
When
you

change

the

template

name

or

version

number

and
import

the

template,

ANM

displays
the
template

as

a

new

line

item

in

the

Application

Template

Definitions

window

even

if

you

save
the
file

under

the

same

name

(see

Step

5 ).
Step
4
Modify
the
operation
of
the

template

as

needed.
In
the

example

(see

Figure

4-2 ),

the

following

changes

are

made: