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
36 | Using databases
Adding and duplicating related records
If you’re working with records in related tables, you can add records to a
related table when you enter data in a record in the current table.
Note You can only add related records from the current table if the relationship is
defined to allow the creation of related records. If a related table is in a write-
protected file, or if you don’t have access privileges to create records, FileMaker
Pro will not add or duplicate records. For more information, see
“Creating
relationships” on page 145.
For more information about adding and duplicating records, see Help.
To Do this in Browse mode
Create a record in the
current table
Click New Record in the status toolbar.
Add a record to a related
table
1 If the related field is in a portal, type data into the field in the
last (empty) row of the portal, then press Enter.
1 If the related field isn’t in a portal, type data into the field,
then press Enter.
Duplicate a record that is
displaying related data
Be sure no records in a portal are selected, then choose
Records menu > Duplicate Record.
Duplicate a related record
in a portal
Select the record in the portal, then choose Records menu >
Duplicate Record.
Portal with related
records from Line
Items table
Type in the last row of the portal to add a
related record to the Line Items table
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