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
134 | Working with related tables and files
You create a relational database by defining a relationship between two fields,
called match fields. These fields can be in different tables or they can be in the
same table (a self-join). You are able to access related data when the value in
the match field(s) on one side of the relationship compares successfully with a
value in the match field(s) on the other side of the relationship, according to the
criteria you establish in the relationship.
After you have created a relationship, you can use fields from the related table
just as you would use any fields in the current table: to display data on a layout,
as part of a calculation formula, in a script, as a match field for another
relationship, and so on. You can work with the data in the related fields in all
modes (if you have access privileges) when you work with records in the
current table.
When you display related data in a portal, values from all related records are
displayed. When the related field isn’t in a portal, the value from the first
related record is displayed.
Invoices table
A-200-61
Invoice No
16-Oct-2010
Date
C100
Client ID
Tour
ID Tour Name
T10
Cost $
NY-Roma 550.00
T20 Roma-Istan 700.00
Williams
Name
1,250.00Total
Clients table
C100
Client ID
Williams
Client Name
408-555-3456
Phone
Tour ID
Tour Name
T10
NY-Roma
T20
Roma-Istan
Tours table
T10Tour ID
NY-RomaTour Name
Route
ID Origin
R200
Destination
NY Paris
R42 Paris Roma
Records from the
LineItems table
displayed in a portal
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