# 'Cannot nest templates'

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-nest-templates/15813>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [October 30, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-nest-templates/15813 "2017-10-30T16:57:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmisztur2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmisztur2/32/4243_2.png) [@cmisztur2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmisztur2)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-nest-templates/15813/1 "2017-10-30T16:57:49Z")

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Damn It!  
I templated a template repeater to display template items with a templated template repeater of template items.

![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/c/c299e92b312ed2e50f29acdaf3c156fee8eaf116.PNG)

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**Author:** ![zackscriven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zackscriven/32/7213_2.png) [@zackscriven](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zackscriven)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-nest-templates/15813/2 "2017-11-01T16:01:23Z")

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This should work as long as you don’t repeat the template that the repeater is inside of. That would cause recursion. Any reason why a template canvas won’t work?

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**Author:** ![cmisztur2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmisztur2/32/4243_2.png) [@cmisztur2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmisztur2)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-nest-templates/15813/3 "2017-11-01T17:32:12Z")

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So I’m guessing because the templated repeater contains the templated repeater is why it happened. I have not looked into the canvas yet.