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Applies To: System Center 2012 - Operations Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 - Operations Manager

Represents an object template definition in a management pack

Warning

This element applies to Management Pack Schema 2.0 only.

Schema Hierarchy

ManagementPack
  Templates
    ObjectTemplate

Syntax

<ObjectTemplate ID=”TemplateID” Comment=”Comment” TypeID=””>
   <Property Path=”PropertyName”>PropertyValue</Property>
   <Object Path=”RelationshipID” SeedRole=”Source/Target” TypeConstraint=”ClassTypeID >…</Object>
</ObjectTemplate>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and the parent element of the ObjectTemplates element.

Attributes

Attribute Description

ID

Required attribute. Represents the identity of the element. To learn how to identify your element in a management pack, see Element Identity and Namespace Conventions.

Comment

Optional attribute. Represents commentary by the management pack author.

TypeID

Required attribute. The ID of the ClassType or TypeProjection for which this template is implemented.

Child Elements

Element Description

Property (ObjectTemplate)

Optional element. Represents the property name/value pair for the class type or type projection to which the object template can be applied.

Object (ObjectTemplate)

Optional element. Represents a RelationshipType definition in the root class type’s relationship hierarchy of the type projection to which the object template may be applied. Used only when the TypeID element refers to a type projection.

Parent Elements

Element Description

Templates

Contains each object template that is defined in a management pack.

Remarks

Object templates define default property values to either instances of type projections or class types. The property values can either be expressed in hard-coded text, or they may refer to an EnumerationValue element defined in either the current or an external management pack.

Because type projections are a collection of class type instances that are related through a common class type hierarchy, object templates also are able to apply default values to any of the class type instances in that relationship hierarchy. For more information on relationship heirarchies and how they are used within type projections, see TypeProjection.

If a template is applied to an object instance of the type specified by TypeID from within the Service Manager console, the property values in the template will override the instance-specific property values of the object instance.

Example

The following XML sample defines an object template for a simple change request. Below the object template is the type projection definition to whose instances this template can be applied.

The Path attribute for the Property element uses Variable Notation to direct the system to the root class type in the relationship hierarchy. For information on how to use $Target/Property, see $Target.

The Path attribute for the Object element uses Variable Notation to direct the system to a specific relationship type in the relationship hierarchy. For information on how to use $Target/Path notation in a type projection definition, see $Target.

<!--Standard Change Request-->
<ObjectTemplate ID="StandardChangeRequest" TypeID="SMChange!System.WorkItem.ChangeRequestProjection">
  <Property Path="$Target/Property[Type='WorkItem!System.WorkItem']/Title$">Standard Change Request</Property>
  <Property Path="$Target/Property[Type='CoreChange!System.WorkItem.ChangeRequest']/TemplateId$">StandardChangeRequest</Property>
  <Property Path="$Target/Property[Type='CoreChange!System.WorkItem.ChangeRequest']/Category$">$MPElement[Name='ChangeCategoryEnum.Standard']$</Property>
  <Object Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='CoreActivity!System.WorkItemContainsActivity' SeedRole='Source' TypeConstraint='CoreActivity!System.WorkItem.Activity.ReviewActivity']$">
    <Property Path="$Target/Property[Type='WorkItem!System.WorkItem']/Title$">Approve Change Request</Property>
    <Property Path="$Target/Property[Type='CoreActivity!System.WorkItem.Activity.ReviewActivity']/ApprovalCondition$">$MPElement[Name='CoreActivity!ApprovalEnum.Unanimous']$</Property>
    <Property Path="$Target/Property[Type='CoreActivity!System.WorkItem.Activity']/SequenceId$">0</Property>
  </Object>
  <Object Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='CoreActivity!System.WorkItemContainsActivity' SeedRole='Source' TypeConstraint='CoreActivity!System.WorkItem.Activity.ManualActivity']$">
    <Property Path="$Target/Property[Type='WorkItem!System.WorkItem']/Title$">Apply Change</Property>
    <Property Path="$Target/Property[Type='CoreActivity!System.WorkItem.Activity']/SequenceId$">1</Property>
  </Object>
</ObjectTemplate>


<TypeProjection ID="System.WorkItem.ChangeRequestProjection" Accessibility="Public" Type="CoreChange!System.WorkItem.ChangeRequest">
  <Component Alias="Activity" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='CoreActivity!System.WorkItemContainsActivity']$">
    <Component Alias="ParentWorkItem" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='CoreActivity!System.WorkItemContainsActivity' SeedRole='Target']$" />
    <Component Alias="ActivityCreatedBy" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='WorkItem!System.WorkItemCreatedByUser']$" />
    <Component Alias="ActivityAssignedTo" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='WorkItem!System.WorkItemAssignedToUser']$" />
    <Component Alias="ActivityAboutConfigItem" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='WorkItem!System.WorkItemAboutConfigItem']$" />
    <Component Alias="Reviewer" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='CoreActivity!System.ReviewActivityHasReviewer']$">
      <Component Alias="User" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='CoreActivity!System.ReviewerIsUser']$" />
      <Component Alias="VotedBy" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='CoreActivity!System.ReviewerVotedByUser']$" />
    </Component>
  </Component>
  <Component Alias="CreatedBy" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='WorkItem!System.WorkItemCreatedByUser']$" />
  <Component Alias="AssignedTo" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='WorkItem!System.WorkItemAssignedToUser']$" />
  <Component Alias="AffectedUser" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='WorkItem!System.WorkItemAffectedUser']$" />
  <Component Alias="RelatedWorkItem" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='WorkItem!System.WorkItemRelatesToWorkItem']$">
    <Component Alias="RelatedWorkItemAssignedTo" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='WorkItem!System.WorkItemAssignedToUser']$" />
  </Component>
  <Component Alias="RelatedWorkItemSource" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='WorkItem!System.WorkItemRelatesToWorkItem' SeedRole='Target']$">
    <Component Alias="RelatedWorkItemAssignedTo" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='WorkItem!System.WorkItemAssignedToUser']$" />
  </Component>
  <Component Alias="RelatedConfigItem" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='WorkItem!System.WorkItemRelatesToConfigItem']$" />
  <Component Alias="AboutConfigItem" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='WorkItem!System.WorkItemAboutConfigItem']$" />
  <Component Alias="FileAttachment" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='WorkItem!System.WorkItemHasFileAttachment']$">
    <Component Alias="FileAttachmentAddedBy" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='SupportingItem!System.FileAttachmentAddedByUser']$" />
  </Component>
  <Component Alias="RelatedKnowledge" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='CoreKnowledge!System.EntityLinksToKnowledgeDocument']$" />
</TypeProjection>
<TypeProjection ID="System.FileAttachmentProjection" Accessibility="Public" Type="SupportingItem!System.FileAttachment">
  <Component Alias="FileAttachmentAddedBy" Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='SupportingItem!System.FileAttachmentAddedByUser']$" />
</TypeProjection>

See Also

Reference

EnumerationValue
Templates
TypeProjection

Other Resources

RelationshipType