Project Templates

Project Templates make it easy to create new projects using a predefined folder structure and permission set.  

In addition to assigning permissions for pre-existing groups or users, project-specific groups can be created and assigned permissions on the folder structure at the time of project creation. The project-specific groups can then be populated with individual users giving them access to the respective project. 

You can set up different templates for different project types and choose who has access to use templates.

Creating a Project Template

Project Templates are stored in /Shared/Egnyte Templates/Project Templates.  Follow these steps to create a Project Template:

1. Create a folder under /Shared/Egnyte Templates/Project Templates.  The name of your folder will be the template name.
2. Add subfolders and files to the template
3. (Optionally) Set any folder options (e.g. descriptions, link sharing controls, etc.) on the folders within the template
4. (Optionally) Use Project Template Settings from the More menu to set a template description and configure the groups and permissions for the template.
   
   
   

The Project Template Settings dialog allows you to define Project Template Permissions via a JSON settings file.  A sample JSON file can be downloaded from the Project Template Settings dialog and gives examples of usage. 

The following table describes the fields of the Permissions JSON object.

Field	Description	Required	Possible Values
folders	Top-level key that contains the definition of folders and their permissions	Yes	Array of folder definition objects
folder.path	The folder for which you want to set permissions	Yes	Path, relative to the root of the project, e.g.: / /Design /Accounting/Budget
folder.permission	Object with details about the permissions	Yes	See fields below. The structure is the same as is used in the Set Folder Permissions Public API
folder.permissions.groupPerms	Object with details on groups and their permissions.	No	An object where the keys represent group names and the values the permissions those groups should have.  Groups can be existing groups, e.g., “Finance” or dynamic groups, e.g., “{{projectId}} - Project Managers”, which will be created upon project setup. Valid permissions include: None, Viewer, Editor, Full, Owner
folder.permissions.userPerms	Object with details on users and their permissions.	No	An object where the keys represent usernames and the values the permissions those groups should have.   Valid permissions include: None, Viewer, Editor, Full, Owner
folder.permissions.inheritsPermissions	Whether or not the folder should inherit permissions from its parent folder.	No	true or false Defaults to true

A sample permissions JSON is shown below:

{
    "folders": [
        {
            "path": "/",
            "permissions": {
                "groupPerms": {
                    "{{projectId}} - Project Managers": "Owner",
                    "Finance": "Viewer",
                    "{{projectId}} - Team": "Editor"
               }
            }
        },
        {
            "path": "/Budget",
            "permissions": {
                "groupPerms": {
                    "Finance": "Owner",
                    "{{projectId}} - Project Managers": "Full"
                },
                "userPerms": {
                    "bsmith": "Viewer"
                },
                "inheritsPermissions": false
            }
        },
        {
            "path": "/Budget/Forecasting",
            "permissions": {
                "userPerms": {
                    "jdoe": "Full"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "path": "/External",
            "permissions": {
                "groupPerms": {
                    "{{projectId}} - External": "Editor"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

To control who can create new projects from your Project Template, set permissions on the template folder using the Share > Manage Folder Permissions dialog.  Any user with at least Viewer permissions on the template will be able to use it to create new projects.

Creating a Project from a Project Template

Use the following steps to create a new project from a project template:

1. Navigate to a folder where you have Owner permissions
2. From the New menu, choose Project from template
   
   
   
   
3. Choose the template you would like to use and click Next
   
   
   
   
4. Enter details about the project.  The Project name will be used as the folder name for your new project.  Depending on the template you choose, the Project ID may be required.  Click Next once you have entered the details about the project.
   
   
   
5. Your new project is created. If your template created project-specific groups, you’ll see a list of those groups with an option to manage each group.  Clicking the Manage Group button will open the group details page in a separate browser tab.  Here you can add users to groups so that they get access to your new project.