Custom variable configuration
Users with the XTM Cloud Administrator or Project Manager role can configure custom variables.
Note
By default, Limited Project Managers (LPMs) do not have access to the Filter templates tab screen. This can be changed by XTM Support.
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Tip
This module requires some prior knowledge of Regular Expressions ("regex").
You can use custom variables to select a specific sequence of characters using regular expressions. This string can be converted into an inline tag to protect it during translation. In XTM Workbench, it serves as a placeholder that can be moved by Linguists within the target segment. Regular expressions are extremely powerful when it comes to defining a sequence of characters, including special characters. XTM Cloud uses Java Regular Expressions.
Use a regex to identify emails. During the translation process in XTM Cloud, all emails from the source text are converted into inline tags.
In the Configuration > Filter templates tab screen, you can: