Templates

Amorphic Templates provide a quick way to create new resources with predefined configurations. They help streamline the resource creation process by offering ready-to-use configurations that can be customized as needed.

Creating a Template

To create a new template:

1. Click the Create Template button in the top-right corner
2. Fill in the Template Details:
   • Template Name: Enter a unique name
   • Description (Optional): Add a description of the template's purpose
   • Resource Type: Select the type of resource this template will create
3. Configure the Template Payload:
   • Enter the configuration JSON for your template
   • Include all required parameters for the resource type
4. Click Create Template to save

Supported Resource Types

• Datasets
• Data Pipelines
• ETL Jobs
• Datalabs
• Datasources
• Domains
• Insights
• ML Models
• Code Repositories
• Tags
• Datalabs Lifecycle Configurations
• Healthlake
• Health Imaging
• Glossaries

System Templates

The Templates page displays a list of all available templates with the following information:

• Template Name
• Created By
• Resource Type
• Status
• Actions

The following system templates are available by default:

Template Name	Description	Resource Type
Stream Datasource Template	Creating a streams datasource to store and ingest various streaming data in real time at any scale	Datasources
Spark Job Template	Creating a spark job with bookmarks disabled in a public network with 2 G.1x workers	Jobs
S3 Datasource Template	Creating a S3 datasource, used to ingest data from an AWS S3 Bucket	Datasources
S3 Dataset Template	Creating S3 dataset	Datasets
Redshift Reload CSV Dataset Template	Creating a reload type redshift dataset with file type as CSV	Datasets
Python Shell Job Template	Creating a pythonshell job with Python version 3 in a public network with a execution timeout of 1 day, lineage and auto scaling disabled	Jobs
LakeFormation CSV Dataset Template	Creating a lakeformation dataset with file type as CSV	Datasets
Job Schedule Template	Creating a scheduled job which runs everyday at 0000 hrs UTC	Schedules
JDBC Normal Data Load Template	Creating a JDBC normal dataload datasource, used for loading a single table from the JDBC types of datasources	Datasources
JDBC Bulk Data Load Template	Creating a JDBC Bulk dataload datasource, used for bulk data loading from JDBC types of sources(eg: mysql, oracle..)	Datasources
Iceberg S3Athena Dataset Template	Creating Iceberg s3athena dataset	Datasets
File Server Datasource Template	Creating a file-server datasource for ingesting local files to Amophic using SFTP protocol	Datasources
External API Datasource Template	Creating an external-api datasource used to load data from an external API endpoint	Datasources
Datalab Studio Template	Creating a datalab studio with internet access and rstudios disabled	Datalabs
Datalab Notebook Template	Creating a notebook type datalab with sessions enabled	Datalabs
Data Pipeline Template(ETL Usecase)	Creating a data pipeline with a etl job node followed by an email node	Data-pipelines
Data Pipeline Template(DP Usecase)	Creating a sample data pipeline that involves using another data pipeline to perform a certain task	Data-pipelines
Data Pipeline Template(Medical Comprehend Usecase)	Creating a sample data pipeline that involves using medical comprehend to retrieve insights followed by notification via email node about status	Data-pipelines
Data Pipeline Template(Textract Usecase)	Creating a sample data pipeline that involves using textract to extract text from an image and sync it to a S3 bucket	Data-pipelines
Data Pipeline Template(Transcribe Usecase)	Creating a sample data pipeline that will use textract to extract text and translate to change its language.	Data-pipelines

View Template

When viewing a template, you can see the following details:

• Template Name
• Description
• Resource Type
• Status
• Template Payload
  • JSON configuration for the template
  • Contains all the parameters and settings for the resource

It also displays the actions to refresh, edit, share and delete the template.

You can search for specific templates using the search bar at the top of the page.

Updating a Template

To modify an existing template:

1. Click the edit icon (pencil) in the Actions column
2. Update the Template Details as needed:
   • Template Name
   • Description
   • Resource Type
3. Modify the Template Payload
4. Click Update Template to save changes

Deleting a Template

To remove a template:

1. Click the delete icon (trash) in the Actions column
2. A confirmation dialog will appear
3. Click Delete Template to confirm or Cancel to abort

Best Practices

• Use clear, descriptive names for templates
• Include detailed descriptions to help other users understand the template's purpose
• Review the template payload carefully before creating or updating
• Test the template by creating a resource from it after making changes