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Filtering segments

Filtering segments is particularly useful, for example, in making sure that there are no untranslated segments left in a file when you submit it for review.

About this task

This message will display how many segments are filtered of the total number of the file segments

Procedure

  1. Open the appropriate file in SDL Online Editor.
  2. On the right side of the screen, select Filters The Show Filters button in SDL Online Editor..
  3. In the Filters panel, select the Enable Filters check box.
  4. Do one or more of the following:
    • To filter segments according to their status, origin, or origin before adaptation, expand the Segment Attributes node and select the appropriate attributes in the Status, Origin, and Origin Before Adaptation lists. The distinction between Origin and Origin Before Adaptation is helpful because when changing the segment status, a new translation origin is created.
    • To filter segments according to the changes suggested during the review phase, expand the Review node and select the appropriate check boxes or provide the relevant information:
      • Segments with track changes
      • Segments with verification messages
      • Segments with comments
      • Segments with TQA (quality assessments)
      • Revisions mismatch - This filter displays segments that contain revision mismatches between source and target. More specifically, the filter makes a comparison between the deleted and inserted characters in a segment's source and target. In order for these segments to be displayed in the list, there have to be differences like: the source has two inserted characters and the target one inserted character, or the source contains a revision and the target does not.
      • Revisions from - Specify a start date and an end date.
      • Revisions added by - From the list, select the user who performed the revisions.
    • To filter locked or unlocked segments, expand the Segment Locking node and select the appropriate check box.
    The filters are applied as soon as you select them and the number of segments that match the filtering attributes is displayed at the top of the Filters pane, in a form such as Filtered 16 of 184 segments. If the a file you are working on contains segments with comments, only the comments of the segments that match the filtering attributes are displayed in the Comments pane. Similarly, if the a file you are working on contains segments with revisions, only the revisions of the segments that match the filtering attributes are displayed in the Revisions pane.

Results

When you filter segments, a small dot is displayed next to the Filters button: The Show Filters button with a green dot next to it.. This is helpful especially if you collapse the Filters panel, because it helps you remember that you are working with a filtered list of segments, not with all the segments in the text.