Bug 118487 Report iTem tempalte value should provide the option to revert.
The Report Tempalte spec mockups expect the following. UI needs to support the following 2 options as described in the Report Template spec mockups. Please refer to it. - Revert to Template Item ( call DE API DesignElementHandle.revertToTemplateItem ) - Revert to Report Item ( call DE API DesignElementHandle.reveretToReportItem or TransformToReportItem() ) to create a report item and get rid of the template definition )
UI/org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/designer/internal/ui/views/DefaultNodeProvider.java
}
		return true;
	}
	private boolean performCreatePlaceHolder( ReportElementHandle handle )
	{
		try
		{
			TemplateElementHandle template = handle
					.createTemplateElement( null );
			String desc = template.getDescription( );
			desc = desc == null ? "" : desc;
			TemplateReportItemPropertiesDialog dialog = new TemplateReportItemPropertiesDialog(
					template.getDefaultElement( ).getDefn( ).getDisplayName( ),
					desc );
			if ( dialog.open( ) == Window.OK )
			{
				template.setDescription( (String) dialog.getResult( ) );
			}
			else
			{
				return false;
			}
		}
		catch ( SemanticException e )
		{
			ExceptionHandler.handle(e);
			return false;
		}
		return true;
	}