The Templates screen of the Reports page provides templates that can be used to create reports in Flowlink Cipher. Report templates are created when creating a report from the Reports List page. See Create a Report for information on creating reports and templates.
The list contains all templates created by the current user and those created by other users that have been designated as public.
The list can be sorted by clicking on a column heading. This will sort the list in either ascending or descending order according to the values in the selected column. Clicking the same column heading a second time, will reverse the sort order from either ascending or descending, depending on the current order. The column currently being used to control the sort order will be displayed with blue text and a blue highlight.
Controls are provided below the list to control the number of templates displayed at a time. A maximum of 10 templates is displayed in the list by default. This limit can be changed using the Items per page control. If the number of available templates exceeds the number of templates selected for display, additional pages are added in the list. These pages can be viewed using the Previous Page, Next Page, First Page and Last Page arrow and double-arrow buttons. This control also reports the total number of templates in the complete list and the number of templates in the current page of the list.
When creating a report from a template, all settings defined during the report/template creation are retained and applied to the new report, eliminating the need to define these settings each time a similar report is generated.
The following controls are available for each template in the list:
• Show description 
: This control is used to display the description of the template that was entered at the time the template was created. This is helpful in identifying the appropriate template for the task at hand. Clicking the button opens a dialog box populated with the description.
• Pick site 
: This control launches the multi-step process used to create a report. The settings defined at the time the template was created will be pre-populated in the fields for each step of the process. These settings can be changed as needed without affecting the template. Complete the process as normal to generate a report from the template.
• Edit template 
: This control is used to change the settings saved in the template. Clicking the button opens a multi-step process similar to the one used for creating a report, however Step 5: Preview and Save only contains template-specific options. Make any changes necessary in each step and then click Preview and Save if the preview is acceptable. A message will be displayed stating that the template was updated successfully.
• Delete template 
: This control is used to delete templates from the list. When clicked, a confirmation message will be displayed. Click Yes to complete the deletion. 