Retire or archive a template
Move a published slice template to a Retired or Archived state when the template is no longer in use. When you retire a template, you can't use it in a service specification.
Before you begin
Role required: sn_prd_pm.product_catalog_admin
About this task
After you retire or archive a template, you can't do the following actions:
- Update the template
- Use it to create other template entities such as template characteristics and template characteristics options
Procedure
Open CSM Configurable Workspace.
Navigate to List > Templates > All.
A list of templates is displayed.
Open the template that you want to retire and select Retire.
Open the template and select Retire.
A dialog box appears with the following message:
Are you sure you want to retire this template? Once you retire it, you can't make changes to it.If the template is being used in a published specification, the following message appears:
Are you sure you want to retire this template? It's used in one or more published specification.Do one of the following actions:
- To skip the retirement of this template, select Cancel.
- To retire this template, select Retire.
- Archive this template by selecting Archive.
A dialog box appears with the following message:
Are you sure you want to archive this template?Do one of the following actions:
- To skip archiving this template, select No.
- To archive this template, select Yes. Note: You can only archive a retired template.