# Template alias operations
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A *template alias* is a reference to a version of a template. For example, suppose that you create the template alias `exampleAlias` for version 1 of the template `exampleTemp`. You can use the template alias `exampleAlias` to reference version 1 of template `exampleTemp` in a `DescribeTemplate` API operation, as in the following example.

```
aws quicksight describe-template 
    --aws-account-id AWSACCOUNTID 
    --template-id exampleTempID 
    --alias-name exampleAlias
```

With template alias API operations, you can perform actions on Quick Sight template aliases. For more information, see the following API operations.

**Topics**
+ [CreateTemplateAlias](create-template-alias.md)
+ [DeleteTemplateAlias](delete-template-alais.md)
+ [DescribeTemplateAlias](describe-template-alias.md)
+ [ListTemplateAliases](list-template-aliases.md)
+ [UpdateTemplateAlias](update-template-alias.md)