Merge pull request #151 from influxdata/alpha-8-templates

Alpha 8 templates

content/v2.0/visualize-data/dashboards/create-dashboard.md

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 2. Click the **+Create Dashboard** menu in the upper right and select **New Dashboard**.
 3. Enter a name for your dashboard in the **Name this dashboard** field in the upper left.
 
+
+**To create a dashboard from a template in the templates UI**:
+
+1. Click the **Settings** icon in the left navigation.
+
+    {{< nav-icon "settings" >}}
+
+2. Select the **Templates** tab.
+3. Hover over the name of the template you want to create a dashboard from, then click **Create**.
+
 **To import an existing dashboard**:
 
 1. Click the **Dashboards** icon in the navigation bar.
 
-  {{< nav-icon "dashboards" >}}
+    {{< nav-icon "dashboards" >}}
 
 2. Click the **Create Dashboard** menu in the upper right and select **Import Dashboard**.
 3. In the window that appears:
   * Select **Upload File** to drag-and-drop or select a file.
   * Select **Paste JSON** to paste in JSON.
-4. Select an organization from the **Destination Organization** dropdown.
-5. Click **Import JSON as Dashboard**.
+4. Click **Import JSON as Dashboard**.
+
+## Create dashboards with templates
+
+**To create a dashboard from a template in the dashboards page**:
+
+1. Click the **Dashboards** icon in the navigation bar.
+
+    {{< nav-icon "dashboards" >}}
+
+2. Click the **+Create Dashboard** menu in the upper right and select **From a Template**.
+3. In the window that appears, select a template and review the template's variables and cells.
+4. Click **Create Dashboard**.
+
+**To create a dashboard from a template in the templates UI**:
+
+1. Click the **Settings** icon in the left navigation.
+
+    {{< nav-icon "settings" >}}
+
+2. Select the **Templates** tab.
+3. Hover over the name of the template you want to create a dashboard from, then click **Create**.
 
 ## Clone a dashboard
 

content/v2.0/visualize-data/templates/_index.md

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+---
+title: Manage InfluxDB templates
+description: Create, edit, and manage templates in the InfluxDB user interface (UI).
+v2.0/tags: [templates]
+menu:
+  v2_0:
+    name: Manage templates
+    parent: Visualize data
+weight: 101
+---
+
+Templates are a way to create and share dashboards across organizations without starting from scratch.
+
+{{< children >}}

content/v2.0/visualize-data/templates/create-template.md

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+---
+title: Create a template
+seotitle: Create an InfluxDB template
+description: Create an InfluxDB template in the InfluxDB user interface (UI).
+v2.0/tags: [templates]
+menu:
+  v2_0:
+    name: Create a template
+    parent: Manage templates
+weight: 201
+
+---
+
+## Import a template
+
+1. Click the **Settings** icon in the left navigation.
+
+    {{< nav-icon "settings" >}}
+
+2. Select the **Templates** tab.
+3. Click **Import Template** in the upper right.
+4. In the window that appears:
+  * Select **Upload File** to drag-and-drop or select a file.
+  * Select **Paste JSON** to paste in JSON.
+5. Click **Import JSON as Template**.
+
+
+## Create a template from an existing dashboard
+
+1. Click the **Dashboards** icon in the navigation bar.
+
+    {{< nav-icon "dashboards" >}}
+
+2. Click the settings icon ({{< icon "gear" >}}) next to a dashboard in the list, then click **Export**. The dashboard JSON appears in a new window.
+3. Click **Save as template**.  
+
+
+## Clone a template
+
+1. Click the **Settings** icon in the left navigation.
+
+    {{< nav-icon "settings" >}}
+
+2. Select the **Templates** tab.
+3. Hover over the template you want to clone, then click {{< icon "clone" >}}.
+4. Click **Clone** to confirm. The cloned template appears in your list.

content/v2.0/visualize-data/templates/delete-template.md

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+---
+title: Delete a template
+seotitle: Delete InfluxDB templates
+description: Delete templates in the InfluxDB user interface (UI).
+v2.0/tags: [templates]
+menu:
+  v2_0:
+    name: Delete templates
+    parent: Manage templates
+weight: 203
+
+---
+
+To delete a template in the InfluxDB UI:
+
+1. Click the **Settings** icon in the left navigation.
+
+    {{< nav-icon "settings" >}}
+
+2. Select the **Templates** tab.
+3. Hover over the name of the template you want to delete, then click **{{< icon "trash" >}}**.    
+3. Click **Delete** to delete your dashboard.

content/v2.0/visualize-data/templates/view-template.md

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+---
+title: View templates
+seotitle: View InfluxDB templates
+description: View templates in the InfluxDB user interface (UI).
+v2.0/tags: [templates]
+menu:
+  v2_0:
+    name: View templates
+    parent: Manage templates
+weight: 202
+
+---
+To view templates in the InfluxDB UI:
+
+1. Click the **Settings** icon in the left navigation.
+
+    {{< nav-icon "settings" >}}
+
+2. Select the **Templates** tab. The list of templates appears.
+3. Click on the name of a template to view its JSON.