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alias: user-guide-upload-recipe-resource
description: "This page explains how to upload recipes to resources"
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# Upload Recipe to Resource

:lock: Recipe.**UploadToResources**

## Overview

This operation is used to upload a **Recipe** to one or more **Resources**.

## Setup

No specific setup is required other than to meet the precondition of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The **Recipe** exists in the system, is Active, and non-Template.
* The **Resource** entity type must have the Connect IoT Enabled property set to `true`.
* The **Resource** must have the following properties set to `true`:

    * Recipe Management Enabled
    * Track Resource Recipes

* The **Resource** has the following configuration:

    * Automation Mode set to Online
    * Recipe Upload property set to `true`

* The **Recipe** must have a Source and a Body.
* The **Resource** must have at least one **Recipe** associated with it.
* The **Resource** must have an **Automation Controller Instance** with a workflow configured.

## Sequence of Steps

This operation can be performed from either the **Recipe** or from the **Resource** page.

### Recipe Page

1. Navigate to the **Recipe** page.
2. In the **Resource** section, select the **Recipes** you want to upload.
3. Select **Upload**.
4. The selected **Recipes** are uploaded to the associated **Resource**. After the upload is completed, the system updates the Last Upload Date in the **Resource** section.

![Screenshot showing how to upload a recipe to a resource from the recipe page](images/upload_recipe_from_recipe_page.png)

### Resource Page

1. Navigate to the **Resource** page.
2. In the **Recipes** section, select the **Recipes** you want to upload.
3. Select **Upload**.
4. The selected **Recipes** are uploaded to the associated **Resource**. After the upload is completed, the system updates the Last Upload Date and Last Upload Version in the **Recipes** section.

![Screenshot showing how to upload a recipe to a resource from the resource page](images/upload_recipe_from_resource_page.png)