You can choose aggregate targets such groups, systems or clusters as destination targets. The templates will apply to the appropriate members of the group/system/cluster as they currently exist. If new members are later added to the group, you will need to re-apply the template to those new members. Template application is performed in the background as asynchronous jobs, so after the apply operation is performed, you can click on the link under the Pending Apply Operations column in the main templates table to see any apply operations that still are pending.

When applying a Monitoring Template, metric settings such as thresholds, comparison operators, and corrective actions are copied to the destination target. In addition, metric collection schedules including collection frequency and upload interval are also copied to the target. You determine how Enterprise Manager applies the metric settings from the template to the target by choosing an apply option.