It is possible to easily create generic resources based on the various resource types defined in the General setup document of the 'Resources' database. For this:

• Go to the 'Setup & Administration' module of the 'Resources' database, 'Setup' tab, 'General' view.

• Edit the 'General' setup document.

• Change the value of 'Create the generic resources from the defined resource types?' to 'Yes'.

• Select the destination databases where to publish the generic resources in the field 'Publish in databases?'

• Save and close the document.

• For each resource type, one generic resource is created and automatically published in all the selected destination databases.

• The name of the generic resource is computed according to the following format: % [ResourceType]_1.

• The external ID of the generic resource is computed by removing all spaces in the resource's name and keeping the six first letters (and adding letters if necessary to ensure the uniqueness of the external ID).