Template Folder Structure

Decompressing the exported template file exposes the following folder structure.

  • This image depics a folder icon.<TemplateName>

    (top directory)

    • This image depics a file icon.template-info.json

      Don’t change the name of this file; processing depends on it.

    • This image depics a file icon.variables.json

    • This image depics a file icon.ui.json

    • This image depics a file icon.template-to-app-rules.json

      We recommend this naming convention as the best way to manage your rules files.

    • This image depics a file icon.app-to-template-rules.json

      We recommend this naming convention as the best way to manage your rules files.

    • This image depics a file icon.releaseNotes.html

    • This image depics a folder icon.dashboards

      Subdirectory containing one or more dashboard JSON files corresponding to each dashboard in the source app. If the source app has no dashboards, this subdirectory doesn’t exist.

    • This image depics a folder icon.lenses

      Subdirectory containing one or more lens JSON files corresponding to each lens in the source app. If the source app has no lenses, this subdirectory doesn’t exist.

    • This image depics a folder icon.dataflows

      Subdirectory containing the dataflow JSON files corresponding to each dataflow in the source app. If the source app has no dataflows, this subdirectory doesn’t exist.

    • This image depics a folder icon.recipes

      Subdirectory containing the recipe JSON files corresponding to each recipe in the source app. If the source app has no recipes, this subdirectory doesn’t exist.

    • This image depics a folder icon.external_files

      Subdirectory containing one or more CSV dataset and related JSON files, such as schema and user XMD files, corresponding to each dataset in the source app. If the source app has no CSV datasets, this subdirectory doesn’t exist.

    • This image depics a folder icon.dataset_files

      Subdirectory containing User XMD files for SFDC datasets. If the source app has no SFDC datasets with User XMD defined, this subdirectory doesn’t exist.

    • This image depics a folder icon.images

      Subdirectory containing one or more image files. If the source app has no images, this subdirectory doesn’t exist.

    • This image depics a file icon.folder.json

    • This image depics a file icon.auto-install.json

      Optional file to create the app with an auto-install request. You must create this file, It is not generated at template creation. The template must be installed as a managed package for app creation.