Report setup

Reports can be created, edited or deleted in the Report setup dialog.

Each report comprises a combination of sub-reports, each of which has its own settings. The available sub-reports are shown in the field on the left. You can simply select the check boxes for the sub-reports you want to include in the current report. When you select a sub-report, the corresponding settings are shown under Sub-report settings

The original report setup in SDL Passolo generates reports that each contain just one sub-report.

Creating a new report

  1. Click on New... and enter a name for the new report.
  2. Select the sub-reports that you want to include in the report, and specify the settings for each sub-report.
  3. Click on Save or OK.

Changing a report

  1. Select the report in the selection box at the top.
  2. Select the sub-reports that you want to include in the report, and specify the settings for each sub-report.
  3. Click on Save or OK. Or click on Save as to give the report a new name - the original report will remain unchanged.

Deleting a report

  1. Select the report in the selection box at the top.
  2. Click on Delete and then click Yes in the confirmation message.

General settings

Select the desired output format:

  • HTML The report consists of an HTML file that is suitable for display or printing. Some reports (e.g. statistics) use color formatting to display data. If you do not want to use color formatting, activate the Use black text only option.
  • XML The report consists of an XML file that contains all of the report data. These files can be edited with other programs. If you have an XSL stylesheet that you want to use with your XML output, you can specify this so that it is referenced in the XML file. This can be either a complete path to a .XSL file or the name of a file in the system folder for stylesheets (see System folders) For more information on XML and XSL, please consult relevant technical literature.

Sub-report "Project overview"

This sub-report creates a table containing data on all the string lists. Each row contains the source files and the corresponding target files for a string list. Each cell contains data from a source string list or a translation list. You can use the Sub-report settings to specify which data is shown

If your project contains numerous target languages, you can specify that a new table will be created after a certain number of languages.

The project overview is not affected by the source files and languages selected in the Reports dialog. It always contains the data for the complete project.

Sub-report "Resource Count"

This sub-report shows a count of the resources contained in the string files. The data is listed in table format. In addition to the total number of resources, the report also indicates the number of resources with untranslated and the number with unvalidated strings.

Sub-report "Statistics"

This sub-report generates a table, as with the Statistics function.

This sub-report carries out a translation check (see Check functions). If you select the Compact option, only the number of errors found is shown. To obtain a list of all errors that were found, uncheck this box. When you generate a report using "Sum of all sources" or "Sum of all languages", the report is always output in compact mode.

Sub-report "String list"

This sub-report outputs all of the strings in a string list. If you select HTML output, the string list is output in a table, as in the string list window. If the string list window is visible, you can choose whether you want to output to default columns or to columns like those currently displayed in the string list window. (See Configuration of Columns in the String List. You can also use the same sort order and filter as shown in the display. If the string list is currently not displayed, unsorted default columns are always output.

In the case of XML output, the file is output in the LPX format. This is an XML format that describes Passolo string lists. A corresponding document type definition (DTD) is available in the lpx10.dtd file, which is located in the Passolo installation folder. When a report is saved, this file is also copied.