It is also possible to design a solution from scratch, which is the approach taken in this review.Īs a very simple example to illustrate some of FileMaker Pro’s features, consider this application: a database of recipes. To simplify the task of getting started, FileMaker Pro provides 16 different templates – known as “starter solutions” – that span a gamut of use cases from assets to inventory to time billing. Interesting field types include the Container, which can contain any kind of file, such as a picture or a PDF, and the calculation field, which derives its value from other fields based on a mathematical formula. As you would expect, tables can also be joined based on certain key fields (“relationships”).
(FileMaker also provides ODBC/JDBC support.)Īs with other relational database systems, tables in FileMaker Pro are defined by fields (columns) of different data types, and contain one or more records (rows). It’s also possible to embed external Website content into a layout, or to import and/or export data in a number of file formats, including Excel, HTML, XML and comma-separated/tab-separated.
Layouts can beĬustomized for particular types of tasks and for different devices. Layouts generally present data from one or more underlying tables in the database. They determine how data is organized for a number of interactive tasks, such as displaying, entering, printing, reporting, and finding. Layouts are a central part of FileMaker Pro. This review begins with FileMaker Pro, the software product with which database solutions can be designed and created. The platform is composed of a number of software products-including FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Go and FileMaker Server. In December, FileMaker (an Apple subsidiary) released the 13 th version of its FileMaker customizable database system. Based on our tests, Version 13 of FileMaker is a powerful yet simple tool for designing and publishing custom databases that will suit businesses’ specific data management requirements. The latest version FileMaker adds a mechanism for easily extending the venerable database Platform for use with browsers and mobile-without the need for Web programming or app development.
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