Creative Template Library

General

The Creative Template Library displays your account's creative templates and lets you create and modify them.

Table Columns

The Creative Templates table contains the following information:

Column	Description
Poster	Displays the creative template's poster if available.
ID	Displays the unique ID of the creative template. A green dot appears in this column when the template has a child creative used in a live campaign. Two icons also appear when the template is shared with or by another account: Shared With (): This icon indicates that the template is shared with another account, and you can discontinue sharing it from the current account. Shared By (): This icon indicates that another account shares the template with your account, and the other account can discontinue sharing it.
Name	Displays the name of the creative template. You can also hover over the template to reveal its workflow steps. Clicking on any of the steps will quickly navigate you to that step within the template. For more information on your template's workflow steps, see the Creative Template Header article. The preview icon () will also be displayed upon hovering. Clicking it opens the template's Preview pane, which lets you preview all available ad formats for the template.
Type	Displays the type of the creative template: HTML, Image, Video, In-Banner Video, Interactive Video, or Video.
Created	Displays the timestamp of the creative template's creation and the name of the person who created it.
Last Updated	Displays the timestamp of the template's most recent update.
Source	Displays the source of the creative template: Ad Builder or Custom Code.
Features	Displays the features enabled for the creative template: Product, Location, or Weather. If enabled, the Product feature includes labels for the "product type" selected when enabling the feature (e-commerce, travel, car, and so on).
Formats	Displays the ad formats (sizes) included in the creative template. Ad formats display errors and warnings specific to them, which you can learn more about by hovering over the format.
Shared Accounts	Displays the account with which the creative template is shared. Note: You can remove the creative template from the shared account by clicking the "x" located by the displayed account name.

Making a Template

You can make creative templates from scratch, pre-existing templates stored in a library, or from importing. For more information, see Making a Creative Template.

Editing a Template

1. Click on a creative template to edit it.

Table Actions

Select a creative template and click Actions to take the following actions:

Action	Description
Duplicate	Duplicates the selected creative template according to your selected option:   Configuration Only: Duplicates the creative template with its dynamic parameters and values, but none of its ad formats. Configuration and Formats: Duplicates the creative template with its dynamic parameters and values, including all ad formats.
Share to Account	Gives an advertiser account access to the selected creative template(s). The Clinch tech team manually configures the accounts eligible for template-sharing.
Refresh Poster	Update the poster for the selected creative template(s).
Delete	Deletes the selected creative template(s) permanently.
Export Template	Exports the selected creative template and its assets to a ZIP file. You can use this file to import the template into another advertiser account by clicking Create > Import Template. Note: This action doesn't apply to Jet-mapped After Effects templates.
Export to Excel	Exports the selected creative template(s) and their data to an Excel file (not including dynamic parameters).