Configuring a load control system using template databases

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a local processor device, a template database configured for an area type in a load control system, wherein the template database comprises a plurality of template identifiers labeled with corresponding device names for devices identified for the area type, and wherein the template database comprises programming information for the template identifiers that is configured to control at least one load control device to be installed in the load control system;
• creating a local instance database at a local processor device that corresponds to the template database configured for the area type, wherein the local instance database comprises the plurality of template identifiers and the programming information;
• populating the template identifiers of the local instance database with unique identifiers of physical devices in a subsystem of the load control system, wherein the unique identifiers comprise a unique identifier of at least one input device and at least one load control device installed in the subsystem, wherein the populating of the unique identifiers of the physical devices defines how the at least one load control device installed in the subsystem is controlled in response to the at least one input device installed in the subsystem;
• and
• controlling the at least one load control device in the subsystem according to the programming information and based on the unique identifiers of the physical devices that are stored in the template identifiers of the local instance database.