The <running> datastore contains the unexpanded template

[kwatsen]

That said, per #10, it may be possible to ask the device to return a expanded version of

[RobertPeschi]

->That said, per #10, it may be possible to ask the device to return a expanded version of

Yes, absolutely.
In case of NMDA, this would be done by the client querying the intended datastore of the device Server
In case of non-NMDA, the device would maintain a YANG state tree reflecting the data expanded, that can be queried by the client.