Questions?

Do you use different workflows for freelancers (translator job, editor job) versus agency (translator & editor job)?  We use agencies sometimes to help handle large volume.  I was wondering what other LSPs did in these circumstances in XTRF.

We are currently deciding on a system for automatically sending payment reminders to clients with unpaid invoices and it would be interesting to hear experience from others how you deal with this aspect. One of the challenges is that we have multiple different versions of such reminders depending on how much time passed since the due date while XTRF allows (AFAIK) for only one email template of the type "When client is reminded about a delayed payment". This could be probably worked around by putting some if/else code into the template that will allow for using more versions. Then we are thinking of a macro that will periodically run and sent the above reminder for all invoices with given delay since the due date.

Any tips or ideas you can share how this can be handled efficiently?

This is a question to XTRF, which will likely interest all other Smart Projects users. Quite some times we are being told that the function we are looking for is available in Classic Projects but not in Smart Projects. My understanding has been that Smart Projects is the next-generation version of Classic Projects. It thus is confusing when Classic Projects provides better or more comprehensive project management features than the "state-of-the-art version".

Out of curiosity, is Classic Projects still being developed or will it remain at its current level until it is completely substituted/overtaken by Smart Projects?

Is it possible to sort the dashboard by project delivery date? It would be very useful for project management purposes.

Is it possible to add a workflow selection rule, that would select a specific TM from several TMs we have for the same client in memoQ-XTRF integration? The TM selection would depend on the project area.

For example:
We have 3 TMs for a client, but only need 1 of these for a specific project area. 

Has anyone rolled out the new Advanced Job Offers (part of XTRF Chat)? We are testing it, and it looks promising. Have you encountered any unexpected behavior or limitations? Any recommended Cascade settings that you would not expect? How have your PMs and vendors taken to these new job offers?

Hi Everyone, 

Is anyone experiencing issues with the XTRF/Phrase connector today?

We are SaaS and I noticed that an update was applied to our instance early this morning (9.7.16)

We have been experiencing errors since this morning between XTRF and Phrase TMS. The same error is showing in the logs for all affected projects:

Integration error: eu.xtrf.integration.cat.exceptions.GeneralIntegrationException: Integration error: { }

Thanks, 

Kenneth

Hi,

I am trying to quantify how much of our vendor selection comes from automatic vendor pooling and how much comes from "manual" selection. 

As far as I am aware, XTRF does not provide such an option in Smart Projects, but there is always a chance that I have missed something. 

Cheers!

Hello,

Some of our jobs (especially certified translations) need to be delivered in a physical form (i.e. printed out), so we use local courier services or DHL/Fedex/etc. for local and national deliveries. I'm calling them "virtual vendors" here for lack of a better term, since they don't have any use for notifications and payment/invoicing is done outside of XTRF.

We would like to add steps for such jobs to have our financial ducks in a row :). The problem is that the system requires all clients to have a unique (?) email address and sends notifications once these jobs are started/missed, which is not ideal. Is there a way to disable notifications for certain Smart project jobs? Or is there is maybe a more obvious way to handle such jobs that we're not seeing?

Thanks in advance!

hello,

i try add payable using code below but always i have "Not Acceptable" error

RestClient restClient = new RestClient();
IRestRequest restRequest = new RestRequest("https://xtrf.com/home-api/projects/" + {my project ID} + "/finance/payables");
restRequest.AddHeader("X-AUTH-ACCESS-TOKEN", "My_TOKEN");
restRequest.AddHeader("Accept", "application/vnd.xtrf-v1+json;charset=UTF-8");
restRequest.AddJsonBody(
new
{
id= 0,
jobTypeId= 0,
languageCombination = new { sourceLanguageId = 1, targetLanguageId = 2 },
languageCombinationIdNumber= "string",
rateOrigin= "PRICE_PROFILE",
currencyId= 0,
total= 0,
invoiceId= "string",
type= "SIMPLE",
calculationUnitId= 0,
ignoreMinimumCharge= true,
minimumCharge= 0,
description= "string",
rate= 0,
quantity= 0,
jobId= jobsIds,
catLogFile= new {
name= "string",
url= "string",
content= "string",
token= "string"}

});


IRestResponse restResponse = restClient.Post(restRequest);

Any help is highly appreciated.