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Resource Manager functionality allows you to manage local resources (installed with a modeling tool or downloaded separately) and resources available on the webserver/shared repository.

With Resource Manager, you can manage different types of resources, such as Profiles, Plugins, Templates, Language resources, Case studies/examples, Custom diagrams, and others.

The Resource Manager functionality allows you to:

• Install the resources
• Update the resources
• Distribute needed resources internally (including the company's developed resources)
• Check dependency of a resource.
  
  

The Resource/Plugin Manager helps you manage the resources. You can add the resources to your modeling tool from the following locations:

• Local file system
• Network shareWeb server/web server
  
  

Getting started with Resource/Plugin Manager

To open the Resource/Plugin Manager dialog

• From the Help menu, select Resource/Plugin Manager. 

  

The Resource/Plugin manager dialog.

To see the resource details

1. In the Resource/Plugin Manager dialog, select the necessary plugin or other resourceresources.
2. Click Details. The dialog expands with the resource description at the bottom.
   

Adding resources from file

There are three  ways to install resources using Resource/Plugin Manager:

• install individual archived resources (.zip).
• install bundled resources from the resource distribution file (.rdzip) located on a local file system.

• obtain resources using a link from the web server pre-populated with resources and their descriptor file from the extracted resource distribution file (.rdzip). 

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  Visualization of Resource/Plugin Manager workflow.

Adding selected resources from a local file system or network share

You can import individual resources in a .zip format using the Import functionality. Separate plugins can be downloaded from nomagic.com or obtained from the network share. 

To add selected resources

1. Open Resource/Plugin Manager. 
2. Click the Import button at the bottom of the window and then select the resource in the .zip format to add to your modeling tool. 
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3. Click Open. The selected resource is imported. 
   
   

Adding bundled resources from a local file system or network share

You need to specify a location of the resource distribution file on a local file system/network share or point directly to the .rdzip file in the Manage Resource Locations dialog (used for defining locations from which resources are added) to import bundled resources. 

1. Open Resource/Plugin Manager and click the Image Added button.
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2. In the Manage Resource Locations dialog, click Add. The Select Resource Location or Distribution File dialog opens.
3. Specify a resource location on your file system/network share or a resource distribution file (.rdzip) and click Open. The resource location is added.
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4. Click OK to add a resource.

You can manage the list displayed in the Manage Resource Locations dialog

Manage Resource Locations

The Manage Resource Locations dialog is used for defining the locations from which the resources will be added to the Resource/Plugin Manager.

To open the Manage Resource Locations dialog

• In the Resource/Plugin Manager dialog, click the ... button.
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In the Manage Resource Locations dialog, the defined resource locations are displayed. You can manage this list by adding, removing, or reordering the resource locations.

To add the .rdzip file

1. In the open Manage Resource Locations dialog, click Add.
2. Select the .rdzip file located on your file system and click Open. The resource location is added. 
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Distributing resources

You can bundle your resources into one .rdzip file and then distribute that file on a local file system, network share, or web server.

To build the resources file, you need the Development Tools plugin to be installed. The Development Tools plugin can either be installed from the No Magic Server in the Resource/Plugin Manager, or can be found in the no-cost resource distribution file.

Manage Resource Locations

The Manage Resource Locations dialog is used for defining the locations from which the resources will be added to the Resource/Plugin Manager.

To open the Manage Resource Locations dialog

• In the Resource/Plugin Manager dialog, click the ... button.
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In the Manage Resource Locations dialog, you will be able to see the defined resource locations. You can manage this locations list by adding, removing, or reordering the resource locations.

Adding resources from a web server 

You can also obtain the needed resources from a web server if you do not have the .rdzip file but have been provided with an URL.

To add location of resources
specify the server where the resources and their descriptor file are located

1. Open Resource/Plugin Manager and click Image Added.
2. In the In the Manage Resource Locations dialog dialog, click click Add buttonURL. The Select Resource Location or Distribution File dialog The Resource Server URL dialog opens.
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3. In the open Resource Server URL dialog, select one of the following:type or paste the server address.
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4. Click OK.
5. A location from the local file system or a network share, where the resources and their descriptor file are located.
Resource distribution file (.rdzip)

The resources from the Resource Distribution File will be listed in selected location are listed in the Resource/Plugin Manager dialog..

Distributing resources using .rdzip 

Once you have obtained the resource distribution file (.rdzip) from nomagic.com, you can share resources internally, e.g., on a company level. 

To specify the server where the resources and their descriptor file are located

1. In the Manage Resource Locations dialog, click Add URL. The Resource Server URL dialog opens.
2. In the open dialog, type or paste the server address.
3. Click OK.

The resources from the selected location will be listed in the Resource/Plugin Manager.