Maintain Translation Tables
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Translation Tables are applied when importing data. How a form uses a Translation Table depends on the form design, so please check with your Designer or Administrator. This page explains Translation Tables to the extent operators need to know.
(1) Types of Translation Tables
Some Translation Tables can be maintained by operators while others cannot (the latter are maintained by Administrators). To see which applies to a given table, open the “Manage Translation Tables” dialog, select the table and check the “Customizable” field (see procedure below). If the value is “Yes,” operators can maintain it.
The following assumes the Translation Table is “Customizable = Yes.”
(2) Default Table and Custom Table
A single Translation Table can actually hold two tables. The first is the “Default Table,” maintained by Administrators. The second is the “Custom Table,” which operators can maintain. Contents of the Custom Table are kept per Participant. Operators may also choose not to have a Custom Table for a given Translation Table. In that case the Default Table is applied. If the Default Table is sufficient, there is no need to maintain a Custom Table.
For what Default Table is registered in each Translation Table, ask your Designer or Administrator.
(3) Translation Rules and Wildcards
Both the Default Table and the Custom Table are correspondence tables between the Code to Translate and the Translated Code. In the Code to Translate column you can use wildcards ` ? ` and ` * ` . ` ? ` matches any single character and ` * ` matches any string. Because wildcards are allowed, a single Code to Translate can match multiple rows in the table. In such cases, the row nearest to the top takes precedence.
Wildcards can also be used in the Translated Code column. For details on translation rules, see Topics on Translation Tables.
Translation Table Maintenance Procedure
(1) Create a Custom Table
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From the menu, choose .
⇒ The “Manage Translation Tables” dialog appears. -
Select the Translation Table for which you want to create a Custom Table.
⇒ Confirm that to the right of “Customizable” you see “Yes” and “Not created.” Other values mean:
“Not allowed” : You are not allowed to create a Custom Table for the selected Translation Table.
“Created” : A Custom Table already exists for the selected Translation Table. -
Click Create Custom Table.
⇒ “Table to Use” switches to “Custom Table,” and the displayed table becomes editable. This is because the Default Table was copied as the initial content of the Custom Table and displayed. The Default Table itself did not become editable.
(2) Maintain the Custom Table
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From the menu, choose .
⇒ The “Manage Translation Tables” dialog appears. -
Select the Translation Table for which you created a Custom Table.
⇒ Confirm that to the right of “Customizable” you see “Yes” and “Created.” -
Select “Custom Table” for “Table to Use.”
⇒ The Custom Table appears in the table view area. -
To add or delete translation rules (rows), click Add or Delete to the right of the table [1].
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To change a translation rule, double-click each field of the target rule in the table and enter values.
For the meaning of each field, see Field Descriptions of the Manage Translation Tables dialog. -
To save your changes, click Save.
(3) Delete the Custom Table
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From the menu, choose .
⇒ The “Manage Translation Tables” dialog appears. -
Select the Translation Table for which you created a Custom Table.
⇒ Confirm that to the right of “Customizable” you see “Yes” and “Created.” Other values mean:
“Not allowed” : You are not allowed to create a Custom Table for the selected Translation Table.
“Not created” : No Custom Table exists for the selected Translation Table. -
Click Delete Custom Table.
⇒ “Table to Use” switches to “Default Table,” and the displayed table becomes non-editable.
