WorldServer - How can I configure my Workflow to re-scope my project's files and create an updated scoping report?

WorldServer creates the scoping report after the first Segment Asset and Calculate Repetitions steps. After the creation of the scoping report, sometimes we might want to

• Update the source file(s),
• Add new files
• Apply a new or updated TM
• Apply some changes to the translation ourselves before the scoping report is created

We would like to see these actions reflected in the scoping report. How do we achieve that?

If you want the scoping report to be updated after an asset has been translated manually during a manual step (such as Translate), please refer to this article:

WorldServer: Is it possible to update the Scoping report created after segmentation at a later project stage after the translation has been manually added?

If the asset's properties were to change as the result of assigning a new translation memory, machine translation adaptor, cost model, etc. ..., the scoping information that was stored in the database at the time the asset was originally segmented would still get retrieved when a user runs a scoping report.  The automatic action Update Scoping Report (LIB) will update the scoping information stored in the database and can be used after a change to an asset's properties. This will allow a user to see the effect that changing the asset's properties, such as assigning a different translation memory or machine translation adaptor, has on scoping.

To update the scoping report with any changes to the translation and TM done after the first segmentation, you can add these steps after the first human step where the changes were applied:

1. Update Scoping Report (LIB)
2. Calculate Repetitions

Here is an example of a simple workflow with this sequence:



Note: the step Update Scoping Report does not take repetitions into the calculation, so if you want repetitions to be calculated, the step Calculate Repetitions needs to be added again after Update scoping report.

Moreover: in case the scoping report is supposed to be exported using the Automatic Step Generate Scoping Report step, this step should be added after the sequence mentioned above as well, not only after the first one or it will not be up-to-date.

If you need help configuring your Workflow, please contact the RWS Professional Services Team.

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These articles are relevant:

WorldServer: Is it possible to update the Scoping report created after segmentation at a later project stage after the translation has been manually added?