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alias: user-guide-manage-resource-instruments
description: "This documentation explains how to link instruments to resources for processing"
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# Manage Resource Instruments

:lock: Resource.**ManageInstruments**

## Overview

This operation is used to associate **Resources** of Processing Type *Instrument* to a specific **Resource** of Processing Type *Process* or *Line*.

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

* The **Resource** where the Instrument is to be associated exists, is Active, Non-Template, and is of Processing Type Process Or Line.
* All Instruments to be associated with the **Resource** are Active, Non-Template, and in the same **Facility** as the **Resource**.
* An Instrument which is marked as InstrumentExclusiveUsage must not already be associated with another **Resource**.

## Sequence of Steps

1. Select an appropriate **Resource**, navigate to the *Instruments* section and press the **Manage** button.
2. Add as many instruments as desired (press :material-plus: in the top right of the grid to add, and :material-trash-can: to remove, ordering the items with the :material-arrow-up: and :material-arrow-down: buttons) - specifying one item minimum - providing for each item the following information:

      * A specific instrument **Resource** to be measured.
      * The Measurement mode, if available.

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        Details on the **Resource** will be displayed for each individual item.

3. Select **Update** to complete the operation.  

![Screenshot showing a sequence of steps for managing resource instruments, with an update option selected.](images/manage_resource_instruments.png)

### Apply One Instrument to All Applicable Parameters

If an Instrument is used to measure multiple Parameters, you can choose the Apply to All option, as shown in the wizard below.

![Apply Instrument to All](../../../tutorials/images/apply_instrument_to_all_parameters.png)