Converting to a Homogeneous, Product-Specific Template
The Dynamic Template Designer can be used to create two different versions, starting with the same template:
• Heterogeneous: The scope selector and fields in the template are designed to select data across multiple vendor products for an enterprise object, such as EMC Symmetrix, Hitachi Data Systems, and IBM SVC arrays.
• Homogeneous: The scope selector and fields in the template are designed to select data for one specific vendor product, such as EMC Symmetrix arrays.
Copy from All
Once you have created a report template that can be used for all vendor products for the enterprise object (a heterogeneous template), you then can use the Copy from All feature to create a vendor-specific (homogeneous) version of this template, using the same fields that you’ve already selected and configured. Then, you can add vendor-specific fields to the new report template.
The Copy from All operation overwrites your homogeneous configuration, so if you modify this once and copy from all again, it will overwrite any modifications you’ve made. Also, you cannot go in the reverse direction—vendor-specific template to a heterogeneous, “all vendor products” template.
Note: There are cases for the Array Enterprise Object where Copy from All does not work. For example, a heterogeneous report template (a template representing all vendor products) may have a LUN object, but the vendor of the destination report template may not have that LUN object.