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How does MultiTerm fit into GroupShare?

Andrew Jameson

We have GroupShare installed on a server. Also installed on the same server is SDL MultiTerm Administrator. I can also see that we have a database called MTMaster installed, which contains termbase information. So MutliTerm Online is running.

In "SDL MultiTerm Administrator" there is a Termbase Wizard which presents some options for creating new termbases from scratch or using another termbase as the template. I've followed the last option using an existing termbase, and although I can create a 'shallow copy' of the termbase, none of the terms are imported, just the languages, fields, etc.

So is it possible to import a termbase?

Furthermore, in MultiTerm, when I click on "Open Termbase" and ensure that the server is listed, it still doesn't see the new (empty) termbase which now exists on the server. Likewise, if I want to create a new termbase it asks me for a location on the local drive.

How does MultiTerm Online dovetail into MultiTerm?

And I'm still left wondering were termbases fit into GroupShare. The GroupShare web interface makes no mention of termbases.

What am I missing?
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    Andrew

    MultiTerm Administrator is a utility that is used exclusively to manage server-based termbases. You may also install it on a desktop client (best practice, better than on the server itself).

    It allows you to create new termbases, but not to import terms into it. In order to populate your new TM, you need to open MultiTerm Desktop, open the newly created termbase and run an import process.

    If you don't get access to your termbase from MultiTerm Desktop, this is probably because you did not assign any rights to your user. This is also done in MultiTerm Administrator on a per termbase basis. This means that for each termbase you have to define which user is allowed to access the termbase and whether he has only read access or also write access (Expert user node). In order to be able to assign a user to a termbase in Multiterm Administrator, this user must have been assigned the right "MultiTerm Guest" in the web management console of the GroupShare Server (under "User Management").

    I agree that this is all a bit complicated and tricky, mainly due to the fact that we don't (yet) have a unified user management for TMs and termbases. 

    You should also be able to find more details about this in the Online Help.

    Walter

    P.S.: I see that you also mentioned "MultiTerm Online", but this is a completely different piece of software (an Apache web server that interfaces with the MultiTerm server part of GS) and I don't think you have this installed at all.