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
Defining database tables | 97
1 Store the result of a calculation field in your database, or you can tell
FileMaker
Pro to perform the calculation only when needed (unstored).
Storing the result is faster but takes up more space on the disk. You can
specify storage options for text, number, date, time, timestamp, and
calculation fields.
1 Set any field (except summary fields) to share one value across all records
in a file if you select Use global storage in the Storage tab of the Options for
Field dialog box. Fields defined with global storage are also referred to as
global fields.
.
For more information about setting field options, see Help.
Defining database tables
Use database tables to organize and group your data by a common
characteristic or principle. Your database can contain as many tables as you
need to organize your data.
In addition to storing data, FileMaker Pro uses tables to describe relationships
in the relationships graph, and establish the context for layouts and some
calculations. In FileMaker Pro, context is the starting point from which
calculations and scripts are begun and from which a relationship is evaluated
in the relationships graph.
When you create a new file, FileMaker Pro automatically creates the first table
and the first layout. The table and the layout are given the same name as the file.
Click Storage
Select the storage
option for the field
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