Configure Resources for your Program

The Resource tab enables you to add resource management capabilities to your program. It is possible to define different types of resources and set the maximum number of resources that the program can have. Once resources are configured, users can control the resource demand in their projects based on the program's resource limit. 

This feature is disabled by default. When you enable resources, the following functionalities will be made available to the users:

• Resource Capacities widget on the program's Properties dashboard - This feature allows you to define the maximum number of different types of resources the program can accommodate.
  By default, Amplify provides four inbuilt resource types. When you enable the resource setting, all of these resources become available.
• Resource Demand menu in the projects - The demand for each type of resource can be recorded in the Resource Demand pages within each project.

This article discusses:

• Creating Resource Types
• Enabling Resources
• Adding Shareable Resources into Your Program
• Modifying Resource Settings
• Removing Resource Types

Create Resource Types

As the program administrator, you are able to define different types of resources.

To create a resource type:

1. Access the Program.
2. From the side navigation menu, select Configuration. 
3. Click on the Program Items menu item and then Resources.
   When you access this page the first time, this page will not show any resource listing.
4. Click on the New Resource Type button to create a new resource type.
   
5. Name the type.
6. Select a colour that will be used to represent it in Amplify.
7. Click on the Save button.
   The resource will now be listed under the Resources section.
   
   If it is the first resource you have created, you will need to configure the Enable Resources setting to make available in the program and the projects within. 
   The Properties and Advanced tabs will be enabled after the settings on the General Configuration tab are saved. You may use these tabs to configure additional settings.

Enable Resources

The Enable Resources setting will make the Resource Capacity and Resource Demand functionalities available to the users. 

To enable resources:

1. Access the Program.
2. From the program menu, select Configuration. 
   The Configuration menu opens.
3. Click on the Program Items menu item and then Resources.
4. Click on the Enable Resources toggle button to switch it on.
   This button will be disabled if you do not have resources defined.

Add Shareable Resources into Your Program

Shareable resource types are the resource types that the Amplify administrator has defined via global settings. These resource types can be shared between all programs within the system. As the program administrator, you can add a global resource type into your program to make them available for the projects within.

To add a global resource type into your program:

1. Access the Program.
2. From the program menu, select Configuration. 
   The Configuration menu opens.
3. Click on the Program Items menu item and then Resources.
4. Use the Add global resource search box to select a resource.
5. Click on the Add button.
6. The resource will now be listed under the Resources section.

Modify Resource Settings

Once you create a resource type, it will be listed in the Resources section. You can use the Edit "pen" icon here to modify the existing configurations.

Modifying allows you to:

• edit the name of the resource type
• choose a different colour to represent it
• add or modify custom data fields
• remove a resource type

To modify the settings of a resource type:

1. Access the Program.
2. From the program menu, select Configuration. 
   The Configuration menu opens.
3. Click on the Program Items menu item and then Resources.
   You will see the list of existing classifications under the Resources section.
4. Locate the item that you wish to modify.
5. Click on the Edit "pen" icon.
6. You can modify the name and colour. 
7. Use the Properties tab to create custom fields that will appear on the goal data capture forms. You can also add shareable global fields into the goal classification so as to make it available to the end-users. Follow the processes outlined here.
8. Use the Advanced tab to remove the resource. The process is similar to deleting goal classifications outlined here.