User manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker Pro
- Chapter 2 Using databases
- About database fields and records
- Opening files
- Opening multiple windows per file
- Closing windows and files
- Saving files
- About modes
- Viewing records
- Adding and duplicating records
- Deleting records
- Entering data
- Finding records
- Making a find request
- Performing quick finds based on data in one field
- Finding text and characters
- Finding numbers, dates, times, and timestamps
- Finding ranges of information
- Finding data in related fields
- Finding empty or non-empty fields
- Finding duplicate values
- Finding records that match multiple criteria
- Finding records except those matching criteria
- Saving find requests
- Deleting and reverting requests
- Viewing, repeating, or changing the last find
- Hiding records from a found set and viewing hidden records
- Finding and replacing data
- Sorting records
- Previewing and printing databases
- Automating tasks with scripts
- Backing up database files
- Setting preferences
- Chapter 3 Creating databases
- Planning a database
- Creating a FileMaker Pro file
- Defining database fields
- Using supplemental fields
- Setting options for fields
- Defining database tables
- Creating layouts and reports
- Setting up a layout to print records in columns
- Working with objects on a layout
- Working with fields on a layout
- Working with parts on a layout
- Chapter 4 Working with related tables and files
- Chapter 5 Sharing and exchanging data
- Sharing databases on a network
- Importing and exporting data
- Saving and sending data in other formats
- Sending email messages based on record data
- Supported import/export file formats
- ODBC and JDBC
- Methods of importing data into an existing file
- About adding records
- About updating existing records
- About updating matching records
- About the importing process
- Converting a data file to a new FileMaker Pro file
- About the exporting process
- Working with external data sources
- Publishing databases on the web
- Chapter 6 Protecting databases with accounts and privilege sets
- Chapter 7 Converting databases from FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier
- Chapter 8 Security measures
- Index
About relationships | 133
For example, a database for a travel agency might have these tables: a Tours
table, which stores the products (tours) and their current prices; a Clients table,
which stores client information; an Invoices table, which keeps a record of each
invoice; and a LineItems tables, which stores sales data for each line of the
invoice, including the tour being sold and the price at which it is sold. Because
invoices are a mix of dynamic and static data, you use both relational databases
and lookups to display your data. Records from the LineItems table are
displayed dynamically, in a portal on the Invoices layout, but the actual sales
price of each line item is entered using a lookup, so the invoice totals remain
historically accurate, even if prices change at some future date.
Lookups copy data from the related table into the current table
R20Client ID
NY-ParisRoute
R20Client ID
NY-ParisRoute
In relational databases, data from the related table is only
displayed in the current table, not copied
R20Client ID
NY-ParisRoute
R20Client ID
NY-ParisRoute
Current table Related table
Current table Related table
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