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title: "What happens after templates are uploaded to Acquia DAM?"
date: "2025-01-09T20:34:14+00:00"
summary: "Discover what happens after uploading InDesign templates to Acquia DAM. Learn about template groups, asset assignment, and release processes for seamless template management and customization."
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When designers upload templates from InDesign to Acquia DAM, templates are assigned into [template groups](/acquia-dam/how-do-i-create-template-groups "How do I create template groups?") that are marked as default and will be unreleased. A badge with a number of unreleased templates displays on the Manage templates page as a notification to you that action is needed.  
  
From the page, you can assign assets to the template and see assets that are assigned, move it into the appropriate template groups or add it to additional template groups, release it for users to [customize](As-a-user-how-do-I-customize-templates), and expire the template.  
  

![Manage templates that are in the Widen Collective from the Manage Templates page.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/t98gx14yct/web/ka0Pb0000006ysj00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005LvmA.png?v=e4f93259-0039-474c-bd97-122eefd4d6f8)