Content Template manager

The Content Template Manager manages the predefined templates that are used to export the documents more targeted and relevant. The main privileges of the content templates are as follows:

• Scale the documentation for various use cases such as assessment, troubleshooting, change management, and compliance. The target document objects are: Device, Map, CLI Command, Intent, Config Check, and Network Change.
• Each target document object has specific criteria for filtering resources and a set of associated properties that can be included in the content template. Furthermore, target document objects can be grouped based on the relationships among their properties.
  For example, users can define a content template as follows:
  • For devices in all runbook nodes and on the current map page, record the following details: vendor, model, serial number, and software version.
  • For interfaces associated with intent alerts, record: interface name, management IP, and interface description.
  • For devices with intent alerts, record: CLI data and configlet data, along with the collection timestamp.
  • Include the following as findings: intent alerts and golden check result messages.

The system enables power users to predefine content templates, which end users can utilize during Word document export in a runbook.

Content Template Manager is provided to pre-define and manage multiple templates. You can access it from the menu > Map-Based Automation > Runbook &Template> Content Template Manager and has the following privileges to manage each folder:

1. You can access it from the menu > Map-Based Automation > Runbook &Template> Content Template Manager.
   
   

   (or)

   Go to start menu and type the word content > Select the Content Template Manager.
   
2. All the content templates are managed within the two main folders: Shared Content Template and My Template. You can create multiple folders and templates under these two folders.
   

   Note: You cannot rename these two standard folders Shared Content Template and My Template.

   

Create a New Content Template

The template editor allows you to populate the content area with objects and findings. And define conditions to filter entries within the selected objects, followed with selection of properties for exporting the content.

1. Drag and drop the object from the left side of the pane to the middle of the template area. The 6 types of objects are summarized as follows:
   
1. Map: The Map refers to the context map corresponding to the runbook. Select either the Current Page or Any Page. If no condition is defined, the default is set to all pages.
   
   
   

   Object	Corresponding Runbook Node	Filter by	Content
   Map	Context Map	Page in Context Map	Map Image Visio Map File Xmap File Data View on Map Device Note Map Note

2. Device The scope of the device includes the devices from the runbook node and the context map, you can filter these devices based on the conditions:
   1. Filter the devices using conditional statements, eg: Device Has Intent Alert | Is | False, this condition will retain the devices without intent alerts.
   2. Define the export content by selecting the device and interface properties in the right pane.
      

   Object	Corresponding Runbook Node	Filter by	Content
   Device	Execute CLI Command Retrieve Live Data – Config/Command Compare – Config/Command Network Intent Configlet Automation Insight Define Change Execute Change Context Map	Device Property Config File Device in Runbook Node Device in Context Map Page Device in Context Map Device Has Intent Alert Device Has Golden Config Violation Device Has Proposed Change Device’s Change Status	Device Property Interface Property

3. Command: You can execute multiple commands to retrieve data and filter the commands to be exported by command and device. And from the right pane, select the command content such as retrieval summary and execution log.
   
   
   

   Object for command	Corresponding Runbook Node	Filter by	Content
   CLI Command	Execute CLI Command Ping Traceroute Automation Insight - Config Retrieve Live Data – Config/Command Compare – Config/Command	Filter by command: Retrieval Status Changes Found After Comparison Filter by device: Device Has Intent Alert Device Has Golden Config Violation Device Has Proposed Change Device’s Change Status	Retrieval Summary CLI Output CLI File Attachment CLI Execution Log Ping Results Traceroute Results Traceroute Path Table Comparison Results Summary Comparison Results Attachment Note for Result

4. Intent: Filter the intent data using conditional statements, eg: The criteria Has CSV Output |Is| True, refers to whether there is a CSV file output in the execution result.
   
   
   

   Object for command	Corresponding Runbook Node	Filter by	Content
   Intent	Network intent Automation Insight - Intent	Has Device Alert Has Intent Alert Has CSV Output Has Remediation Output	Diagnosis Message Status Code CSV Output Remediation Output Device Command List Execution Log Runbook Node Notes

5. Config Check: The criteria and content of the Config Check are:
   

   Object for command	Corresponding Runbook Node	Filter by	Content
   Config Check	Configlet Automation Insight - Configlet	Device Has Intent Alert Device Has Golden Config Violation Device Has Proposed Change Device’s Change Status	Device Config File Attachment Golden Check Result Message Golden Config Parsed Config Runbook Node Notes

   
   
6. Network Change Object: This object does not require filter criteria, select the content to export.
   • Change Definition: Refers to the defined change executed in the Execute Change node.
   • Ansible Task: This node is exported only in the network change runbooks, not in the common runbooks.

   

   Object for command	Corresponding Runbook Node	Filter by	Content
   Network Change	Approve Define Change Execute Change Other Change Ansible Task	N/A	Approval History, Change Definition Change Results Other Change Ansible Task Runbook Node Notes

2. Findings: Selecting the icon located before the content item will automatically displays a findings block at the top of the pane.
   
   1. Go to Select Content of Device to Export section and hover the mouse on a property.
   2. Select icon located in front of the content to set it as a finding and a block will appear at the top of this pane.
   3. Add a description for each finding to export to the document.
      
      

   This finding block remains fixed at the top. The following table lists the properties and corresponding objects that can be used as findings:

   Object	Property
   Device	Hostname
   Map	None
   CLI Command	Retrieval Summary Comparison Results Summary Comparison Results Attachment
   Intent	Alert Status Code Success Status Code
   Config Check	Golden Check Result Message
   Network Change	Change Results

3. You can define the exported document to organize the data in one of the following four ways.
   1. Organized by Content Template
   2. Organized by Context
   3. Organized by Device
   4. Organized by Time.
      
4. Click Save located at top right corner of the window to save and close the template.