common resource Sharing is a feature that lets Common resources be shared between accounts. Each super organization can consist of multiple sub-organizations and with the help of this feature, a common resource created in a super organization can be shared with all the sub-organizations in it. And each organization administrator can consist of multiple account administrators, which also means that an organization administrator can share a Common resources with all/any account administrators in his organization.

To share a common resource, click on the Share common resource button at the top of your page.

Once a common resource is shared, an icon indicates that you're currently looking at a shared common resource. It also shows who the common resource is owned by.

This section discusses the various scenarios a user might face when they use this feature.

Scenario 1: common resource of the same name does not exist in the sub-organization

When the sub-organization that you would like to share the common resource with, does not contain a common resource of the same name as its name in the super organization, on clicking the Share common resource button:

• The common resource gets shared with the sub-organization and appears in the sub-organization.
• The common resource now shows the common resource Sharing icon as shown in the image above. 
• When the transformations are shared, only the organization level fields are shared while the account level and instance level fields remain unshared.

Scenario 2: common resource of the same name already exists in the sub-organization

When the sub-organization that you would like to share the common resource with, already contains a common resource of the same name as its name in the super organization, on clicking the Share common resource button:

• If the common resource has the same name but the instance used for the mapping is different from the one being used in the super-organization, the common resource gets shared with the sub-organization and appears in the sub-organization.
• If the common resource has the same name and the same instance as the one in the super-organization is used for the mapping, but the resources that the two instances are mapped to are different, system throws an error as shown below:
  If you click Continue, you see a message that says that the common resource could not be shared
• The common resource now shows the common resource Sharing icon as shown in the image above. 
• When the transformations are shared, only the organization level fields are shared while the account level and instance level fields remain unshared.
• Although a common resource of the same name already existed in the sub-organization, there are no changes in the already existing transformations other than the fact that the owner of the common resource is now going to be the administrator of the super-organization instead of the account user.