Importing terms in XTM
Caution
Images illustrating a concept cannot be imported!
Prepare a file in one of the following file formats:
XLS
XLSX
TBX
MTF
XTM term statuses to include in the import fileVALID
REJECTED
FORBIDDEN
NOT_APPROVED
Caution
Columns with terminology translations require UTF-8 language code headers.
Check that the source file contains:
a list of terms in a source language.
term equivalents in one or multiple target languages.
Note
Other term fields are optional.
Go to the Terminology > Import tab and follow the on-screen instructions.
During term import you can:set the status for all imported terms
import the statuses if terms in the import file include statuses
specify the status that will be set to terms without a valid status in the import file
tag terminology lists during the import to improve terminology categorization
Caution
You can add duplicate terms to existing concepts in a termbase rather than creating new concepts from them by clicking the “Add to existing concepts” checkbox and selecting the language to analyze for duplicates.
Make sure that the concepts are the same!
Adding translation to existing concepts
All terms in XTM are linked to a concept and so when you add a translation for a term it is stored in the termbase and linked to the concept.
When importing terms, if you do not select Add to existing terms, a new concept will be created for each row of terms irrespective of whether one or more of the terms already exist in the termbase.
Go to the Terminology tab. Enter the required search criteria and select Search.
Select Add to existing concepts
A new dropdown field is displayed with a list of languages.