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# Why can’t I load a template?

The most common cause is a **mismatched view range**. A template is saved for exactly the period you have set at the moment of saving, and you can load it only in a view with the same range. Below are three things worth checking.

# The view range has to match

A template "remembers" the range you saved it in. If you cannot find it or cannot load it, check the window range selected in the toolbar (left-hand side) and match it to the template:

* a template saved in the **"Week"** view can only be loaded in the **"Week"** view,
* one saved for **"2 weeks"** — only in the **"2 weeks"** view,
* one saved for **"4 weeks"** — only in the **"4 weeks"** view.

Templates are not saved for a monthly range, so in the **"Month"** view the list will be empty — switch to the right range.

# A template has to be saved first

The template list may simply be empty because none has been created yet. You save a template from the **"Copy"** menu → **"Save template"**, based on shifts planned earlier.

|| Remember: For there to be something to load, first save a template from a schedule you have laid out. We described the whole process in [Copying and schedule templates](https://help.proplanum.com/en/article/copying-and-schedule-templates-158j7x0/).

# Future, not-yet-started periods only

You can load a template only onto a period that has not begun yet.

||| Caution: If the week (or another period) is already under way, you cannot load a template onto it — you can only do so for the next period that has not started.

How to lay out staffing automatically from a template is described in [Automatic schedule from templates](https://help.proplanum.com/en/article/automatic-schedule-from-templates-deq1y1/).