Copying the Proposal Pool 

Use

You can use the Copy function in Proposal Pool Administration to copy proposals from one node of the proposal pool to another.

You start to translate a new application which is very similar to PP - Production Planning. You therefore want to copy application-specific proposals which exist in the PP node of the proposal pool to the node of the new application in order to provide translators which existing proposals from the area of PP.

You move development classes from the BC - Basis node to the CA - Cross-Application Components node in the application hierarchy, and now want to copy proposals from the BC node in the proposal pool to the CA node in the propopsal pool. You can ensure that any existing proposals in the CA node will not be overwritten, by making the correct settings under Application standards and Exceptions (see below).

Prerequisites

If you see the message Translation is active at present -> locks are required you need to set the parameter in the field next to this message. This parameter defines the locking logic during the copy of the proposal pool.

Yes

This means that import locks are set during the copy, which prevents entries in the proposal pool from being altered if a translator is currently editing them (this applies to both the source and target language).

No

This means that no import locks are set during the import. Here you need to ensure that no translator is working in the proposal pool in either the source or target language involved in the import.

Procedure

  1. Enter transaction /NSTMA in the command field and choose the Source language and Target language of the proposal pool you want to export.
  2. Choose Transfer ® Copy.
  3. In the field next to Translation is active at present -> locks are required, choose whether to implement import locks or not. For more information, see Prerequisites above.
  4. Under Applications, choose the application whose proposals you wish to copy from the Source application field, and choose the application of the node to which you want to copy these proposals from the Target application field.
  5. Under Copy of application-specific entries, define how you want Application standards and Exceptions to be handled:

This parameter influences the way in which the application standards are copied from the source application to the target application.

This means that the application standards from the source application are inserted as application standards in the target application.

This means that the application standards from the source application are not inserted and the target application standards are retained.

This means that the application standards from the source application are inserted as exceptions in the target application.

This parameter influences the way in which the exceptions are copied from the source application to the target application.

This means that the exceptions from the source application node are inserted in the target application node in the proposal pool.

This means that the exceptions from the source application node are not inserted in the target application node in the proposal pool.
  1. Under Copy mode, select Copied entries have priority over existing entries if you want existing proposals in the target application to be overwritten with proposals from the source application.
  1. If you only want to perform the copy run as a text, choose Test mode (no insertions or changes).

    2. The copy is then performed in test mode and the target application node in the proposal pool is not altered. The system outputs a log to show what would have happened if a copy run had taken place with these settings.

  2. Enter a comment for your copy run in the Comment field.
  3. Choose Check to check the consistency of your entries. If the system displays the message No inconsistencies were found, you can schedule the import run.
  4. Choose Schedule.

    5. The system displays the dialog box Start Time, which offers you further selection options.

  5. Choose either Immediate or schedule the job to run at night, by choosing Date/Time.

    6. You can also schedule the run to start after a particular job or an event, by choosing After job or After event.

    At operation mode refers to daytime or nighttime operation.

  6. Save your entries.

    7. The system displays a dialog box in which you can enter a printer name.

  7. Enter a printer name in the Output device field and choose Continue.

    8. The system displays a dialog box in which you can enter a background server on which you want the import to run.

  8. Select a background server and choose Choose.

The system asks you if you want to schedule the job. Choose Yes.

Result

The contents of the source application node in the proposal pool are copied to the target application node in accordance with the settings you made. You can view the status of the copy run by choosing Run administration.