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title: "Managing templates in Gaia for Jira"
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For creating projects in Jira, you have to configure Gaia templates.

Gaia Configuration page allows you to **add**, **edit**, **copy**, **import**, **export**, **disable** and **delete** Gaia templates. 

> ℹ️ You have to be a Jira Admin to manage Gaia for Jira templates.

## Adding a template

To add a new template, perform the following steps:

1. Go to the **Jira Administration** → **Manage apps **→ **Gaia Configuration** page.

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2. By default, you have 3 available **pre-defined Gaia templates**. You can copy and edit them as a basis for a new template.  
  
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3. To add a new template, click on the **Add** button on the upper right side of the page. The following dialog opens :

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Most of the configuration options refer directly to <span style="color: #444444">Jira </span>project configuration items. Make sure you enter a template name <u>and</u> a template description, as they are required to save a template.  All other options can be left to their default values.

To get a description of each configuration option, go to the [Configuring template](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GFJ/pages/17629696/Configuring+a+template+in+Gaia+for+Jira) section of this guide.


4. Once you've configured your template and clicked on **Save** button, you will see the new template in the template list:

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> ℹ️ <span style="color: #333300">In Gaia for Jira, you can manage multiple templates that allow you to create different types of projects. Changing a template will be applied to </span>**<span style="color: #333300">future</span>**<span style="color: #333300"> projects you create, and </span>**<span style="color: #333300">will not</span>**<span style="color: #333300"> modify the existing projects.</span>
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> ℹ️ <span style="color: #333300">Deleting a template cannot be undone. All associated Jira issues files and Confluence Space files will be deleted. This will not delete any projects/spaces created with the template.</span>


## What's next

You can now add as many templates as needed. Let's see [how to configure](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GFJ/pages/17629696/Configuring+a+template+in+Gaia+for+Jira) your template.