diff --git a/fdbk/_client_connection.py b/fdbk/_client_connection.py
index d691355..eae4135 100644
--- a/fdbk/_client_connection.py
+++ b/fdbk/_client_connection.py
@@ -36,9 +36,14 @@ class ClientConnection(DBConnection):
         if not response.ok:
             raise RuntimeError(json.dumps(response.json()))
 
-    def get_topics(self, type_=None):
+    def get_topics(self, type_=None, template=None):
         # TODO: Error handling
-        query = f"type={type_}" if type_ else ""
+        query = []
+        if type_:
+            query.append(f"type={type_}")
+        if template:
+            query.append(f"template={template}")
+        query = '&'.join(query)
         query = f"?{query}" if query else ""
         response = requests.get(f"{self.__url}/topics{query}")
 
diff --git a/fdbk/_db_connection.py b/fdbk/_db_connection.py
index b86c670..e29227c 100644
--- a/fdbk/_db_connection.py
+++ b/fdbk/_db_connection.py
@@ -11,6 +11,27 @@ class DBConnection:
     '''Base class for DB connections.
     '''
 
+    def validate_template(self, topic_d):
+        ''' Validate that topics template is a template topic
+
+        Args:
+            topic_d: Topic dict which template is validated
+
+        Returns:
+            None
+
+        Raises:
+            AssertionError: Template is not a valid template
+            KeyError: Template not found from DB
+        '''
+        template = topic_d.get('template')
+        if not template:
+            return
+
+        template_d = self.get_topic(template)
+        if template_d.get('type') != 'template':
+            raise AssertionError('Templates type is not template.')
+
     def add_topic(self, name, **kwargs):
         '''Adds new topic to DB.
 
@@ -21,7 +42,8 @@ class DBConnection:
             Topic ID of the newly created topic
 
         Raises:
-            KeyError: Topic already exists in DB
+            KeyError: Topic already exists in DB or topics template does not
+                exist in DB.
         '''
         raise NotImplementedError(
             "Functionality not implemented by selected DB connection")
@@ -38,26 +60,90 @@ class DBConnection:
             None
 
         Raises:
+            AssertionError: Topic is a template topic
             KeyError: Topic does not exist in DB
             ValueError: Values do not match those defined for the topic
         '''
         raise NotImplementedError(
             "Functionality not implemented by selected DB connection")
 
-    def get_topics(self, type_=None):
-        '''Gets list of topic dicts
+    def get_topics_without_templates(self, type_=None, template=None):
+        '''Gets list of topic dicts without resolving templates
+
+        Fetches all topics by default.
 
         Args:
-            type_: Type of topics to fetch. By default all topics are fetched.
+            type_: Type of topics to fetch
+            template: Template of topics to fetch.
+
+        Returns:
+            List of topic dicts without fields from possible templates
+        '''
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "Functionality not implemented by selected DB connection")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _remove_empty(obj):
+        ret = {}
+        for key, value in obj.items():
+            if value:
+                ret[key] = value
+        return ret
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _with_templates(topic_d, templates):
+        template = topic_d.get('template')
+        if template:
+            try:
+                template_d = next(
+                    i for i in templates if i.get('id') == template)
+            except StopIteration:
+                raise KeyError(topic_not_found(template))
+            return {
+                **DBConnection._with_templates(
+                    template_d,
+                    templates),
+                **DBConnection._remove_empty(topic_d)}
+        else:
+            return topic_d
+
+    def get_topics(self, type_=None, template=None):
+        '''Gets list of topic dicts with values from templates
+
+        Fetches all topics by default.
+
+        Args:
+            type_: Type of topics to fetch
+            template: Template of topics to fetch.
 
         Returns:
             List of topic dicts
+
+        Raises:
+            KeyError: Template of a topic not found from the DB
+        '''
+        topics = self.get_topics_without_templates(type_, template=template)
+        templates = self.get_topics_without_templates(type_='template')
+
+        return [self._with_templates(topic, templates) for topic in topics]
+
+    def get_topic_without_templates(self, topic_id):
+        '''Get topic dict by ID without resolving templates
+
+        Args:
+            topic_id: ID of the topic to find
+
+        Returns:
+            Topic dictionary without fields from possible templates
+
+        Raises:
+            KeyError: Topic does not exist in DB
         '''
         raise NotImplementedError(
             "Functionality not implemented by selected DB connection")
 
     def get_topic(self, topic_id):
-        '''Get topic dict by ID
+        '''Get topic dict by ID with values from templates
 
         Args:
             topic_id: ID of the topic to find
@@ -68,8 +154,12 @@ class DBConnection:
         Raises:
             KeyError: Topic does not exist in DB
         '''
-        raise NotImplementedError(
-            "Functionality not implemented by selected DB connection")
+        topic_d = self.get_topic_without_templates(topic_id)
+        template = topic_d.get('template')
+        if template:
+            return {**self.get_topic(template), **self._remove_empty(topic_d)}
+        else:
+            return topic_d
 
     def get_data(self, topic_id, since=None, until=None, limit=None):
         '''Get all data under given topic
@@ -168,7 +258,7 @@ class DBConnection:
 
     def _run_data_tools_for_many(self,
                                  topic_ids=None,
-                                 type_=None,
+                                 template=None,
                                  since=None,
                                  until=None,
                                  limit=None,
@@ -185,7 +275,8 @@ class DBConnection:
                 except KeyError as e:
                     warnings.append(topic_not_found(topic_id))
         else:
-            topics = {topic["id"]: topic for topic in self.get_topics(type_)}
+            topics = {
+                topic["id"]: topic for topic in self.get_topics(template)}
 
         result_d = {
             "topic_names": [],
@@ -219,17 +310,10 @@ class DBConnection:
         result_d["fields"] = list(set(result_d["fields"]))
         return result_d
 
-    def get_comparison(self, topic_ids=None, **kwargs):
-        '''Get comparison of the data of the given topic IDs
-
-        See get_overview.
-        '''
-        return self._run_data_tools_for_many(topic_ids, **kwargs)
-
     def get_overview(
             self,
             topic_ids=None,
-            type_=None,
+            template=None,
             since=None,
             until=None,
             limit=None,
@@ -240,8 +324,8 @@ class DBConnection:
         Args:
             topic_ids: List of topic IDs to overview. By default all topics are
                 included.
-            type_: Type of topics to include. Only has effect is topic_ids is
-                empty. By default all topics are included.
+            template: Template of topics to include. Only has effect if
+                topic_ids is empty. By default all topics are included.
             since: Datetime of the earliest entry to include
             until: Datetime of the most recent entry to include
             limit: Number of entries to include from the most recent
@@ -256,7 +340,7 @@ class DBConnection:
         '''
         return self._run_data_tools_for_many(
             topic_ids=topic_ids,
-            type_=type_,
+            template=template,
             since=since,
             until=until,
             limit=limit,
diff --git a/fdbk/_dict_connection.py b/fdbk/_dict_connection.py
index 5492f32..7ceb9a4 100644
--- a/fdbk/_dict_connection.py
+++ b/fdbk/_dict_connection.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class DictConnection(DBConnection):
 
     def add_topic(self, name, **kwargs):
         topic_d = generate_topic_dict(name, add_id=True, **kwargs)
+        self.validate_template(topic_d)
 
         self._dict["topics"].append(topic_d)
         self._dict[topic_d["id"]] = []
@@ -47,15 +48,19 @@ class DictConnection(DBConnection):
 
     def add_data(self, topic_id, values):
         topic_d = self._get_topic_dict(topic_id)
+        if topic_d.get('type') == 'template':
+            raise AssertionError('Cannot add data to template topic.')
         fields = topic_d["fields"]
 
         data = generate_data_entry(topic_id, fields, values)
         self._dict[topic_id].append(data)
 
-    def get_topics(self, type_=None):
+    def get_topics_without_templates(self, type_=None, template=None):
         topics = self._dict["topics"]
         if type_:
             topics = [i for i in topics if i.get('type') == type_]
+        if template:
+            topics = [i for i in topics if i.get('template') == template]
 
         return generate_topics_list(topics)
 
@@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ class DictConnection(DBConnection):
         except StopIteration:
             raise KeyError(topic_not_found(topic_id))
 
-    def get_topic(self, topic_id):
+    def get_topic_without_templates(self, topic_id):
         return generate_topic_response(self._get_topic_dict(topic_id))
 
     def get_data(self, topic_id, since=None, until=None, limit=None):
diff --git a/fdbk/schemas/topic-in.json b/fdbk/schemas/topic-in.json
index 81ac4c6..aba4e4c 100644
--- a/fdbk/schemas/topic-in.json
+++ b/fdbk/schemas/topic-in.json
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
   "properties": {
     "id": {"type": "string"},
     "name": {"type": "string"},
-    "type": {
+    "type": { "enum": ["topic", "template"]},
+    "template": {
       "oneOf": [
         {"type": "string"},
         {"type": "null"}
@@ -50,6 +51,6 @@
     },
     "metadata": {"type": "object"}
   },
-  "required": ["name", "fields"],
+  "required": ["name"],
   "additionalProperties": false
 }
diff --git a/fdbk/server/_server_handlers.py b/fdbk/server/_server_handlers.py
index b80865a..900337c 100644
--- a/fdbk/server/_server_handlers.py
+++ b/fdbk/server/_server_handlers.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class ServerHandlers:
         try:
             params = parse_filter_parameters(
                 query_args, include_aggregate=True)
-            data = self._db_connection.get_comparison(
+            data = self._db_connection.get_overview(
                 topic_ids_a, **params)
             return data, 200
         except KeyError as error:
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class ServerHandlers:
                 "error": str(error)
             }, 404
 
-    def get_overview(self, type_=None, query_args=None):
+    def get_overview(self, template=None, query_args=None):
         if not query_args:
             query_args = {}
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class ServerHandlers:
             params = parse_filter_parameters(
                 query_args, include_aggregate=True)
             data = self._db_connection.get_overview(
-                type_=type_, **params)
+                template=template, **params)
             return data, 200
         except KeyError as error:
             return {
diff --git a/fdbk/utils/_format.py b/fdbk/utils/_format.py
index 6562697..e3d343f 100644
--- a/fdbk/utils/_format.py
+++ b/fdbk/utils/_format.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ TOPIC_FIELDS = [
     "name",
     "id",
     "type",
+    "template",
     "description",
     "fields",
     "units",
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ def generate_data_response(data, fields):
 def generate_topic_dict(
         name,
         type_str=None,
+        template=None,
         description=None,
         fields=None,
         units=None,
@@ -96,7 +98,8 @@ def generate_topic_dict(
 
     Args:
         name: Name of the topic.
-        type_str: Type of the topic, for example 'form' or 'sensor'.
+        type_str: Type of the topic, 'topic' or 'template'.
+        template: Template to inherit values from.
         description: Description of the topic.
         fields: List of data field names included in the topic.
         units: List of units for field.
@@ -107,11 +110,11 @@ def generate_topic_dict(
 
     Returns:
         Generated topic dict
-
     '''
     topic_d = {
         "name": name,
-        "type": type_str,
+        "type": type_str if type_str is not None else "topic",
+        "template": template,
         "description": description,
         "fields": fields if fields is not None else [],
         "units": units if units is not None else [],
@@ -120,7 +123,10 @@ def generate_topic_dict(
     }
 
     if add_id:
-        topic_d["id"] = str(uuid4())
+        if type_str == 'template':
+            topic_d["id"] = name
+        else:
+            topic_d["id"] = str(uuid4())
 
     validate_topic_dict(topic_d)
 
diff --git a/fdbk/utils/messages.py b/fdbk/utils/messages.py
index 6814c52..6e1a37f 100644
--- a/fdbk/utils/messages.py
+++ b/fdbk/utils/messages.py
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ def no_data(topic_d=None):
 
 
 def topic_not_found(id_):
-    return f'Topic ID "{id_}" not found from database'
+    return f'Topic ID "{id_}" not found from database.'

diff --git a/fdbk/utils/_common_tests.py b/fdbk/utils/_common_tests.py
index 772beb7..c90bc56 100644
--- a/fdbk/utils/_common_tests.py
+++ b/fdbk/utils/_common_tests.py
@@ -19,6 +19,32 @@ class CommonTest:
         with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
             self.C.add_data("topic_id", {"key": "value"})
 
+    def test_template_topics(self):
+        template_id = self.C.add_topic(
+            "test_template",
+            type_str='template',
+            fields=['number'])
+        self.assertEqual(template_id, "test_template")
+
+        topic_id = self.C.add_topic('topic', template=template_id)
+        topic_d = self.C.get_topic(topic_id)
+        self.assertEqual(topic_d.get('fields'), ['number'])
+
+        topics = self.C.get_topics()
+        self.assertEqual(len(topics), 2)
+        for topic in topics:
+            self.assertEqual(topic.get('fields'), ['number'])
+
+    def test_cannot_add_topic_with_invalid_template(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
+            self.C.add_topic('topic1', template='test_template')
+
+        self.C.add_topic("test_template", type_str='template')
+        topic_id = self.C.add_topic('topic2', template='test_template')
+
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            self.C.add_topic('topic3', template=topic_id)
+
     def test_cannot_add_data_with_non_matching_number_of_fields(self):
         topic_id = self.C.add_topic(
             "topic",
@@ -35,6 +61,14 @@ class CommonTest:
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             self.C.add_data(topic_id, {"key": "value"})
 
+    def test_cannot_add_data_to_template(self):
+        topic_id = self.C.add_topic(
+            "topic",
+            type_str="template",
+            fields=["number"])
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            self.C.add_data(topic_id, {"number": 3})
+
     def test_add_data_affects_get_data_output(self):
         topic_id = self.C.add_topic(
             "topic",
@@ -110,22 +144,33 @@ class CommonTest:
         self.assertEqual(dataset["data"][0]["x"], '2020-01-01T01:03:00Z')
         self.assertEqual(dataset["data"][-1]["x"], '2020-01-01T01:07:00Z')
 
-    def test_can_get_topics_type(self):
+    def test_can_get_topics_type_and_template(self):
         self.C.add_topic(
-            "1",
-            type_str="a",
+            "te1",
+            type_str="template",
             fields=["number"])
+        self.C.add_topic(
+            "te2",
+            type_str="template",
+            fields=["letter"])
+        self.C.add_topic(
+            "1",
+            template="te1")
         self.C.add_topic(
             "2",
-            type_str="a",
-            fields=["number"])
+            template="te1")
         self.C.add_topic(
             "3",
-            type_str="b",
-            fields=["letter"])
+            template="te2")
+
+        topics = self.C.get_topics('template')
+        self.assertEqual(len(topics), 2)
+
+        topics = self.C.get_topics('topic')
+        self.assertEqual(len(topics), 3)
 
-        topics = self.C.get_topics('a')
+        topics = self.C.get_topics(template='te1')
         self.assertEqual(len(topics), 2)
 
-        topics = self.C.get_topics('b')
+        topics = self.C.get_topics(template='te2')
         self.assertEqual(len(topics), 1)
diff --git a/tst/test_client_connection.py b/tst/test_client_connection.py
index 600e1bf..e47fb2c 100644
--- a/tst/test_client_connection.py
+++ b/tst/test_client_connection.py
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ class ClientConnectionTest(TestCase):
     def test_add_topic_triggers_correct_call(self):
         c = ClientConnection("")
         with patch('requests.post', side_effect=self.mock_requests_post), patch('fdbk.DictConnection.add_topic', return_value="topic_id") as add_topic:
-            c.add_topic("topic", type_str="test")
-            add_topic.assert_called_with("topic", type_str="test", description=None, fields=[], units=[], data_tools=[], metadata={})
+            c.add_topic("topic", type_str="template")
+            add_topic.assert_called_with("topic", type_str="template", description=None, fields=[], units=[], data_tools=[], metadata={}, template=None)
 
     def test_add_data_triggers_correct_call(self):
         c = ClientConnection("")
diff --git a/tst/test_db_connection.py b/tst/test_db_connection.py
index 6f5a0d5..d4c1b8a 100644
--- a/tst/test_db_connection.py
+++ b/tst/test_db_connection.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class DBConnectionTest(TestCase):
             C.add_data(topic_ids[-1], {"number": 4})
             C.add_data(topic_ids[-1], {"number": 2})
         if fn == "get_comparison":
-            result = C.get_comparison(topic_ids)
+            result = C.get_overview(topic_ids)
         elif fn == "get_overview":
             result = C.get_overview()
         self.assertEqual(result["topic_names"], ["topic_0", "topic_1", "topic_2"])
diff --git a/tst/test_dict_connection.py b/tst/test_dict_connection.py
index eb8ec6a..b0bca0d 100644
--- a/tst/test_dict_connection.py
+++ b/tst/test_dict_connection.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 from unittest import TestCase
+from uuid import uuid4
 
 try:
     from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
@@ -15,13 +16,25 @@ class DictConnectionCommonTest(CommonTest, TestCase):
 
 class DictConnectionTest(TestCase):
     def test_topics_backup_saves_dict_to_file(self):
-        C1 = DictConnection('/tmp/asd.json')
+        filename = f'{uuid4()}.json'
+        C1 = DictConnection(f'/tmp/{filename}')
         C1.add_topic('Test topic 1')
         C1.add_topic('Test topic 2')
 
-        C2 = DictConnection('/tmp/asd.json')
+        C2 = DictConnection(f'/tmp/{filename}')
         topics = C2.get_topics()
 
-        os.remove('/tmp/asd.json')
+        os.remove(f'/tmp/{filename}')
 
         self.assertEqual(len(topics), 2)
+
+    def test_get_topics_raises_keyerror_on_template_not_found(self):
+        C = DictConnection()
+        C.add_topic('test_template', type_str='template')
+        C.add_topic('topic', template='test_template')
+
+        C.get_topics()
+
+        C._dict['topics'] = C._dict['topics'][1:]
+        with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
+            C.get_topics()

DB connection should support template topics
tst/test_client_connection.py::ClientConnectionTest::test_add_topic_triggers_correct_call tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionCommonTest::test_can_get_topics_type_and_template tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionCommonTest::test_cannot_add_data_to_template tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionCommonTest::test_cannot_add_topic_with_invalid_template tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionCommonTest::test_template_topics tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionTest::test_get_topics_raises_keyerror_on_template_not_found
tst/test_client_connection.py::ClientConnectionTest::test_add_data_triggers_correct_call tst/test_client_connection.py::ClientConnectionTest::test_failing_add_calls_should_raise_RuntimeError tst/test_client_connection.py::ClientConnectionTest::test_fresh_server_returns_empty_response_or_error tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_abstract_methods_raise_not_implemented_error tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_get_comparison_produces_comparison tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_get_latest_handles_empty_list tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_get_latest_returns_latest_data_element_for_topic tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_get_overview_combines_list_items_to_list tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_get_overview_combines_table_items_to_table tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_get_overview_produces_overview tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_get_summary_average_ignores_invalid_values tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_get_summary_ignores_invalid_fields tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_get_summary_produces_summary tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_get_summary_writes_warning_to_output_when_unsupported_method_requested tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_last_truthy_falsy_summary_returns_correct_timestamp tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_latest_summary_returns_latest_item tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_line_visualization_gives_timestamps_in_utc tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_overview_and_comparison_include_units tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_process_list_ignores_instruction_without_parameters tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_run_data_tools_topic_not_found tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_summary_overview_aggregate tst/test_db_connection.py::DBConnectionTest::test_topic_is_validated_on_creation tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionCommonTest::test_add_data_affects_get_data_output tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionCommonTest::test_add_topic_affects_get_topic_output tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionCommonTest::test_can_get_data_limit tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionCommonTest::test_can_get_data_since tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionCommonTest::test_can_get_data_until tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionCommonTest::test_can_get_overview_since_until_limit tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionCommonTest::test_can_get_summary_since_until_limit tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionCommonTest::test_cannot_add_data_to_undefined_topic tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionCommonTest::test_cannot_add_data_with_non_matching_fields tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionCommonTest::test_cannot_add_data_with_non_matching_number_of_fields tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionCommonTest::test_cannot_get_data_of_undefined_topic tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionCommonTest::test_cannot_get_undefined_topic tst/test_dict_connection.py::DictConnectionTest::test_topics_backup_saves_dict_to_file