Downloading Glossaries

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Last updated: Feb 26, 2024 by Kenny Teves
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You can download glossaries as a spreadsheet from the TMS. Glossaries can be imported or exported in the CSV, XLSX, and TBX formats. You can export terms in a single file.

Also, all related terms are uploaded in a single row. Uploads and downloads of terms with concept and term metadata is also allowed.

To download a glossary, follow these steps:

  1. Click the Project Resources option from the left pane, and select Glossaries.

  2. On the Glossaries page, select the glossary you want to download.

  3. Click the Entries tab, and then click Download Entries. 

  4. When the Download Glossary window opens, enter the following information:

    • Glossary File Type - Select the file type you want the glossary to be downloaded as. For

    • Term Locales - Select the applicable locale or language.

    • Delimiter - Select the applicable character that you want to mark the start and end of a word with. This option is available only if you select CSV from the Glossary File Type list.

6. Click Download.

A message will display notifying you that the glossary is sent to the Process Queue. Click the link to navigate to the Process Queue to finish downloading your glossary.

Click PROCESSES in the upper-right corner to see all the ongoing processess in the TMS and then click the download option to save the glossary. You can also access the Process Queue from the Tools menu in the left pane of the page.

7. Click the Download link of the glossary to download it to your local Downloads folder. The glossary will display in your browser’s Download list.

The following information is displayed in the exported file (regardless of the type of file you choose):

  • The concept UUID - you can keep this file, make edits, and then reupload and your changes will be reflected in the TMS.

  • All concept attributes, including the concept definition.

  • The term UUID - you can keep this file, make edits, and then reupload and your changes will be reflected in the TMS.

  • The term locale

  • The term itself

  • All term attributes

All terms within a single entry are listed on a single row.

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