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HariDo
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July 22, 2022
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If I have two templates A and B whenever I create a page under template A but it should always use template B how should I achieve that? 

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Sachin_Arora_
Sachin_Arora_Accepted solution
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July 22, 2022

You can use cq:allowedTemplates  property to allow specific templates to be visible under a path. 

You can set this property on /conf/project/settings/wcm/templates/template-a/initial/jcr:content of the Template A. So once the author creates a page using Template A, the page will have Template B as cq:allowedTemplates property and Authors can choose only Template B to create a page under it.

 

Reference  : /content/we-retail/jcr:content

 

 

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Mohit_KBansal
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Mohit_KBansalAdobe Employee
Adobe Employee
July 22, 2022

Its quite a strange use case. Are both templates identical ? 

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    Sachin_Arora_
    Community Advisor
    Sachin_Arora_Community AdvisorAccepted solution
    Community Advisor
    July 22, 2022

    You can use cq:allowedTemplates  property to allow specific templates to be visible under a path. 

    You can set this property on /conf/project/settings/wcm/templates/template-a/initial/jcr:content of the Template A. So once the author creates a page using Template A, the page will have Template B as cq:allowedTemplates property and Authors can choose only Template B to create a page under it.

     

    Reference  : /content/we-retail/jcr:content

     

     

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      HariDoAuthor
      Level 3
      July 23, 2022

      @sachin_arora_ Thank you for the answer it worked 

       

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        user1576
        Level 3
        July 22, 2022

        You can use cq:allowedTemplates property to define specific templates. Set property in a way that only Template B is available for use.

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          arunpatidar
          Community Advisor
          arunpatidarCommunity Advisor
          Community Advisor
          July 22, 2022

          Hi,

          Please check https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/experience-manager-64/developing/platform/templates/templates.html?lang=en#template-availability 

           

          These properties allows you to set some contract of structure of pages in you project. For example: you have 3 templates (and corresponding pages with this templates):

          • template-1: allowedChildren="[template-2]"
          • template-2: allowedChildren="[template-3]"
          • template-3: allowedChildren="[]"

          Then in siteadmin, you will be able to create:

          • under page with template "template-1" only pages with template "template-2",
          • under page with template "template-2" only pages with template "template-3",
          • under page with template "template-3" you will not be able to create any page.
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          Arun Patidar
            anasustic
            Level 6
            January 19, 2024

            Hi @arunpatidar 

            Do you set the cq:allowedTemplates, allowedParents and allowedChlidren on the jcr:content node under context.xml in the initial folder (arrow on top) or context.xml on the root folder (arrow at the bottom)?

             

             

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