Group hardware resources in an application or area

Group hardware resources to manage their security settings through the application or area. Devices in a resource grouping inherit security permissions from their associated application or area.
More information about resource grouping, refer to:
Prerequisites
Grouping hardware resources together requires these permissions for the application or area:
  • Common > Read
  • Common > List Children
  • Common > Configure Security
To group hardware resources in an application or area
  1. In
    FactoryTalk Administration Console
    Explorer
    , right-click any application or area and then select
    Resource Editor.
  2. In
    Resources Editor
    , select
    Manage Resources
    .
    Select Resources
     opens
  3. (optional) To create a new logical name that can be added to a resource grouping, select
    Add New Logical Name
    .
  4. Select the resource, either:
    • Select the logical name of the resource. Expand the
      Logical Names
       tree until the device is visible.
      To filter the list of logical names:
      • Select
        Show only logical names not associated with areas
         to view the logical names for only those devices that are not already associated with an application or area.
      • Select
        Show all logical names
         to view all logical names even if they are already associated with an application or area.
    • Select the resource using its network relative path, expand the
      Networks and Devices
       tree until the device is visible.
  5. After selecting the resource in the tree, use the
    >
     to move it into the
    Selected resources
     list.
  6. When finished, select
    OK
    .
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