The Philosophy of FileMaker - Part 1 udemy course free download
What you'll learn:
- Design a multi-user solution
- Identify and create one-to-many, many-to-one, one-to-one and many-to-many relationships
- Create an Entity-Relationship diagram (ERD)
- Design according to the principals of anchor-buoy relational design
- Translate business systems from real-life to electronic using data modeling
- Create portals, filtered portals and filtered relationships
- Learn how to print properly in a multi-table environment
- Work with columns, merge fields, labels and a variety of other print mediums
- Create reports using sub summary parts and summary fields
- Learn how to script complex automations with decision making intelligence
- Create adaptive or dynamic scripts
- Work with modular scripting
- Capture errors and redirect programming with error analysis
- Save and restore found sets for a better user experience
- Compare and contrast different approaches to a problem in order to design better solutions
- Validate and format a phone number for consistent data entry
- Flag overdue or upcoming events
- Understand record locking and script for multi-user solutions
- Learn the differences and best uses for global fields, variables and parameters
Requirements::
- Students should be familiar with the basics of browse, find, layout and preview mode which can be achieved by taking any of the beginner courses also available on Udemy
- Students do not need to have experience with relational design, scripting and calculations but familiarity can help in faster learning
Description:
Learn FileMaker Scripting, Calculations, Relationships and Reporting from the guy who actually wrote the book, Scriptology: FileMaker Pro Demystified. With over two decades of experience teaching FileMaker, John Mark Osborne will help you understand tough FileMaker concepts with ease. Intermediate and advanced FileMaker techniques will be taught throughout the three part tutorial series. In order to better understand every nut and bolt that goes into designing a solution, a single file will be created from scratch. The chosen solution is an invoicing solution for its familiarity to a wide audience and flexibility of applying techniques to other solutions. The completed FileMaker file at each stage is provided to assist with the learning process.
Who this course is for:
- Students will learn how to design a complete solution from the ground up including layout design, scripting, calculations, relational design and reporting
- An invoicing solution will be used as the basis for the course but the concepts learned can be applied to any solution
- This is an intermediate course with some beginner information
Course Details:
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8.5 hours on-demand video
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9 downloadable resources
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Full lifetime access
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Access on mobile and TV
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Certificate of completion