User manual
Table Of Contents
- Preface Introducing FileMaker Pro
- Chapter 1 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
- 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 2 Creating databases
- Chapter 3 Working with related tables and files
- Chapter 4 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
- Publishing databases on the web
- Chapter 5 Protecting databases with accounts and privilege sets
- Chapter 6 Converting FileMaker databases from previous versions
- Index
78 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
Changing relationships
After you have created a relationship, you can add or change match
fields, change relational operators, and set options for creating,
deleting, and sorting related records.
To change a relationship:
1. With the database open, choose File menu > Define > Database.
2. In the Define Database dialog box, click the Relationships tab.
3. In the relationships graph, locate the relationship to edit, and
double-click the indicator line between the related tables to open the
Edit Relationship dialog box.
Or, you can select the relationship in the graph and click to open
the Edit Relationship dialog box.
4. Edit tables and match fields for the relationship.
5. Select options for the relationship.
6. Click OK.
Select options for the tables in
the relationship
Select the
relational
operator
To Do this
Change a match field Select the new match field and click Change.
Add a match field Select the new match field and click Add.
Change the relational
operator
Select a new relational operator from the list and click
Change.
See “Relationships using comparative operators” on
page 74.
Duplicate a pair of
relationship criteria
Select the paired criteria from the list in the lower part
of the dialog box and click Duplicate.
Delete a pair of
relationship criteria
Select the paired criteria from the list in the lower part
of the dialog box and click Delete.
To Select
Add a related record (to the
related table) whenever you
enter data into a related field in
a record of the current table.
(See “Adding and duplicating
records” on page 20.)
Allow creation of related records in this table via
this relationship.
When this option is selected, entering data in a
related field that has no corresponding related
record creates a related record based on the
match field in the current table.
Delete matching records (in the
related table) whenever you
delete a matching record in the
current table. (See “Deleting
records” on page 21.)
Delete related records in this table when a record
is deleted in the other table.
This option deletes related records even when
you’re browsing a layout that doesn’t display
the related records.
Sort related records. Sort records. Then, in the left list in the Sort
Records dialog box, double-click the fields to
sort. To change the order in which fields are
sorted, drag fields in the right list into the order
you want. Select other options, then click
OK.
Selecting this option does not affect the sort
order in the related file.