Idea Delivered Partially

The WIP report batch task can be used for this.

Option to exclude locked segments from analyses and completion statuses

As discussed for example on https://community.sdl.com/product-groups/translationproductivity/f/90/p/7212/56926#56926, it is not very helpful that Studio includes locked segments in analyses and completion status. It makes it very difficult to follow progress. 

We cannot touch or even confirm locked segments, so if a project contains for example 75% locked segments, I end up with Studio showing 25% completed when in reality 100% is completed.

Such figures are useless for practical purposes. I need to be able to track that I complete 100% of what I am supposed to do. MemoQ does it. Memsource does it. Why can't Studio, which is more expensive?

Thomas T. Frost

  • Just a note regarding the term "locked segments" - this should IMO include also segments containing only locked content, but not being locked as such (on the segment level). Such segments are also 'not to be translated', i.e. should be excluded from completion status (they ARE already excluded from analyses).

    Generally, locked segments and segments not locked, but containing only locked content, should be IMO treated equally thorough the product.

  • I don't know what the WIP report is or how to run it. I'm new to Studio. It shouldn't be necessary to run a report to see progress, though. It ought to be possible to define that the bottom-right figures and the progress shown on the Files tab should ignore the locked segments. This is how other CAT tools work. I don't see the use of including the locked segments in this.

    About the title, you probably know better than I do how to name the different parts of Studio.

  • I think a good idea would be to change the title so it's clear what part of Studio you want this feature to be applied to.

  • If you run the WIP report instead of looking at the ready reckoner on the bottom right hand side of your screen does this provide you with a better overview?  You can see the locked segment count separately or you can simply exclude them altogether.