XpoLog help - Templates
 
General
A template is a complete configuration set for a certain file type. In order to create a log based on a template you simply need to specify the log's name and location.

Creating Templates
  1. Select any log in the system.
  2. Click the 'Save as template' entry under the 'Configuration' top menu.
  3. Enter the template's name and description.
  4. In order to set advanced template settings click the 'Advanced'
  5. Check the 'Include template while running scanner wizard' in order to include this template while using the automatic scanner wizards.
  6. In case you checked the above check box, you can check the 'Use template's validation...' check box in order to use data validation for each match scanned configuration that was detected by the scanner.Uncheck it if you don't want to make this data validation.
  7. Check the 'Ignore file's name expression ' check box if you don't want that the automatic scanner wizard will try to match the scanned file by the template's name expression. checking this check box will cues the scanner wizard to match this template to scanned file only by it's data pattern.
  8. In case you checked the above checkbox you can enter a 'Search signature' (regular expression that is unique to this template) , and the number of (first) events in the file to look for that signature.
  9. You can also insert a regular expression text that will replace in a scanned file's name expression.
  10. Click the 'save' link.

Creating Log from Templates
  1. Click the 'View Templates' entry under the 'Configuration' top menu or the 'Create from template' link in the 'Add log' screen.
  2. Select the template to use by clicking the 'create log' link to the right of it.
  3. Enter the new log's name and specify it's location. You can click the 'save' link to save it's configuration, or continue to edit it's configuration by clicking the 'next' link.

Deleting Templates
  1. Click the 'View Templates' entry under the 'Configuration' top menu or the 'Create from template' link in the 'Add log' screen. 
  2. Click the delete link near the template you wish to delete.
  3. Note that the only use defined template could be deleted, as system templates are more generic in nature, therefore should not be deleted.

Additional links
     How to add a log
     Wizards  
     How to export and import Templates