Creating a Resource Table

This section describes how to create a resource table and then assign resource files to items in the resource table. You will use Project Resource Management (PRM) to do this.

Related Topics
Project Resource Management
Resource Sets, Tables and Files
Binding a Resource Table to a Project

  1. Open the PRM workbench; click Start > Infrastructure > Project Resource Management.

    The Project Resource Management Editor appears. The left frame displays a list of all the projects with bound resource sets. The right frame displays the resource sets for various applications.



  2. In the Setup Data Tables tab:

    1. Right-click the resource set Piping/Tubing Discipline Resources.

    2. Select Create a new Resource Table and click Finish in the dialog box.

    The Application Resource Table appears. It displays the logical names of all the required resource items. At this stage no resource files have been assigned to these items and therefore in the Resource column all entries are listed as <Unset>.

  3. Select Part Subtype.

  4. In the Resource column, double-click <Unset>.

    The PLM search dialog box opens.

  5. Search for the resource file you want to assign to this item in the resource table (see Related Topics for more information on the contents of resource tables which will help you identify the correct resource file).

    Note: If the PLM search dialog box includes a From File tab, you can import a resource file directly using this facility. Importing the file places the data in PRM and saves the file in the database. The From File tab is not visible when you are working with Catalog or Chapter resource types.

  6. Select the desired resource file and click OK.

    The name of the selected resource file appears in the Resource column and the Resource Preview window displays the data in the file.



  7. Repeat steps 3 to 6 until all the items in the resource table have resources assigned to them.

    Important: Items in the resource table marked or can have multiple sub items. For more information on multiple sub items and how to use them refer to Multiple Sub Items.

  8. When finished, click OK in the Application Resource Table dialog box.

    The dialog box closes.

  9. Click Propagate .

    Your changes are saved to the PLM database.

You have now finished assigning resource files to the resource table for the Piping/Tubing Discipline resource set.

The next step is to bind these resources to a project - see Related Topics.