# \[FEATURE\] Shared templates

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-shared-templates/24346>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Tags:** ignition79\
**Created:** [April 24, 2019, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-shared-templates/24346 "2019-04-24T06:16:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![joostjojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@joostjojo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/joostjojo)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-shared-templates/24346/1 "2019-04-24T06:16:01Z")

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I exported a 7.9 project to ignition 8.0  
We used shared templates in 7.9 but after export these aren’t visible.  
I can imagine that ignition 8 doesn’t use shared templates anymore. but it should be nice if the templates are imported as normal templates or show a popup to import those templates as normal templates.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-shared-templates/24346/2 "2019-04-24T10:24:41Z")

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The project hierarchy is different. If you restore a complete gateway backup, the upgrade process can shuffle the pieces into the new structure. If you import single projects, you will have to clean up the broken references yourself.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-shared-templates/24346/3 "2019-04-24T15:44:24Z")

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I just tested on 8.0.1, and it looks like templates that were previously defined as ‘shared’/‘global’ are now correctly importing into the local project - which is probably related to another fix we made within the last week or two.