Release Notes 2025.2.4.0

The July 9, 2025 release of the GlobalLink Vasont Inspire CCMS is available!

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Inspire Release 2025.2.4.0

Enhancements to content authoring

Generate unique IDs only for elements that are defined as NeedsId

An administrator can turn ON or OFF the AutomaticIDs feature in Features Management. By default, this feature is turned OFF (set to false) and IDs are only assigned for supported elements. This feature impacts users when they are editing a component in the Oxygen editor and select the Generate unique ID option.
  • Previously, if the AutomaticIDs feature was ON (true), IDs were assigned to all elements in the component.
  • Now, when a user is inserting a cross reference or content reference where elements are listed, when they select the Generate unique ID option, IDs are only assigned to elements configured with the NeedsID tag in Inspire.
Administrators configure this identifier on the Element Management screen.

For more details, read: Manage elements.

Manage profiling attribute filters from the Update Profiling Attributes screen

After using profiling attributes, if you find there is a collection of profiling attributes you commonly use, you can save them as a filter. When you are working on a component in the Oxygen editor, you can create, update, and remove a filter from the Filter Profiling Attributes option. Now, you can also create, update, and remove a filter from the Update Profiling Attributes option.

For more details, read: Update profiling attributes in text

Enhancements to component management

See red text for indirect references in a branch report

After you create a branch report, you now see components shown in red that have references in common with the component that the report was run on. The components shown in red contain one or more of the same topics as the source component. They contain a reference as a branch of another branch but not a direct reference from the source component. Seeing indirect references is helpful because it shows you that there are branched maps you might want to review and consider connecting the source component to.

For more details, read: View a branch report for one component.

See Language codes in the Content Details pane

When you look for more details about a file in the Components browser by going to the Content Details pane, you see a new label named Language. The value for this label displays the language that the content is written in and that Inspire knows as the component's language. You can see the new Language property below the FileName. This property is also shown in a project's Content Details pane.

For more details, read: Copy text from the Content Details pane.

Rename the copy of the selected component

When you select a component and choose either Save as copy or Save as Branch, on the Save as screen, you see a new checkbox called Rename that is not selected by default. If you want to rename the copy of component that you're creating, you can select the Rename option. This displays a text field for you to enter up to 50 characters. The copy of the source component is renamed to {RENAME}_{Label}_GUID. Copies of all selected referenced components will continue to use their original name appended with the Label.

For more details, read:

Create a new folder structure when saving as copy or branching

When you select a component and choose either Save as copy or Save as Branch, you see the Save as screen. If you select a different Target Folder and the Keep folder structure option, Inspire creates the saved or branched copies in the same folder structure as they had, but under the Target Folder you just selected. If the folders do not exist, Inspire creates them.

For more details, read: Create a component branch

See the number of branches

After you create a branch, in the Components browser, the branched components have an icon corresponding to their place in the branch. For example, you see a black branch icon to indicate that this is the source component for a branch. Previously, if you put your cursor over a branch icon, you saw a tool tip with the text that told you if it has a branch, is a branch, or has and is a branch. Now, if you put your cursor over this branch icon, you also see the number of branches. For example, "Has 2 branches." You can see this updated tool tip in the Components browser, projects, and anywhere the branch icons are displayed.

For more details, read: Branch FAQs.

Manage and apply filters when using Save as copy

When you create a component by saving a copy of one that already exists, you can now select an Add Filter button to apply the filter to the content before the new copy is saved. On the Filter profiling attributes screen, you can create a new filter from your selections, save a copy of an existing filter, or delete a filter and select all new options. On the Save as copy screen, you can now also select a Clear Filter option to remove all profiling attributes at once. This creates a copy with no profiling filter applied.

For more details, read: Save a copy with select references.

Enter text when adding an attachment

On the Component Details screen, on the Attachments tab, you can select another component in Inspire as an attachment. This is useful if you want to attach a file for reference. You can now also enter text to describe why the attachment is necessary or how it can be used.

For more details, read: Add an attachment to a component.

Prevent components from showing when using Save as copy

You can open the Details for a component and apply an ExcludeFromCopy tag. If a component has this tag, it is not shown in the Save as copy screen when Show referenced components is selected. Using this tag prevents another user from copying the file in the Save as copy screen only. References to components that do not show up on the Save as Copy screen will continue to point to the original component. Using an ExcludeFromCopy tag does not prevent another user from selecting the Save option in the Components browser or opening it in Oxygen and saving a copy.

For more details, read: Exclude a component from Save as Copy.

See the correct dates in a map asset report

You can gather metrics about the maps that you use. The Map Asset Report lets you see all of the components referenced in your map, including topics, images, and other maps.
  • Previously, when you created a map asset report, the Last Approved Date and the Last Published Date in the report did not show the correct date. They showed the same date as the Created Date instead.
  • Now, when you create a map asset report, the Last Approved Date shows the correct approved date as the last time the history has a record of Approve. The Last Published Date now also shows the correct published date as the last time the history has a record of Publish. If the map has not been approved or published, the dates are empty.

For more details, read: Run reports on maps.

See the correct search results without permissions to all components

If you do not have permissions to all components in a folder or the Components browser, you can still perform a search to find the component you need.
  • Previously, users without permissions to all components who performed a search saw the correct number of search results but the components did not display correctly in the search results and the items per page did not display incorrectly.
  • Now, the correct search results are returned for users without permissions to see some components.

For more details, read: Find components.

Enhancements to translation management

Understand issues with locked target files

Translation jobs should not fail if a target file has an approval lock (signed, approved). This scenario occurs when you set the optional features related to locking files and approve the target file after it’s translated, and then try to resend the source file to translation after it updating it.

For more details, read: Understand issues with locked target files.

Generate a translation completeness report on components

If you only want to check the translation status for one component, you don't have to sift through all the report details of an entire translation job. After a component is translated, you can check the translation status of all its referenced components by creating a Translation Completeness Report. You can create a report for one source component, one map that references several components, or several maps and components. This report shows the status of the component and its references by Target Language. You can see in one place if a translation is missing or out-of-date.

For more details, read: Generate a translation completeness report on components.

Queue a translation job

When you create a translation job to be sent to GlobalLink Enterprise or GlobalLink Portal, you can now set the job State to Queued. Jobs in this state will be prepared for sending but will NOT be sent for submission. On the Create Translation screen, at the bottom there is new button labelled Queue. You see the Queued button before the Translate and Cancel buttons. After queuing a job, you can cancel it if necessary. The integration vendor does not receive a cancellation because the job was never submitted. Setting a Queued Submission job to the Cancel state unlocks all the target components.

For more details, read:

Create a translation completeness report for multiple components

You can verify the translation status of one or more components by creating a report.
  • Previously, you could only run the report on one component at a time.
  • Now, you can also create a report from the Selected Components panel and select more than one component. You will receive separate notifications and reports for each selected component. This report shows the status of the component and its references by Target Language. You can see in one place if a translation is missing or out-of-date.

For more details, read: Create a translation completeness report for multiple components.