Exclude multiple components from branching

When choosing which references in the source component to branch, you can hide referenced components so they can't be included in the new branch. By applying the ExcludeFromBranch tag, you only prevent references from being branched and not the sources. The tag does not prevent a user from going to the Components browser and saving a component as a branch.

Restrictions

  • You must have Update permissions to the component to make tag changes. Tags are read-only for users without update permissions.
  • A content owner or administrator can set permissions to deny access to components or folders. If your permissions to content has been blocked and you are not an administrator, you cannot use the Details option in a project's Content pane

Tips and tricks

  • Component tags are added to a component's Inspire metadata.
    • These tags cannot be added, updated or removed using the Oxygen editor.
    • These tags cannot be used to transform the XML during publishing.
    • These tags are not included in the XML when you export the component.
  • Inspire metadata tags are applied to an entire component and are not the same as XML tags used in the Oxygen editor. For help with XML tags, read: Show or hide tags in Oxygen.
  • Inspire provides the pre-defined tag ExcludefromBranching. However, Administrators can customize tag names and availability.
  • You can use this tag on binary components such as an image or PDF file.
  • You can also prevent project files from being branched.

To exclude only one component from branching, read Hide one component from branching.

If you don't see the option you need, contact your Administrator. You can only select a tag from the list if an Administrator allows the use it. If you are an administrator, follow the steps in Manage tags.

To exclude multiple components from branching:

  1. Click Components.
  2. On the Components tab, select the components you want to prevent from being branched when referenced.
  3. On the Selected Components pane, select Apply tags.

  4. On the Update tags screen, select one of the following options:

    • Add. If you select this option, all previously existing tags are saved, and the ExcludeFromBranch tag is added to them.

      If the ExcludeFromBranch tag is already applied and you select Add, you don't see an eror and no change is made to the metadata.

    • Replace. (This is the default selection.) If you select this option, all previously existing tags are removed and the ExcludeFromBranch tag is the only one applied to the components.
  5. In Tags, select ExcludeFromBranch.

  6. Click Save.
    Results:
    • The Update tags screen closes and you see the Components browser.
    You see something similar to the following notifications:
    When the process is finished, you may see one message for all updated components, depending on how you configured your notification settings:
    • In the pop-up message in the right corner of the Inspire screen.
    • In Inspire on the Notifications tab.
    • In your email Inbox
    After you apply a tag, you must refresh the Components browser before the tag is displayed.
    You see the component marked with the tag icon in the Components browser.

    Tips and tricks

    • Look in the 8th column after the initial checkbox.
    • If it exists, the tag icon appears after (the Shared icon) and before or (the file type icon).
    • To see the name of all tags that are applied, hover your cursor over the tag icon.
    When another component is branched, if it references these components, the ExcludefromBranching tag prevents them from being listed as a reference and so can't be branched.
    • Inspire makes sure that the component can't be selected on the Save as a branch screen.
    • If you use this tag and the component is an XML file or a binary component such as an image or PDF file, copies of the files aren't created for translation.
    • Any links in the component continue to use references in the original language.
    For more details, refer to Prevent branched references.