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Creating a new topic template

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Written by Sjaak Velthoven
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The new topic template action can be found by clicking on the action menu to the right of the green plus button on the topic templates page and the topic template page. The action can also be found in the topic templates dropdown in the topic template are of the document approval settings page.

Access required: Administrator

This is what the new topic template dialogue can look like:

This article contains infromation about the following topics:

Naming

A topic template has to have at least a template name and topic template title to be submitted.

Template name

The name of the topic template

Title

The title the topic will have

By default it is set to receive the name of the approval request and the name of the document whose validation outcome resulted in the creation of this topic.

Topic board

Select one of the topic boards in the project that topics will be created in based on this template.

To choose a new board, go to the boards page and create a new topic boards that topics will be created in.

Status

Pick from the list of available statuses in the selected topic board to configure the status that topics generated based on this template will have

Type

Pick from the list of available statuses in the selected topic board to configure the type that topics generated based on this template will have

Due date and milestone

The due date and milestone that are applied to the topic that will be created.

Responsibility

Assigned to

The member that is assigned to the topic that will be created.

By default this is set to be the publisher of the approval.

Choose between one of the following:

Publisher

The publisher of the approval

File uploader

The uploader of the revision whose validation outcome resulted in the creation of this topic.

Document owner

The member that created the document that the revision was in whose validation outcome resulted in the creation of this topic.

Unassigned

No assignee

Set me

The member configuring this template

Assignee dropdown

Click on the assignee dropdown to select a specific member or team that will be assigned.

Requested by

The member that is requesting the topic.

By default this is set to be the uploader of the revision whose validation outcome resulted in the creation of this topic.

The requested by options are the same as in the assigned to field.

Labels

The labels that are applied to the topic upon creation.

Description

The description that the generated topic will have.

By default the generated topic will include a link to the approval request as well as a link to the document revision in the approval request.

Submit

A topic template has to have at least a template name and topic template title to be submitted.

New validation workflow

It is not possible to create a topic template for projects starting out with the new validation workflow.

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