Miradi Program Templates

Every Miradi program has one or more templates.  A program's template defines the content that is included in any Miradi project created within the program, and it defines the classifications that are available to projects within the program. Information about a program's template and classifications can be found under REPORTS & DATA / Classifications.

A program's template includes:

• A Miradi “starter template project”:  This project file is used when a new project is created in the program.  It may contain program-specific instructions about how to enter data into the new project.  The Miradi version of the starter template project defines the Miradi version of all projects that use this template.

• A “Taxonomy Set”:  The taxonomy set is the collection of standard classifications and, if applicable, the program classifications available to projects that use this template. See more about Using Classifications to Standardize Miradi Data.

  • Note: If the Template name (1) and the Taxonomy Set name (2) are different, the template includes program classifications.

• The Miradi “object configuration”:  The “object configuration” defines which factor(s) apply to which classifications, and also defines some of the attributes (name, single or multi-select, etc.) of each configuration. Programs can apply a program classification across several different factor types (for example, Puget Sound Recovery has a “Vital Signs” program classification that is applied to five different factor types.)  

The example below displays a Bush Heritage program template (1) with its taxonomy set (2) and, by selecting each of the factor nodes along the left, its Miradi object configuration (3), or the Miradi objects to which the classifications are applied.  In the lower right you can see a total of 24 classifications in this example – six standard classifications and eighteen program classifications. 

Note that the template name in this example, BH Australia 6.0 (4.6), includes the template version (6.0) as well as the Miradi version of the starter project (4.6). All of Bush Heritage’s Miradi 4.6 projects use this template and have access to all 24 classifications. Older projects use an older program template with only four standard classifications and often a different set of program classifications.

Programs who actively use their own program classifications strive to keep all of their projects updated to their latest template.  This ensures accuracy and completeness in their custom reports. Programs that have projects with different Miradi versions will have more than one active template. See Develop Program Classifications for Miradi Programs for more information on how to develop and manage your program classifications.