In the Pipeline Studio, you can create plugin templates. Plugin templates are customized versions of a plugin that are reusable and contain pre-configured settings.
You can lock plugin settings so that they cannot be altered whe
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Once a plugin template has been created, it can be edited and deleted at a later time.
Changes to a plugin template do not affect any pipelines created using that template, as those pipelines are created from the artifacts as specified in the plugin template at the time of creation of the pipeline.
Templates can be either edited or deleted after they are created, using buttons that will appear in their on-hover menu.
Once created, you can use the plugin template just as you would any other plugin, with the advantage that it can be pre-configured with settings that you re-use or require.
To create a plugin-template, follow these steps:
In the Pipeline Studio, hover your mouse over the plugin you would like to use for your template, such as the BigQuery source plugin.
In the on-hover menu that appears, click the + Template button.
The Create plugin template dialog box appears:
If you have multiple versions of the plugin deployed, in the Choose Version field, select the version you want to use as a template.
In the Template Name field, type the name of the template.
Configure the rest of the properties for the plugin.
Optional: You can lock individual properties of the configuration so that they are not editable when the template is used.
To save the template, click Add.
The plugin template appears in the plugin template with an additional "T" icon to indicate that it is a template.