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 | 135
For more information about relationships, see Help.
Relational database terminology
Before you begin working with relational databases and lookups, you should
understand the following terms. These terms are explained in the sections that
follow.
Term Description
Current table For relational databases, the table that you are currently working in.
For lookups, the table that the data is copied to.
External table A table outside of the current file, in another file.
Lookup target
field (for lookups
only)
The field in a table that you want data copied to during a lookup.
Lookup source
field (for lookups
only)
The field in the related table that contains the data you want copied
during a lookup.
Match field A field in the current table and a field in a related table that each
contains values used to access matching records. (A match field is
sometimes called a key field.) For each relationship, you select one or
more match fields in each table.
For relational databases, values in match fields must match each other
in some way for a relationship to be established between the files. See
“About match fields for relationships” on page 137.
For lookups, values in match fields do not have to be equal to match.
Portal A layout object that displays records from related tables. Portals display
data from related fields in rows, one record in each row.
Related field A field in one table that is related to a field in another table (or to a
different field within the same table). If a relationship has been created
between two tables (even through another table), data in fields in one
table can be accessed from the other table.
Related record A record in the related table whose match field (according to the
relationship used) contains a value that matches the value in the match
field of another table.
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