# UDT template group sync

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-template-group-sync/4587>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 6, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-template-group-sync/4587 "2012-06-06T14:50:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AJBerera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@AJBerera](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AJBerera)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-template-group-sync/4587/1 "2012-06-06T14:50:00Z")

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I have a component group inside a template.  
I want certain paths inside the group to change their fill color according to a custom property of the template…  
How could I bind a template property to a number of specific groups that will need to be changed together according to a custom property that I would also like to link to a UDT.

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**Author:** ![Michael.Stofan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.stofan/32/3342_2.png) [@Michael.Stofan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Michael.Stofan)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-template-group-sync/4587/2 "2012-06-06T17:35:19Z")

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Unless I’m missing something, you could make the custom property of your template a UDT type and then bind the properties of the group(s) to that UDT.

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**Author:** ![AJBerera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@AJBerera](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AJBerera)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-template-group-sync/4587/3 "2012-06-07T13:37:26Z")

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Did this.  
Everything so far is working, amazingly…  
I have cut down my load times for huge layouts from 2 minutes to under 2 seconds by using custom group pallets and I realized that groups can have custom properties as well!

Now I’ve got components linked to UDTs indirectly to link all my information automatically…Seems to work like a charm.  
I only had to read your sentence 3 times to figure this out too.  
Thanks