Showing the Template Flow

When you are reviewing the script generated by a system template, it is sometimes helpful to see the template flow.

The template flow shows you:

  • The flow of the script that is generated by the template
  • The text that the design-time prompts are replaced with by the selections you made in the steps of the template
To show the flow of a template:
  1. In System View, right-click the business rule or custom template that contains the system template, and then select Open.
  2. If you have not done so already, fill in all the information in the template.
  3. In the Rule Designer flow chart, right-click the system template, and then select Show Template Flow.
    The template flow is displayed in the Template Designer in read-only mode. You can click on each component in the flow chart to display the script associated with that component and the values entered in that steps for the related DTPs.
    If a component in the flow is shown in grey, that indicates that the component is not part of the script generation based on the selections you made when entering data in the template.
    It is especially helpful to see the template flow when there is a condition component and script for both the true and false sides of the condition. The path taken by the template to generate the script is displayed in bold, and the other path is displayed in grey.