Introduction

Managing many multi-activities and creating modules and templates manually for those adds a lot of work and increases the maintenance of the content. 

The so-called companion templates and modules relieve content managers from those additional steps.

What is a "Companion" Template/Module?

A companion template or module inherits all its information from a specific activity product of the Nezasa inventory and is generated by the system. The companion template/module has the following characteristics:

• Template/Module Management
  • The companion template/module will be listed among the other templates/modules.
  • It cannot be edited by users, and thus not be checked out.
  • It contains as its core (and as only product), the activity product from which it inherits as well description, title, text, pictures, and tags. 
  • The start/end location of the template/module will be the ones of the activity product.
  • The companion template/module is automatically updated when the activity is updated.

• Discovery
  • Companion templates will be listed here just like other regular templates.
    
    
• Planner 
  • Companion modules can be selected as pre-/post-modules.

How to Enable the Companions for a Product Activity?

• Go to the created inventory activity
• Check out and open the product activity
• Click in the Miscellaneous tab 
• Scroll down to the option Companion Generation
  
  
  
  
• Enable the option you need, then save and publish the product activity

Please note that it takes a moment until the system has generated the companion objects. Once the template is generated, you'll see it listed among the "referencing templates" on the same tab. 

Known Limitations

• Companion modules cannot be imported into a template.
• Removing an activity that has companion templates/modules is not possible.
• Companion templates/modules don't have a from-price.