What is the purpose of Templates in Teamcenter?

Templates in Teamcenter serve the purpose of creating new Business Objects with common attributes. When you define a template, it encapsulates standard characteristics, properties, and structures necessary for Business Objects within the system. This streamlines the process of generating consistent and uniform data entries, making it easier for users to create new objects that adhere to predefined criteria. As a result, templates enhance the organization and standardization of data, facilitating efficient data management and retrieval.

The other options, while relevant to different aspects of data management within Teamcenter, do not align with the specific function of templates. Enforcing strict data validation rules relates to ensuring that data entered into the system meets certain criteria, which is an important process but distinct from the creation of templates. Similarly, tracking changes across multiple users pertains to version control and audit trails, and providing user support documentation addresses user assistance, neither of which directly employs templates for the creation of Business Objects.