VIDEO - How to use configuration templates in Spotlight? (4224038)

Configuration templates were introduced in 11.5 version of Spotlight in the following configuration screens: Alarms, Scheduling, SQL Analysis, SQL Server Response Time, Custom Counters and Error Log Entries. It is designed to reapply configurations to connections via usage of the new "Apply Configuration to..." option. Connections that reapply the configuration to can be selected individually, or via a range of groupings such as connection tags and membership of a connection view. Configuration changes can be applied to other connections in the following ways using any of the above screens:

1. Select a connection to show the Spotlight configuration settings for that connection. If one changes the configuration then those changes will be applied to the selected connection. Use ‘Apply Configuration To’ button to apply the configuration to other Spotlight connections. Use ‘Save as Template’ button to save the configuration to a template.

2. Select a template name to show the Spotlight configuration settings for that template. If one changes the configuration then those changes will be applied to the selected template. Use ‘Apply Configuration To’ button to apply template configuration to Spotlight connections. Note that there will be no templates to select from until one saves a template for this Spotlight configuration.

User can select the Spotlight Factory Defaults Template to show the Spotlight Factory default configuration and/or to reapply the default configuration to a connection. This template is read-only and cannot be edited. In order to make changes to this template, use ‘Save as Template’ button to first save to a user-defined template.