FTS Server Information
The File Type Support (FTS) Server supports SDL Trados Studio 2019 (and earlier) file types, aligning the WorldServer translation process with the Studio supply chain that includes clients, language service providers, and customers.
The FTS filter engine handles segmentation and target generation requests from automatic actions that use an asynchronous interface. The FTS filter engine also handles these requests from ad-hoc requests.
- The page monitors jobs assigned to the filter engine, outside the workflow engine. The engine handles extraction and filtering for FTS assets only. Other filter categories do not use the queue.
By default, only the Administrator user type has access to this new page. To enable access for another user type, go to , and edit the desired user type to enable the Filter Engine Queue selection for the Assignments tab.
- The page shows a Pending step status when segment assets are being processed by the filter engine. The comments column indicates what activities the filter engine is performing on the asset.
- The Projects tree view page and the Task List page show the same Pending step status, with comments, for FTS assets.
FTS processed content can be handled online with the WorldServer Browser Workbench and offline with SDL Trados Studio 2019.
Workflows and FTS Assets
To improve performance when the FTS Server is being used by WorldServer, the WorldServer workflow engine executes specified actions asynchronously. An asynchronous action is executed to a certain point and then handed off to the FTS Server for completion. If the server is not immediately available, the action is put on hold.
The workflow engine proceeds with its work queue as usual and frequently checks the asynchronous task for completion. Asynchronous tasks on hold are checked in the order that they were submitted for external processing. After the FTS Server accepts and completes the task, the workflow engine resumes processing it until completion.
SDL File Type Support
- Adobe FrameMaker
- Adobe InCopy CS4-CC ICML
- Adobe InDesign CS2-CS4 INX
- Adobe InDesign CS4-CC IDML
- Any XML
- Custom XML
- HTML 4, HTML 5 (SDL File Type)
- Microsoft .NET Resources XML
- Microsoft Excel 2000-2003
- Microsoft Excel 2007-2013
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2007-2013
- Microsoft PowerPoint XP-2003
- Microsoft Word 2000-2003
- Microsoft Word 2007-2013
- Microsoft Word 2007-2016
- OASIS DITA XML
- OASIS DocBook 4.5 XML
- QuarkXPress Export
- Rich Text Format (RTF)
- Text
- W3C ITS Compliant XML
- XHTML 1.1
- Bilingual Excel
- Portable Objects
- Subrip
- XML configurations: MadCap and Authorit.
Information on individual file type settings is available through the File Types topic in the Online Help.
FTS Operations Notes
The FTS Server cannot specify segments to be excluded for the WSXZ export format.
Events logging
Sdl.WorldServer.FileTypeSupport.Server.Dal.DatabaseWriterSdl.WorldServer.FileTypeSupport.Server.Dal.DatabaseReaderSdl.WorldServer.FileTypeSupport.Server.Tasks
<logger name="Sdl.WorldServer.FileTypeSupport.Server.Dal.DatabaseWriter">
<level value="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger name="Sdl.WorldServer.FileTypeSupport.Server.Dal.DatabaseReader">
<level value="INFO" />
</logger>
<logger name="Sdl.WorldServer.FileTypeSupport.Server.Tasks">
<level value="DEBUG" />
</logger>
Sdl.WorldServer.FileTypeSupport.Server.Dal.DbCommandExtensions logger to debug mode. This will record all the database queries performed by the FTS Server in a separate log file. Note that the root SDLColoredConsoleAppender and SDLrollingFileAppender must also be in debug mode.
<root>
<level value="DEBUG"/>
<appender-ref ref="SDLColoredConsoleAppender"/>
<!-- <appender-ref ref="SDLEventLogAppender" /> -->
<appender-ref ref="SDLrollingFileAppender"/>
</root>
<logger name="Sdl.WorldServer.FileTypeSupport.Server.Dal.DbCommandExtensions">
<level value="DEBUG"/>
<appender-ref ref="SDLsqlrollingFileAppender"/>
</logger>