Manage catalogs

When you create an application template in a space, that template can be accessed by other space members. This document helps you share templates outside of your space by publishing templates to a catalog, and sharing that catalog with appropriate spaces.

Each space contains a single catalog where you can add templates and control sharing. You can share a catalog from the space that you created in your initial app-enabled folder to the spaces in descendant app-enabled folders.

For steps to create descendant spaces, see Create spaces .

Before you begin

You must have the Application Design Center Admin ( roles/designcenter.admin ) role on the app-enabled folder or management project.

Publish an application template to a catalog

To share a template with other spaces, publish the template to your catalog.

1. From the navigation menu, click Catalogs.

   Go to Catalogs

2. Click Add templates.

3. In the Add templates to Default Catalogarea, do the following:

   1. To find a specific template, type the template name in the Filterfield.
   2. To add a template to this catalog, in the Actionscolumn, click Add to catalog.

4. Click Done. The spaces that have access to the catalog have access to the selected templates.

5. To share the catalog, see Share a catalog with a space .

Share revised templates

If you make changes to a template, those changes are not automatically published to the catalog. To share the latest revision, publish the template to the catalog again.

Remove templates from a catalog

If you no longer want to share a specific template with a space, remove it from the catalog.

1. From the navigation menu, click Catalogs.

   Go to Catalogs

2. To manage the templates in this catalog, click Templates in catalog.

3. To remove a template, click more_vert Actionsand select Remove from catalog.

   1. In the field, enter the name of the template.
   2. Click Remove.

Share a catalog with a space

You can share a catalog from your initial space to descendant spaces. For example, you might create a catalog of application templates that are relevant to your entire organization and share it with all spaces.

For steps to create descendant spaces, see Create spaces .

To share your catalog with a space, do the following:

1. From the navigation menu, click Catalogs.

   Go to Catalogs

2. Click Share catalog.

3. In the Filterfield, enter the name of the space where you want to share the catalog.

4. In the Spacestable, in the Actionscolumn, click Share catalog.

Stop sharing a catalog with a space

If you no longer want to share a catalog with a space, stop sharing the catalog by doing the following:

1. From the navigation menu, click Catalogs.

   Go to Catalogs

2. Click Spaces shared with.

3. To stop sharing this catalog with a space, click more_vert

   Actionsand select Stop sharing.

   1. In the field, enter the space name.
   2. Click Stop sharing.

Edit catalog metadata

To manage your catalog, you can give it a descriptive name and description by doing the following:

1. From the navigation menu, click Catalogs.

   Go to Catalogs

2. Examine the catalog details.

3. To modify the Display name, do the following:

   1. Click edit Edit Display name.
   2. In the Display namefield, enter the new name.
   3. Click Save.

4. To modify the Description, do the following:

   1. Click edit Edit Description.
   2. In the Descriptionfield, enter the new description.
   3. Click Save.

What's next

• Design application templates .
• Manage application instances .