Trados Business Manager – End of Life Announcement

Trados Business Manager (TBM) has reached end of life. Following the discontinuation of TBM sales on 31 October 2023, all maintenance and support services will conclude on 31 October 2024.
What Does This Mean for TBM Users?

  • End of Services: RWS will no longer provide any services related to the installation or updating of TBM.
  • Existing Installations: TBM will remain functional where already installed, but the RWS support team will not offer assistance in troubleshooting issues, addressing reported problems, or providing further development for TBM.
  • Documentation: The TBM documentation has been removed from docs.rws.com.
  • Community Support: The community forum for TBM will remain accessible in a read-only format for users to reference if needed.

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TellMe

Business Manager Lite provides helper functions through Studio's TellMe (Alt-Q) feature. The following commands are available in the plugin:

Command name Keywords Description
Open Wiki wiki, help Opens Business Manager help page in a system's default browser
Open Community page wiki, help Opens Business Manager community page in a system's default browser
Open list of quotes quote Opens list of quotes
Open list of invoices invoice Opens list of invoices
Open database location database Opens Windows Explorer in a folder where Business Manager database file is stored
Open log file log, log file Opens a log file for viewing
Search a quote by number quote, number, search, find Opens a dialog to enter quote number and then opens quote editing window, if a quote is found
Search an invoice by number invoice, number, search, find Opens a dialog to enter invoice number and then opens invoice editing window, if an invoice is found
Search a project by name project, name, search, find Opens a dialog to enter project name and then opens project editing window, if a project with a name containing search string is found

Common keywords for all commands: tbm, baccs, business manager, trados business manager, sdl trados business manager