Object Lists (SAP Library - Setting Up and Coordinating Translation (BC-DOC-TTL))

Object Lists

Use

The Object lists tab in transaction SLWB enables you to create and manage object lists in the Translation Planner.

An object list should contain all objects relevant for translation, and you can create object lists according to a variety of criteria.

Integration

The evaluations use the language-dependent object lists as the basis for creating the language-dependent translation worklists.

You need to create a fresh object list every time new objects or corrections are imported into the system. You can then run a new evaluation to analyze the objects in this object list and thus update the worklists.

Prerequisites

You need to successfully execute an initial run before you create an object list. For more information, see Scheduling an Initial Run.

Features

The object list creation program scans the system for translation-relevant entries, in accordance with the criteria you specify (which packages, object types, transport requests should be scanned). This determines the objects and texts that appear in the worklists.

An object can only appear in one object list. For example, if a specific object matches the criteria of two object lists in the system, the last object list to be created will contain the object.

On the left side of the Object lists tab, the system contains a table of all object lists available in the system, along with the following information on each object list:

Run number of the object list (this is assigned by the system when you create an object list)
Number of objects contained in the object list
Description of the object list
Date and time of the object list run

Activities

For information on how to create an object list, see Creating Object Lists.

The following functions are also available in the Object lists tab, to help you manage your object lists:

Display details of objects in existing object lists

Select an object list from the table on the left of the screen, and choose Detail view. In the table on the right of the screen, the system displays the number of objects per original language and object type.

Delete entire object lists

Select an object list from the table on the left of the screen and choose Delete. The system deletes the object list.

Merge multiple existing object lists

You can create one object list by merging several separate object lists. For example, you have created one object list according to a set of packages, and a second object list according to transport requests.

To do this, select two or more object lists and choose Merge. Enter a Description text for the new object list in the dialog box that appears, and choose Continue. You can now schedule this as a background job.

The system deletes the objects from the selected object lists and inserts them into the new object list. Once the job has finished, the selected object lists will contain 0 objects, while the new object list contains all the objects from the selected lists.

Select objects to create a new object list

You can use this function to create a new object list by selecting objects from existing object lists.

Select an existing object list and choose Select. Make the following entries in the Select Object List dialog box that now appears:

Description text: Enter a description for the new object list for reference purposes.

Object list: Choose F4 on this field to select an existing object list. You can now select the object types and packages from the object list you have selected. The objects that match the packages and object types you select will now be included in the new object list.

No object types: Choose this button to select the object types that you want to include in the new object list. You can select individual types or entire object groups by double-clicking the object type or object group in the next screen, and saving your entries. When you return to the dialog box, the button Object types will display the number of object types you have selected.

No packages: Choose this button to select the packages that you want to include in the new object list. The system displays the Package Selection screen. You can now proceed as described in Selecting Packages, and save your entries. When you return to the dialog box, the button Packages will display the number of packages you have selected.

Choose Continue. The system removes the objects that match your criteria from the existing object list and inserts them into the new object list. This procedure will not, however, insert any other objects that were not available in the existing object list.

Display a job overview

You can display the status of Translation Planner jobs by choosing Job overview. You can display the logs for these jobs and also schedule jobs that have status Released from this overview.