QA Panel
The QA panel helps you catch issues before delivering your work. It is integrated with the Grid and the QA menu and allows filtering issues by severity.
Running a QA check: select a profile, choose your analysis scope, and run the check.
Reviewing issues in context: navigate flagged segments in the grid, compare source and target, and examine surrounding content.
Managing issues: resolve, ignore, or annotate issues based on your review.
Running a QA Check
Open the Run QA dialog from the QA menu or the Run QA button in the QA panel.
Follow these steps to run a QA check:
Open the QA menu and select Run QA.
Select the Languages you want to analyze.
Choose a QA Profile. The Default profile is pre-selected. Profiles define which rules are checked (e.g., spell check, consistency, terminology). Choose the profile that best matches your task.
Optionally, adjust the scope options to restrict the analysis to a specific subset of segments. For example, limit the run to confirmed segments only if you want to skip work still in progress.
Click Run QA.
Tip: If you apply filters to the segment grid before running, only the filtered segments will be analyzed — useful for checking a specific section or skipping segments you have already reviewed.
QA Results Summary
The QA Analysis Complete screen shows the number of segments analyzed and a breakdown of Errors, Warnings, and Total issues per language.
Click Open QA panel to start reviewing individual issues.
Reviewing Issues in Context
After a QA run, segments with issues display a QA flag icon in the grid. Click a flag to open the QA panel on the right side of the editor — the panel lists all issues for that segment while the grid stays visible alongside.
This side-by-side view lets you compare source and target, read surrounding segments for context, and check metadata before deciding whether to fix or dismiss an issue.
To step through all flagged segments systematically, use QA > Filter Issues to narrow the grid to problem segments only. When the grid is filtered, surrounding segments are no longer displayed. However, context remains available through the segment toolbar and side panels.
Tip: Combining Filter Issues with the QA panel gives you a focused review workflow: the grid shows only the segments that need attention, and the panel shows their specific issues.
QA Panel Header
The panel header shows a QA profile dropdown, the Run QA button, the number of issues found, and severity filter badges:
Badge | Meaning |
|---|---|
Red circle | Errors (must be fixed) |
Yellow triangle | Warnings (review and decide) |
Green circle | Informational notices |
Ignored | Issues marked as ignored |
Click any badge to toggle that severity level in the list.
Issue List
Each issue shows a severity indicator, the rule name, and a short description. Action buttons appear on the right.
QA results are cumulative: new runs add newly detected issues and remove resolved ones. Previously found issues are not lost when you run QA again.
Managing Issues
For each issue in the QA panel, you can resolve it, ignore it, or add a note.
Resolving an Issue
Fix the problem in the translation, then click the checkmark icon. The issue is removed on the next QA run.
Ignoring an Issue
Click the ignore icon (circle with a line) and choose Ignore or Ignore with note. Use Ignore with note when working in a team so colleagues understand the reason (e.g., "Client-approved spelling").
Once ignored, the issue moves to the Ignored counter.
Note: Ignored issues remain tracked. They can reappear on future QA runs unless you also change the segment status (see Example Scenarios below).
Exporting QA Results
You can export QA results as a formatted Excel report using the Create Report feature. The QA Issues Report generates one row per QA issue, including the rule name, severity, source and target text, and dismiss status. This is useful for sharing QA findings with stakeholders or archiving them for audit purposes.
To generate a QA report, go to Export > Create Report and select QA Issues Report as the report type. For full details, see Create Report.
QA Profile Configuration
You can view the rules and settings of any QA profile directly from the Editor. If you have the appropriate permissions, you can also modify the profile configuration.
To open the profile configuration:
In the Run QA dialog, click the view details link next to the selected profile.
In the QA panel, click the configuration icon next to the profile name.
The configuration screen is split into two areas. The left sidebar contains Profile settings (profile name, source and target language), Flag actions (status and bookmark changes for invalid and valid translations), and the Rules list with a search filter and the number of active rules. The right panel shows the details of the selected rule.
Viewing and Editing Rules
Select a rule from the list to see its description, Rule status toggle (enable or disable), Severity Level dropdown (Error, Warning, or Info), and rule-specific options and flag actions.
All users can view the profile configuration in read-only mode. If you have edit permissions (granted through access right R377), you can:
Enable or disable individual QA rules.
Change the severity level of a rule.
Configure flag actions for invalid and valid translations (set status or bookmark).
Save your changes permanently (shared across the platform) or for the current session only (personal, not persisted after you close the Editor).
If the QA profile is enforced by the job workflow, you cannot select a different profile or modify its configuration. If you close the configuration screen with unsaved changes, a confirmation dialog warns you that changes will be lost.
The QA profile configuration screen showing the rules list on the left, with a selected rule's details, severity level, and flag actions on the right.
Example Scenarios
Use Case | How To |
|---|---|
Run a full QA check before delivering a job | Open QA > Run QA, keep default settings, and click Run QA |
Check only confirmed segments | In the Run QA dialog, adjust the scope to restrict the analysis to confirmed segments |
Review only critical errors | Click the red error badge in the QA panel |
Step through all flagged segments in context | Use QA > Filter Issues, then click each segment to see its issues in the panel |
Dismiss a false positive | Click the ignore icon and select Ignore or Ignore with note |
Prevent a false positive from reappearing in future runs | Ignore the issue, then set the segment status to green. On future runs, adjust the scope to skip confirmed segments — the false positive will not come up again. |
Focus QA on a specific part of the document | Apply a filter to the grid first, then run QA |
Keep validated segments out of future QA runs | Set the segment status to green (confirmed), then adjust the scope on future runs to skip confirmed segments |
Re-check a segment after editing it | Change the segment status back from green and run QA again |
Learn More
QA Profiles: Learn how QA profiles are configured and what rules they include.
Report S720 - QA report: Export a detailed report of QA activity, including issue types, severity, and resolution status across your project.
Create Report: Generate formatted business reports, including the QA Issues Report, directly from the Editor.
Quality Assurance: Overview of QA in the Editor, including profiles, running checks, and exporting results.
Filters Panel: Narrow down the segments to QA using filters.