7.3.1 Create Service Template dialog box

Use the Create Service Template dialog box to create a service template. To display the Create Service Template dialog box, click Create in the Service Template Editor Home view.

Figure 7-19 Create Service Template dialog box

This dialog box displays the following items:

ID text box

Enter a service template ID. The text box allows a maximum of 64 characters. Specify the ID, however, so that the total number of characters entered in the ID and Vendor ID text boxes is no more than 112.

Version text box

Enter the version of the service template as major-version-number.minor-version-number.revision-number. Specify each of the numbers in the range from 00 to 99.

Vendor ID text box

Enter the vendor ID of the service template. The text box allows a maximum of 64 characters. Specify the vendor ID, however, so that the total number of characters entered in the ID and Vendor ID text boxes is no more than 112.

Name text box

Enter the name of the service template. The text box allows a maximum of 64 characters.

Vendor Name text box

Enter the name of the service template's vendor. The text box allows a maximum of 64 characters.

Description text box

Enter a brief description of the service template. The text box allows a maximum of 256 characters.

Category text box

Enter the category name of the service template. The text box allows a maximum of 256 characters. If you use a hierarchical category name, delimit individual layers with a slash (/). You can use a maximum of 10 layers for a category name. If you want to enter a service template in multiple categories, delimit the category names with a comma (,). Make sure that you enter values for all layers of a category name.

Save button

Click this button to create the service template. The service template editing view appears in the right pane of the Editor window.

Cancel button

Click this button to close the Create Service Template dialog box.