Resources

This section is available for users with the following roles: Administrator, Viewer, Project Administrator, Developer, API, VCS Service User, and Kapplets Service User.

The Resources section shows the resources uploaded to the Management Console repository. These resources can be used as input for scheduled robots that have an input variable with binary attributes. See Using Local Files in Robots for information on how to add and load such a variable to the robot.

At the top of the Resources section, in the Projects drop-down list, you can select the project with resources to display. You can change the way the information for each resource is presented as follows:

  • Filter the list of resources in the table by applying filters in the Filter text field. See Filtering for more information.
  • Select the table columns to display for a resource using the menu icon on the right.
  • Refresh the displayed information by clicking the refresh icon on the right.
  • Reset the custom column settings by clicking the reset icon on the right.
  • Select the number of items to display per page and navigate among pages by using the navigation menu in the bottom right corner.

By default, the following information is displayed for each resource.

Column

Description

Name

Name of the resource.

Project name

Name of the project the resource belongs to (useful when viewing all projects).

Folder

Name of the folder specified to store resources. By default, the files are stored in the Root folder. You can create a new folder to store the files, and the folder name must be unique. The folder name is displayed in the column if the selected folder is other than Root. When deleting a resource, you can delete an empty folder.

Size

Size of the resource in bytes.

Last modified

Timestamp for the last change of the resource.

Modified by

User name of the user who last modified the resource.

Revision number

Number of the resource revision.

Commit message

Summary describing the commit.

Created by

User name of the user who first uploaded the resource.

Imported by

User name of the user who imported the resource that is part of an imported project or a restored backup.

Imported at

Date of the importing of the resource that is part of an imported project or a restored backup.

Upload Resource

  1. To add a resource, click the plus sign in the upper left corner.

    The "Upload resource" dialog box appears.

  2. Click the paper clip sign to select a resource file to upload, select the file on your computer, and then click Open.

    • If you are uploading a resource with the same name as an existing one, select Override if exists to replace the existing resource.

    • Select the folder to upload the resource. By default, all files are stored in the Root folder.

    • In the Commit message field, you may add a description for the commit.

  3. Click Submit.

    The resource appears in the table.

Additionally, you can perform the following actions on resources from the context menu:

  • Download: Download a copy of the resource to your computer.

To remove a resource, select it in the table and click the bin icon in the upper left corner. You are prompted to confirm the deletion.