Exporting Resource Balancing Information to an XML File

You can export resource balancing information to an XML file for organizational and working resources. The Export to XML contextual command is available on the first column of the bar chart in the Resource Balancing panel. You can generate an XML file for the resource on which resource balancing is running.

Before you begin: Open your session content that should comprise a resource structure.
See Also
Balancing Operations on Working and Nonworking Resources
  1. Select an organizational resource in the tree.
  2. From the Authoring section of the action bar, click Resource Balancing .
    The Resource Balancing panel appears.
  3. Right-click the first column of the bar chart in the panel, and select Export to XML.

    If a working resource was selected, right-click anywhere in the bar chart in the individual panel.

    A dialog box appears.
  4. Specify the name and location of the XML file, then click Save in the dialog box.
    The resource balancing information is exported to the XML file.

    The XML file contains information such as:

    • Resource Name
    • Parent Resource Name
    • Related Manufacturing Item
    • Applied Filters
    • Total Utilization Time
    • Idle Time
    • Cycle Time
    • List of Operations
    • Operation Time
    • Filters Applied on the Operations

Note: In a multimodel session, you can select either one or all of the root items in the Visible Root Items Selection panel. If all root items are selected, all the information present in the Resource Balancing panel is exported to the XML file.