Hi Pascal Zotto ,

If I understand correcly, you want to use the TUs based on the date/time fields and for this you're using custom fields? My question to you is: why aren't you relying on the system fileds which is automatic so it shows the local date/time as they are set on your machine?

Just trying the understand the reason so that we can try to help further

Regards,

because those don't show up in the TM-hit view in Trados. The custom fields show up directly next to the TM hit view (right side of the translation unit).

Pascal Zotto 

Studio shows all attribute fields in the 'Translation Results' window, including the system fields. If you don't see them, you probably limited the number of visible fields.

I suggest you change this here:

Nope, that does not change anything and I don't want to see 10 or 15 fields but only specific ones, space is scarce in Trados, even if you use 3 screens. Furthermore it's not about seeing them but about updating them correctly. I want this view when translating and when adding a new TU I want the date to be the exact time when it was added, not the time (datepicker) you can set in the TM fields under TMs and machine translation > update and which remains the same until you change it again.

Pascal Zotto said:

when adding a new TU I want the date to be the exact time

This is exactly what Studio does with the system field 'Last modified on' or 'Created on' (if the TU is created for the first time). And you can filter on these field values.

but I can't make that field visible as already explained above.

Pascal Zotto 

I understand that you want to ensure the most relevant result is shown at top.
And that its likely to be the most recent / last modified.

As Walter Blaser mentioned, system fields capture this information already.
I understand your concern being managing the view of this, and as my screen print shows the date/time stamp seeing at the bottom will always show the most recent



But I also accept some customisation around this would benefit you - something we can try explore.

In the meantime, if you are getting too many results to begin with then your options would include creating filter penalties or hard filters based on the system fields which would be the most reliable/consistent.

Lyds  

Pascal Zotto 

I understand that you want to ensure the most relevant result is shown at top.
And that its likely to be the most recent / last modified.

As Walter Blaser mentioned, system fields capture this information already.
I understand your concern being managing the view of this, and as my screen print shows the date/time stamp seeing at the bottom will always show the most recent



But I also accept some customisation around this would benefit you - something we can try explore.

In the meantime, if you are getting too many results to begin with then your options would include creating filter penalties or hard filters based on the system fields which would be the most reliable/consistent.

Lyds  

Sorry, but NO. This is definitely NOT what I asked for…

I don't want to apply penalties and I don't want to have to move the mouse over a field to view the date and everything. Furthermore the date/timestamp from your screenshot does not change if I select another TM hit in the list. It remains the same for all hits.

I want the correct entry date shown in the right most field in the very same line as the TM hit. (thus one per line) as shown in my screenshot. For this we most probably need a change in the date update field. Instead of selecting the Date we want to enter, just give the option "now()" or similar which will then simply add the date the TM entry is created.

Else please offer a way to make the date from the TM entry itself show up in the same line as each TM hit in the list.

Br,

Pascal

Yes I hear you Pascal Zotto 

All the points you raised above are correct including describing what information is currently being shown and that it would be nice to offer users the choice.
As it's not currently a supported feature all I could think of to help, was to create a 0 penalty filter so that the information is at least seen within the hits view.
As this is setup at general level it would apply to all TM's you may have listed as a resource but nevertheless it is additional configurations you would need to be mindful of .

Hopefully we can take your suggesting of giving user choice of which meta data should be displayed at the bottom right can be fulfilled in the near future.

Lyds 

Hi Lydia Simplicio ,

yes but instead at the bottom right (which is only for the selected item I guess) it would be better if it would be directly in the same line for each TM entry.