The alignment between an array and a template works in exactly the same way as between two arrays. For example,
REAL, DIMENSION(10) :: A, B !HPF$ TEMPLATE, DIMENSION(10) :: T !HPF$ DISTRIBUTE (BLOCK) :: T !HPF$ ALIGN (:) WITH T(:) :: A, B
In this example, a 10 element TEMPLATE, T is declared. Its distribution method is BLOCK and there are two arrays aligned to it, A and B. Since T is used as the align-target it is the only entity that may be distributed. (A and B are alignees so may not be.) See Figure 33 for a visualisation.
Figure 33: Visualisation of Alignment to a Template