With the Viz Mosart Template Database (TDB), template information can be shared among the following clients:

Between galleries automated with Viz Mosart (where templates are shared across galleries and Mosart servers).
Between a Mosart main and backup server, in a redundancy setup.
To NRCS clients using the Mosart Web Apps NRCS Plugin.
To NRCS clients using Mosart ActiveX or a custom ActiveX.

The following Template Database topics are covered:

Architecture

The template database is stored in a MySQL relational database (or a valid MySQL equivalent such as MariaDb).
The database may be installed separately for the Mosart servers or as a part (schema) of an in-house or cloud database, or even be virtualized.
The only main requirement that the database must be MySQL compliant.

Template Properties

A Mosart template as stored in the template database has the following properties:

Property	Description
Gallery	The Mosart gallery naming where this template is implemented, and 'owner' of the templates. Note: A special global gallery is used for TDB templates that are shared, replicated and available between all galleries. This dedicated, virtual gallery for a global template set, is by default named SHARED.
Template set	The Viz Mosart template set to which a template belongs. Can be shared or local. Note: A local template is gallery-specific meaning it is 'owned' by the corresponding gallery and is independent and not visible to any all other galleries. Note: The special Mosart template set Directtakes must be defined as a shared template set.
Template type	The Mosart template type. For example, CAMERA, CLIP, DVE.
Template variant	The Viz Mosart template variant. For example a specific camera is identified with a template named CAMERA+3.
Template description	Common attributes for the template which is shared among all galleries. The template description also contains a list of input fields normally known as newsroomtags.
Template implementation	Gallery-specific information used to control systems using Viz Mosart for automation. This is the main part of the template and has to be implemented in every gallery.

Details from the template database are stored in two Mosart server applications:

AV Automation
Stores templates and the file AvConfig.xml.
Manus Administrator
Stores NRCS aliases as configured in the Newsroom settings dialog.

No other information in newsroomsettings.xml is stored in the database.

Before connecting to the template database the first time, make a backup of channeltemplates.xml, AvConfig.xml and newsroomsettings.xml

Both AV Automation and Manus Administrator extract their information from the database and store the information locally in channeltemplates.xml, AvConfig.xml and newsroomsettings.xml respectively.
Any existing files are overwritten.

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