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title: "Rename a Nexus Insight report template"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/NexusInsight/163680018/Rename%20a%20Nexus%20Insight%20report%20template"
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Renaming a report template involves the following steps and always includes editing the relevant JSON file.


**To rename a report template:**


1. In Windows File Explorer, navigate to:  
*C:\Users\Public\Documents\Vicon\NexusInsight\Templates*
2. If you want to preserve the original template, copy the relevant JSON file before continuing.
3. Right-click the JSON file and rename it.
4. Open the JSON file for the renamed template in your preferred text editor and change its ID (see the description for **[id](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NexusInsight/pages/163680067)**).   
⚠ **Important**: Each template in Nexus Insight must have an ID that is unique within the *Templates* folder. (Valid input is ASCII and Unicode, up to 100 characters.)
5. To enable you to easily identify the new template in the **Report template** menu in Nexus Insight, also change the label of the copied template.
6. Make any other required changes (for descriptions of the settings you can change, see [Edit a Nexus Insight template JSON file](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NexusInsight/pages/163680067)).
7. Save the template, keeping it in the same folder.

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**To apply your new template to a report:**


- In Nexus Insight, open the required report, click **Edit** and in the **Report template** list, select the new template.
  For further details, see [Select a different report template](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NexusInsight/pages/163691354/Customize+a+Nexus+Insight+report#SelectTemplate).