Hi Murray,

ResourceObject + ResourceData will cache the data locally.

ro = ResourceObject["Sample Data for Query Book"]
rd = ResourceData["Sample Data for Query Book"]

Quit[]

(* Use the locally cached data *)
rd = ResourceData["Sample Data for Query Book"]

(* Location of cached data *)
ro["ResourceLocations"]

Hi Murray, One way to do this is to assign the ResourceObject to a symbol, and then export the symbol to a .mx file in a directory of your choice. The value of the ResourceObject can then be reloaded as needed. For example:

SetDirectory[NotebookDirectory[]];

sampleDataForQueryBook = ResourceObject["Sample Data for Query Book"];

DumpSave["Query data.mx", sampleDataForQueryBook];

Clear@sampleDataForQueryBook

sampleDataForQueryBook

(* sampleDataForQueryBook *)

<< "Query data.mx"

sampleDataForQueryBook

(*ResourceObject[Name: Sample Data for Query Book » 
Type: DataResource  \[SpanFromLeft]
Description: Data to support the Wolfram Media book Query: Getting \
Information from Data with...   \[SpanFromLeft]

]*)