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_RDBUserDefinedTemplates

This datapoint type holds the settings to the user-defined templates. See also User defined archive groups.


Datapoint element	Type	Description
node	string	Name of the datapoint node.
commands	int	Commands to the database for table creation.
column.names	bool	Names of the table columns of the user-defined template.
column.types	bool	Numbers of the table column types of a user-defined template. int = 21 uint = 20 string = 25 char = 19 bool = 23 time = 26 bit32 = 24 dpid = 27 langString = 42
indexes	string	Indexes of a user-defined template of the group. LangStrings cannot be chosen for table indexes.