CATALYST projects, or .TTK files, can be stored and shared on the Cloud storage of your choice. This simplifies the task of sharing projects with the relevant stakeholders in your translation workflow.

Available cloud storage connections:

Connected Cloud storage only display folders containing CATALYST project and files, other files are not displayed.
For each .ttk file listed, its associated statistics are displayed along with the last user who modified the project and the timestamp.

Adding a Cloud storage location

To Add a Cloud storage Location to your CATALYST  installation, go to FILE > Save as and click on Add Location.
Select the desired Cloud storage location complete the login steps. You will be required to Allow access when requested to use this storage from CATALYST.

 Note when adding the Google Drive location, the login page will open in your default browser rather than within CATALYST.

Once a new location is added, you may immediately select a folder to save to. For example, after adding the OneDrive location and login in:

You will not be required to Add a location each time you want to Save to a Cloud Storage. Once added they will be available as a location in the Save as options.

You may disconnect a Location by right clicking on it and selecting Disconnect.

 

Managing files and folders on the Cloud storage

Using the right mouse click option on the files and folders list, you may:

Navigating folders - Breadcrumbs

With all locations, a breadcrumb trail is visible at the top of the files & folders view. Use this secondary navigation feature to quickly jump to a folder within the current folder's path. Hovering over any folder name in the breadcrumb highlights it in blue and clicking on it will open that folder. The top folder, or root, is the name of the location.

 

Sharing folders and files with other users

Apart from the ability to store your projects files on a Cloud storage to access anytime and anywhere, this facility is very useful to share your projects with colleagues and vendors. For example, you may share your .ttk project with a translator. Once saved on the cloud storage, you can share the file entering the relevant email address and copy the object URL to communicate its location.

Write click a folder or file and select Share... to configure the sharing options. Then click the Add user button to add users.
Double click the Email address and Permissions fields to change the value.

Once a file or folder is shared it will appear in the Shared (or Shared with me on Google Drive) folder of the user it is shared with.

Dropbox

To share files with Dropbox you must first share a folder which the sharing user has to "Add to Dropbox" in their browser. After which the user will see the shared files in CATALYST.
In the example confirmation message below, the folder named "For translation" has been shared with a user.

Select Viewer if you do not wish the user to update the file, or Editor if you want to allow the user to update the file.

 

Google drive

Select Reader if you do not wish the user to update the file, or Writer if you want to allow the user to update the file.

 

OneDrive

Select Read if you do not wish the user to update the file, or Write if you want to allow the user to update the file.

 

Shared files and folders

When a file or folder is shared, the last column "Shared" will display Yes.