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Use

The Find Proposals tab in transaction SLPP enables you to search for and display proposals that already exist in the proposal pool for a particular source text, so that you can make sure your translations of field names and menu options (for example) are correct when you are translating long texts. Transaction SLPP enables you to maintain the proposal pool in the same way as when you access it from the short text editor. For example, you can change proposals in order to correct terminology in a translation project.

You can search for proposal pool entries in accordance with the following criteria:

Exact Text Searches

  • Source text

  • Target text

  • Source text and target text

Generic Text Searches

  • Source text, for example:

    • Buchung*

    • *uchung

    • *uchung*

    • Buchung+kreis

    • L+

    • L++

Caution

Generic searches are very resource-intensive and cancel automatically if they take longer than 180 seconds to find entries that satisfy the search criteria. To increase or decrease the maximum duration of your generic searches, in transaction SLPP choose Start of the navigation path Proposal Pool Next navigation step Settings Next navigation step Maximum Duration of Search End of the navigation path and change the Temporary Setting. The default value in the Temporary Settings box is copied from the Global Settings group box. When you exit transaction SLPP, the temporary setting is reset to the global value.

Prerequisites

On the Find Proposals tab in transaction SLPP, check that the default source and target languages are correct for the proposals you want to display or edit. These values are taken from your translation settings. For more information on these settings, refer to Transaction SE63 and read the section "Defining Your Translator Settings".

Procedure

Exact Search for a Proposal Pool Entry Using the Source Text

To access proposals for a specific source text using an exact search, proceed as follows:

  1. Enter the source text in the Text field in the Source group box.

  2. Choose Execute Search.

  3. If an entry exists in the system for the source text, the Edit Proposals screen appears.

    To edit one of the proposals, proceed as follows:

    1. Select the proposal that you want to edit.

    2. Choose Use Selected Proposal as Target Text.

      The selected proposal is now displayed at the top of the proposal pool tree, immediately below the source text.

    If you want to create a different proposal for this source text that does not exist yet in the proposal pool, proceed as follows:

    1. To return to the initial screen of transaction SLPP, choose Back.

    2. Enter the proposal in the text field in the Target group box, and choose Execute Search.

      The Edit Proposals screen appears. The selected proposal is highlighted at the top of the proposal pool.

      You can now create the proposal in the proposal pool. For more information, see Creating Proposals in the Proposal Pool.

      Note

      If you want to search for a proposal pool entry for a specific source text that contains an asterisk or plus sign, proceed as follows:

      1. Enter the exact search string.

      2. Click the Generic Search icon to change it to the Exact Search icon (or press Ctrl+F6).

      3. Choose Execute Search.

Exact Search for a Proposal Pool Entry Using the Target Text

To access source texts for a specific proposal using an exact search, proceed as follows:

  1. Enter the proposal in the Text field in the Target group box.

  2. Choose Execute Search.

  3. A dialog box appears listing all of the source texts for which the proposal has been created. Double-click the source text whose proposal pool entry you want to display.

  4. The initial screen of transaction SLPP appears. The selected source text is displayed in the text field in the Source group box next to the Exact Search icon.

  5. Choose Execute Search.

    The Edit Proposals screen appears. The selected proposal is highlighted at the top of the proposal pool.

Generic Search for a Proposal Pool Entry Using the Source Text

To access proposals for a specific source text using a generic search, proceed as follows:

  1. Enter the source text in the Text field in the Source group box. You have the following two options for a generic search:

    • Insert an asterisk (*) in the search string.

      This asterisk is then replaced during the search by any number of characters.

    • Insert a plus sign (+) in the search string.

      The plus sign can only be replaced by a single character during the search.

  2. Choose Execute Search.

    The results of your generic search are listed directly beneath the search string.

  3. Double-click the source text whose proposal pool entry you want to display.

    The Edit Proposals screen appears. You can now see the source text and all of its proposals in the specified target language.

  4. To return to the Find Proposals tab on the initial screen of transaction SLPP, choose Back.

    The Proposal Pool screen appears.

  5. If you want to display the proposals for another source text in the hit list, double-click the source text.

    If you want to delete the hit list and start a new search, choose Back.

Result

The system displays the proposal pool entry that satisfies your selection criteria. You can edit or delete the displayed proposal, or create new proposals.

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