Technical Information for Short Texts

The short text editor enables you to display technical information for each line in the object that is currently open. Put the mouse pointer on the required line and choose Utilities Technical Information.

The system displays the Technical Information window. You see technical data as well as information on the status of the object in the translation workflow. Any changes you make since the worklist was accessed are recorded, which enables you to make comparisons. This information can be useful if you need to ask your developers questions about a specific object, or if you want to check the current translation status.

Features

The Object group box contains the following technical information:

Object name	The technical name of the object that contains the source text currently being translated.
Description	The description of the object.
Key	The technical key for the line. This key is generated dynamically for many object types, such as all tables. This means it changes every time you call up the object.
Text lengths	Information on the text length of the selected line.
Object type	The shortcut for the object type, such as DTEL for a data element.
Original language	The original language of the object to be translated. Note In translation, the source language is not necessarily the same as the original language. For example, if your development language is German, but Japanese is translated from English, the system displays the following technical information: Original language: deDE Source language: enUS End of the note.
Collection/type	The collection to which the object belongs, and the ID of the technical environment from which the collection originates, such as R for ABAP.
Translation area	The translation area from which the object originates.
Name	Name of the collection
Domain/type	The domain to which the object belongs. ID of the technical environment from which the domain originates, such as R for ABAP.
Name	Name of the domain
Contact person	The user name of the person responsible for the object.
Last changed by	The user name of the person who last changed the object, together with the date on and time at which the object was last changed.

The Workflow group box contains the target language. The Current group box contains the source language and object status.

The object status applies to the entire object. The statuses are:

D: The object was deleted.

M: The object has modified status.

N: The object has new status.

T: The object has translated status.

In the Lines group box, the Total field provides information on the total number of lines in the object. The New field contains the number of untranslated lines in the object. The Modified field contains the number of modified lines in the object.

The Worklist group box contains the following information:

The number of the worklist that contains the object
Reservation number
User name of the person who has reserved the object in a worklist
Source language of the object in the worklist
Status of object in worklist. The four statuses described above - D (deleted), M (modified), N (new), and T (translated) - also apply here.
The total number of lines in the object in the worklist, and the number of untranslated and modified lines in the object.

For more information about working with worklists, see Personal Worklists.