Insert resources from a local resource library

You can search for and add resources from local resource libraries in Process Simulate. Searching in a local resource library is efficient because your search is limited to a list of approved resources for a project and the results list is much shorter.

Local resource libraries support both classified and unclassified resources.

Prerequisites

Before you use this feature, a system administrator must define the local resource library, populate it with resources, and save the library in a collaboration context.

You must also set values for the following preferences:

• TCMA_LocalResourceLibrarySearch_ResourceTypes—Defines the resource types supported for a local resource library search. By default, this preference value is set to allow all out-of-the-box resource types. You can leave this preference value set to the default, or edit it to exclude specific resource types.

• TCMA_LocalResourceLibraryGrid_Column—Specifies which data columns are displayed in the Local Resource Library Search tab. Set this preference value to Mfg0BvrLocalResourceLibrary.object_string.280 and Mfg0BvrLocalResourceLibrary.bl_item_object_type.50.

• Mfg0MEResourceRevision.tcmaSearchLocation.tcmaLocalResourceLibrary.SUMMARYRENDERING—Determines which properties are displayed in the Overview panel when a resource is selected. Set this preference value to Mfg0MEResourceRevisionSummary.

See the Local resource library search preferences section in the Easy Plan — Deployment and Administration documentation for a description of these preferences and how to set them.

Procedure

1. From the Process Simulate menu, choose Server > Resource Search. Easy Plan opens the Resource Search dialog box.

2. Click the Local Resource Library Search tab, and in the Search Local Resource Library field, type text to search for a library and click Search . Alternately, you can expand the library tree and then select the desired library.

3. Select a library from the search results. In the selection pane, Easy Plan populates resources for the selected local resource library.

4. To insert a single resource, perform the following steps.

                    Click the resource you want to select.
                
                
                    Click Insert Resource
                        .
                
                
                    Use the cursor to position the resource in the graphic
                        viewer, or use the Resource tree selection.
   

5. To insert multiple resources, perform the following actions.
   
   
   Click Selection Mode .
   
   Click each resource you want to insert.
   
   Click Insert Resource .
   
   Use the cursor to position the resources in the graphic viewer, or use the Resource tree selection.

6. Click Teamcenter Update to update your changes to Teamcenter. Teamcenter displays a message when the data is successfully updated.