Once a Template has been created (see Creating a Template) or imported (see Importing a Template), it is ready to be instantiated, or added to the canvas. This is accomplished by dragging the Template icon ( ) from the Components Toolbar (see NiFi User Interface) onto the canvas.

This will present a dialog to choose which Template to add to the canvas. After choosing the Template to add, simply click the "Add" button. The Template will be added to the canvas with the upper-left-hand side of the Template being placed wherever the user dropped the Template icon.

This leaves the contents of the newly instantiated Template selected. If there was a mistake, and this Template is no longer wanted, it may be deleted.