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alias: user-guide-begin-pre-setup
description: "This documentation outlines the process for initiating pre-setup on a resource for a material"
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# Begin Pre Setup

:lock: Resource.**BeginPreSetup**

## Overview

This operation is used to mark the **Resource** as being in pre setup, indicating that the user is beginning setup on a given **Resource** for a **Material** at a **Step** that is different from the current one.

## Setup

No special setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The **Resource** is of processing type Process or Line.
* The **Resource** property In Setup must be `false`.
* The **Resource** Setup Mode is different from Not Required.
* A **Material** future **Step** must be provided.
* The Setup Characteristic property of the **Step** must be set.
* A **Material** must be provided.

!!! note
    If the Setup Begin and Complete Mode property of the **Resource** is Auto Begin and Complete, **Begin Setup** can only be called from the [[user-guide-perform-setup]] operation.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1: General Data

1. Select a **Resource** matching the preconditions.
2. In the **Begin** button on the top ribbon, select the **Begin Pre Setup** option to open the wizard:

    ![Screenshot showing the Begin Pre Setup option in the top ribbon.](images/begin_pre_setup_01.png)

3. In the first step of the Begin Pre Setup wizard, select a **Material**, and a future **Step**, and select **Next**:

    ![Screenshot showing the Begin Pre Setup wizard with options for selecting a material and a future step.](images/begin_pre_setup_02.png)

4. In the second step of the Begin Pre Setup wizard, complete the necessary information (same as you would do for [[user-guide-begin-setup]]):

    ![Screenshot showing the Begin Pre Setup wizard interface.](images/begin_pre_setup_03.png)

    !!! info
        If Running Mode and Lane configurations have been set, you must select valid options from the ones available in the drop-down list.

5. The system will suggest a default transition, and if applicable, also a **Reason**, which you will be able to override.
6. Optionally, enter a comment.
7. Select **Begin** to complete the operation.

!!! note
    If the Resource is a Top-Most Resource and its Processing Type is Line, you have the option to also Begin Setup for All Sub-Resources.

    The default is taken from the [[guielementdefaultvalue-gt]] Generic Table with the following information: Context = `Resource.BeginPreSetup`, Element = `BeginSetupForAllSubResources`, and Value = `True` (by default).