I want to customize my project template. Where can I do that?
Efficiently manage your favorite subcontractors by using templates and star ratings for faster selection on new projects.
What will you find in this article?
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Summary: How to manage project templates and mark favorites.
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Requirements and target audience: What permissions you need and the role of star ratings.
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Managing favorites: Assigning yellow, green, and black stars.
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Saving a project as a template: How to convert an existing project into a reusable template.
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System support: Information about STABU, NL-SfB, and RAW within templates.
Summary
You customize a project template by assigning star markers to subcontractors in a project and linking them to the appropriate workpackages. A configured project can then be saved from the communication overview as a new project template for future use.
Prerequisites and Target Audience
This article is intended for users who want to define the standard selection of subcontractors for their organization.
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Permissions: (Sub)administrators can manage favorites. Regular users can use and customize templates unless they have been granted specific permissions for this in user management.
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Up-to-date: It is essential that the star ratings of your subcontractors are up-to-date before you (re)use a template.
Manage Favorites
You manage your preferred suppliers using the star system in the search module.
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Open the Search module.
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Search for the desired subcontractor.
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Assign a yellow, green, or black star to mark the specialist as a favorite, or remove the star to change the status.
Save project as a template
Have you set up a project with the correct workpackages and associated favorites? Then you can save this as a template.
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Open the project that will serve as the basis.
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Navigate to the Communication tab.
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Add the desired subcontractors with stars to the appropriate workpackages.
- Select the workpackages and subcontractors.
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Click the button to save the project as a project template.

Tip: 12Build Support can prepare a project template for you upon request based on all your yellow and green stars. This can also be rolled out to other locations. Email your request to support@12build.com.
System Support
Project templates can be flexibly configured based on various standards.
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You can create templates based on STABU, NL-SfB, or RAW.
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It is possible to combine multiple systems within a single project template.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Question: Can I use a template from one branch in another branch? Answer: Yes, 12Build Support can transfer existing templates to other branches within your organization for you.
Question: What is the difference between the colored stars? Answer: The colors (yellow, green, black) are used by your organization to indicate degrees of preference or specific qualifications of subcontractors.
Troubleshooting
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Symptom -> I cannot assign stars in the search module.
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Cause -> You likely do not have the permissions to manage favorites.
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Solution -> Ask your (sub)administrator to enable these permissions for your account in user management.
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