Editing parameters in the Project creation tab screen
Log in to your XTM Cloud instance.
Note
When using XTM Cloud for the first time, you need to activate XTM Cloud on your computer.
In XTM Cloud, on the top navigation bar, select the XTM Connect tab.
In the XTM Connect tab screen, select the Buckets tab.
If you have more XTM Connect products configured on your XTM Cloud instance, in the Buckets tab screen, select Git.
Select the relevant Git configuration bucket.
To the left of the selected configuration bucket, select the context menu icon
.
From the dropdown, select
Project creation.In the Project creation tab screen, edit relevant values for the following parameters:
Table 4. Project creation tab parametersParameter
Description
Mandatory/
Optional
Editable
(Yes/No)
Type
Valid values
Project creation section
Create project
Use this parameter to set the repository bucket either for an automatic or a manual project creation.
Mandatory
Yes
Radio buttons
Valid values:
Automatically.
(default)
When you select it, the Frequency parameter is displayed.
Repository files are synchronized automatically at the specified times or frequency to create translation tasks based on any new content.
Manually.
Repository files have to be synchronized manually from the context menu for the relevant configuration bucket.
Frequency
This parameter is displayed if you have selected the Automatically option for the Create Project parameter.
Use this parameter to set the frequency at which the projects are automatically created for new or updated files in the selected repository or branch.
Mandatory if you have selected the Automatically option for the Create Project parameter.
Yes
Radio buttons
Valid values:
At intervals.
(default)
When you select it, the Repeat every parameter is displayed.
At set times.
When you select it, the Date parameter is displayed.
Repeat every
This parameter is displayed if you have selected the At intervals option for the Frequency parameter.
Use this parameter to specify the intervals at which projects are automatically created for new or updated files in the selected repository or branch.
Mandatory if you selected the At intervals option for the Frequency parameter.
Yes
Text field and dropdown
Valid values for the text field:
Numeric
Valid values for the dropdown:
Minutes.
Hours.
Days.
Weeks.
The minimal value is 1 minute, but we recommend no less than 5 minutes. The maximum entry is 999 weeks.
Date
This parameter is displayed if you have selected the At set times option for the Frequency parameter.
Use this parameter to set specific calendar day(s) and time(s) at which projects are automatically created for new or updated files in the selected repository or branch.
Mandatory if you have selected the At set times option for the Frequency parameter.
Yes
Multiselect
Valid values for days:
MON (Monday).
TUE (Tuesday).
WED (Wednesday).
THU (Thursday).
FRI (Friday).
SAT (Saturday).
SUN (Sunday).
To select a time of project creation for a specific day, select
Add.
You can select multiple times for each selected calendar day.
Template
Use this parameter to specify which of the project templates defined in XTM Cloud is used for creating projects in this configuration bucket.
In the project template you can, for example, define workflow steps, assign Linguists to these steps and set an automatic workflow start.
Mandatory
Yes
Dropdown
Predefined list of project templates available in your XTM Cloud instance.
To learn how to define a new project template, go to the XTM Cloud documentation page, select the relevant version of XTM Cloud that you use and then search for the Project templates section.
Source language
Use this parameter to specify the source language of the new or updated files in the selected repository or branch.
Mandatory
No
Read-only
The source language is selected during configuration bucket creation and cannot be edited.
If you need a configuration bucket with the same settings but a different source language, create a new configuration bucket (see Adding a configuration bucket).
Target languages
Use this parameter to specify the target language(s) for the new or updated files from the selected repository or branch which need to be translated.
Mandatory
No
Read-only
Target language(s) is/are selected during configuration bucket creation and cannot be edited.
If you need a configuration bucket with the same settings but different target language(s), create a new configuration bucket (see Adding a configuration bucket).
Project name
Use this parameter to define a prefix that is to be added to the project name so that it is easily distinguishable from other projects in XTM Cloud.
Mandatory
Yes
Text field
Alphanumeric
Project name cannot contain any of the following symbols: ` ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + - = [ ] ; ' : " \|, . & l t ; ' ; / ? ~
Continuous project
Use this parameter to create a configuration bucket that is to be used for continuous projects.
You can use continuous projects to update the files within an existing, active project, instead of creating a new project every time a file within your repository is updated with new content.
If the project set as a continuous project has been deactivated, XTM Connect – Git will try to reactivate the archived project.
Optional
Yes
Checkbox
Valid values:
Cleared (default)
Selected
To finalize, select:
Save button to save your changes.
Reset button to cancel your changes.
If you want to also edit General settings parameters, select the
General settings tab on the left-hand side.