Recreating termbases
If you have backed up your termbase, you can always recreate it, if ever needed.
Procedure
- Go to File > New > Create Termbase.
- Select a location and enter a name for your termbase.
- Select Next and then select Load an existing termbase definition file.
- Select the termbase definition file with the
*.xdtextension which you saved as a backup and open it. The path will be displayed in the Import Wizard. - Select Next and enter a name for your termbase. If required, you can also add a description and copyright notice.
- Carry on until you have completed all the steps in the Import Wizard.
- Open the Termbase Management view and navigate to your termbase.
- Underneath the name of the termbase, select Import.
- Select Default import definition from the list, in the right-hand window.
- Select Home > Process.
- In the Import Wizard, browse to the
*.xmlfile that you already created and import this into your termbase. Select the required import settings and then proceed to the next page.- Select Fast import (import file is fully compliant with MultiTerm XML) if you do not want validation checks to be performed on the entries in the import file.
- Select Perform full reorganization after import if you are experiencing problems with new/changed data. You may be getting unwanted duplicates or the fuzzy search may not be working correctly. Choosing this option rebuilds the languages from scratch directly in the import.
- In the Validation Settings, select Save As and browse to the location of your choice.
- Enter a name for the exclusion file and save. The exclusion file is an
*.mtf.xmlfile that can be imported into a termbase. It contains termbase entries that are excluded from an import because they failed a validation check. You can also choose from the following options:- Allow incomplete entries to import entries even if they do not hold data for all mandatory fields.
- Allow over-complete entries to import entries that have more fields than the termbase entries. The additional data will not be added to the existing termbase.
- Ignore sublanguages to ignore these when importing entries.
If you do not select this option, terms are added to the correct sub-language. However, if the input file contains sub-languages but the termbase does not, these will not be created as part of the import.
All entries are imported to the relevant super-language.
If the import file does not contain sub-languages but the termbase does, all entries are imported to the first sub-language in the termbase.
If both the import file and termbase contain sub-languages, all entries from the import file are imported to the first sub-language in the termbase, whether or not the sub-languages match.
- Proceed to the Import Definition Summary. Once you have completed all steps, the import will start and your termbase will be recreated.