Viewing and Editing Resource Attributes for a Single Resource

This procedure shows how to view or edit resource attributes for a single resource.

1. Display the list of resources that contains the resource whose resource attributes you want to view or edit.

   You can do this by either displaying the resources in an LDAP container (see Viewing the Resources in a Container), or the resources already mapped to a position or group (see Viewing Resources Mapped to a Position or Group).

2. Select the desired resource.
   Select only a BPM resource (a resource that has a icon next to the resource name).
3. In the right pane, click the Resource Attributes header.

   Note that the number shown to the right of the header indicates the number of resource attributes available for the resource.

   The header expands to show you all of the resource attributes that are defined in the organization model, as well as any values that have been assigned to the attributes for the selected resource.
4. To assign values to resource attributes, or to edit existing attribute values, click the Edit link in the Attribute Value column.
5. Assign values to the desired resource attributes.

   The Attribute Value column provides various methods of specifying values: check boxes, date and time pickers, lists from which you can select one or more values, and fields in which you enter a value.

   Note that if the resource attribute has been mapped to an LDAP attribute (see Mapping Resource Attributes), the value of the resource attribute cannot be changed or deleted using this procedure. The value is obtained from an attribute in the LDAP source. You can tell if a resource attribute is mapped to an LDAP attribute by "LDAP Attr" shown in parentheses to the right of the resource attribute name. The value obtained from the LDAP source is shown in the Attribute Value column. For example:

   

   You can also delete an attribute value by clicking the X to the right of the desired attribute. Note that this actually removes the attribute item from the display, but it reappears if you edit the resource's attributes at a later time.

   Note: Both capabilities and resource attributes can be edited in a single session, that is, without saving in-between editing those two items. While you are editing capabilities and resource attributes, you can revert to the previous settings for each of those using the Reset Capabilities or Reset Attributes selections on the Actions menu. These allow you to reset one, but not the other. You can also use the Actions > Reset All selection to reset both capabilities and resource attributes to their previous settings.
6. After you have made the desired changes to the resource's attributes, click Save (or also edit the resource's capabilities, if desired, as described in the note above, then click Save).
7. Click the Resource Attributes header again to collapse the list of resource attributes.