Creating Group Templates for Units

About Group Naming Conventions
Role-based groups for specific locations are usually named in a predictable pattern in the Vocera Voice Server so users can remember how to reference them in voice commands. For example, it is fairly common to see a naming convention such as Room RoomNumber Bed BedNumber RoleName, where the fields in the convention have either constant values or vary in a predictable pattern.

Regular Expressions for Unit Templates
Because role-based group names are so systematic, you can use templates to filter out the Vocera Voice Server groups whose assignments you will not maintain in CTS. These templates are specified with a simplified regular expression notation when you add a unit.

Unit Template Examples
This topic provides examples of unit templates with a brief commentary on some of their usage subtleties.

How to Test a Unit Template
The regular expressions that you specify when you define unit templates may be too permissive—allowing unwanted values instead of filtering them out—or too restrictive—filtering out valid values that you want to accept. Use the Transform Validator tool when you create unit templates to make sure the regular expressions you specify allow and filter the appropriate values, before referencing the templates in a unit definition.