A Customer is asking how to use a Trados GroupShare template in Trados Studio, or, how to retrieve it from the Trados GroupShare application server?

Trados GroupShare created project template files can only be edited in Trados Studio, after exporting/copying them from the Trados GroupShare application server, or from the SQL Server.

1. Copy the desired .sdltpl file locally, on your PC, from the Trados GroupShare application server.

a. Login in the Trados WebUI and look for the ProjectID of the needed project (the project that was created using the desired project template).



b. Copy the ProjectID
c. RDP connect to the server where Trados GroupShare is installed .
d. Navigate to the FileStore location on the server - the default location is: C:\ProgramData\SDL\SDLServer1\FileStore\ .
e. While at this path, search for the ProjectID found at step ,,a" which in our case is 88e2479a-aab5-431e-a55b-53aa4e7ae8d6.



f. In the proj.create folder you should find an .sdltpl file which is the project template that you need.
e. Copy the file on your PC and use it in Trados Studio to create a Trados GroupShare project based on it.

2. Retrieve the project template from the SQL Server database behind Trados GroupShare

a. With a tool like SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio), connect to the SQL Server.
b. Use the following SQL queries:

SELECT *

FROM sts.Resource where resourceName = 'ProjectTemplateName'

SELECT *

FROM proj.ProjectTemplate where projectTemplateId = resourceId  - from the query above.

c. From the Results window, you can export/copy the desired project template.
d. Copy one of the results from the above step, into Notepad++ file editor, and save it as .sdltpl.
e. Copy the file on your PC and use it in Trados Studio to create a Trados GroupShare project based on it.