 8:00 a.m. |
Americas SBA Program Information Meeting |
Special Meeting |
General |
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Teresa Buchholz (FileMaker, Inc.)
Session Description
If you are interested in bundling your solution with FileMaker software and would like to learn more about the Solution Bundle Agreement (SBA) program, please join this interactive discussion led by FileMaker staff. You will learn about the application process, requirements for your solutions and how to get the most out of the program.
If you are an existing SBA member, please join us for a separate meeting, "SBA Program Members-Only Round-Table".
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| 8:00 a.m. |
K-12 Education Round-Table Discussion |
Special Meeting |
General |
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Leslie Kareckas (FileMaker, Inc.)
Session Description
All K-12 independent consultants and in-house developers that create FileMaker solutions for K-12 schools or districts are invited to attend this round-table with FileMaker K-12 marketing and sales staff. This is an excellent opportunity to discuss technology trends in the K-12 market, network with other K-12 developers and learn about ongoing efforts at FileMaker, Inc.
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Building the Core 4 CRM/ERP Using the Latest Tools from FileMaker |
Vendor Demo |
General |
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Marc Larochelle (Productive Computing, Inc.)
Session Description
In this session we will take a closer look into the Core4, a new version of our popular CRM/ERP solution utilizing the latest features available in FileMaker Pro. Learn how we integrate with Outlook, QuickBooks, iCal, and AddressBook. Explore techniques we've used for WAN optimization and go under the hood to review how it's done. iPad integration as well as connectivity to Magento (shopping cart) will also be discussed and demonstrated.
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| 9:00 a.m. |
FileMaker Server 12: New and Improved Features for Maximum Stability |
Session - Core |
Beginner |
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Session Description
FileMaker Server is the cornerstone of a stable FileMaker Pro solution deployment and performs a wide variety of crucial tasks. In this session we will go deep into the tools that FileMaker Server provides to take control of deployment, and we will also have a look at the monitoring that you can do to ensure the health of your FileMaker Server is consistently reliable.
What You Will Learn
- What are the various FileMaker Server 12 processes and what do they do?
- Where and how can I control those processes?
- Is the command line really that scary?
- What kind of server monitoring can I do?
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Scripts as Functions: Using Structured I/O For Reusable Scripts |
Session - Design/Develop Track |
Intermediate |
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Session Description
With the advent of Script Parameters and Exit Script results, modern FileMaker scripts can now assume a powerful, function-like role in which they receive data for processing from a calling script, and return transformed data or error messages back to the caller. But there is no real convention or best practice in regards to how to pass in secure, easily referenced script parameters, or return easily parsed results. In this session we will explore common do-it-yourself strategies for managing parameters and return results, as well as custom functions that are freely available to the FileMaker community which can add more power and precision to the way your scripts process parameters and return results.
Products & Technologies
- Six Fried Rice Dictionary suite
What You Will Learn
- How to build structured arrays of parameters
- How to reference those parameters in scripts
- How to continue building functionality with the parameters
- How structured parameters can enable us to write more universal and reusable scripts
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Top Notch Layout Design for FileMaker Go |
Session - FileMaker Go |
Intermediate |
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Session Description
The world of mobile devices has exploded, and FileMaker Go presents one of the most unique opportunities to FileMaker developers. Designing for the mobile platform and the FileMaker Go environment is quite different than designing for the desktop. This session will focus on the opportunities and aesthetics you can use within your mobile designs. Using FileMaker's own Layout mode, we'll take a look at what you can, can't and all the cool things you probably should do.
Products & Technologies
- FileMaker Pro
- FileMaker Go
What You Will Learn
- How to maximize your designs for the iOS platform
- Design a layout for speed as well as looks
- Nuances specific to layout design for FileMaker Go
- Plenty of Layout mode tips and tricks
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| 9:00 a.m. |
LAN/WAN Performance : The Basics |
Session - Integration/Web |
Intermediate |
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Session Description
See how deliberate changes in your design and development approach can have a measurable impact on application performance over both the Local Area Network (LAN) and the Wide Area Network (WAN). We'll review what triggers communication and data movement to and from a FileMaker Server, and we'll discuss common, data-intensive design practices and their leaner alternatives. We'll also demonstrate how improvements to the file format and network protocols in the FileMaker 12 product lineup have reduced the number of remote calls and data packets needed to facilitate client/server communications, and what this means for converted solutions.
Products & Technologies
- FileMaker Pro 12
- FileMaker Pro Advanced 12
- FileMaker Go 12
- FileMaker Server 12
- FileMaker Server Advanced 12
What You Will Learn
- An overview of how specific database design approaches can optimize data flow and reduce overhead
- An illustration of how server and network architecture impacts response time
- A checklist for making sure your applications are efficient consumers of network bandwidth
- A demonstration of how to use third-party tools and the FileMaker Server Admin Console to benchmark and tune solution performance
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| 10:45 a.m. |
FileMaker in Brazil - The World's 6th Largest Economy |
Special Meeting |
General |
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Julie Sigfrinius (FileMaker, Inc.)
Session Description
Learn from a developer, a distributor (reseller) and a training resource from Brazil. Claudio Heidemann from Implement Systems Brazil will discuss the growth of FileMaker Go in the region. Joao Domingues, a Boxware Distribuidora in Brazil will explain how to increase the sales volume in Brazil, world's sixth-largest economy, in different channels. Henrique Bilbao from HiMaker in Brazil will present ways to propose FileMaker development to the public and acquire new clients with training.
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| 10:45 a.m. |
Four Simple Steps to Significantly Faster FileMaker Solutions and a More Efficient Business |
Vendor Demo |
General |
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HOnza Koudelka (24U Software)
Session Description
After spending years trying to make his company's own FileMaker Pro based information system run faster, HOnza began researching the different options available to improve speed through optimization. On his journey, HOnza discovered a simple pattern of actions to follow in order to achieve the best possible speed improvement with the least amount of effort. In this session, HOnza will teach you the basics of his 4-step optimization pattern, the Marvelous Optimization Formula, and how to apply it. Also, HOnza will share real life case studies where the optimization pattern was applied and how it made the business more efficient and profitable.
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| 10:45 a.m. |
It All Starts with a Sale |
Session - General |
Beginner |
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Session Description
Many developers talk about sales as if it were a mystery, something just outside of your control. It's not. This session will focus on identifying specific tactics that bring sales closer to your control and make selling more predictable. We will look closely at how to manage incoming requests for your services as both an in-house and a developer for hire. You'll walk away with new knowledge and specific actions to improve your sales process.
'Sales' is not a bad word so we might as well embrace the opportunity to put our best foot forward and shine.
What You Will Learn
- Learn how to invest time in deals you'll likely win
- Identify WHO you should be selling to
- Identify a systematic process that enables you to confidently move from initial inquiry to approved project
- Finish the sale (I don't like the word closing because we're not closing anything, we're opening a relationship or project)
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| 10:45 a.m. |
Dashboard Design: Giving Users a Way to Take Action |
Session - Design/Develop Track |
Intermediate |
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Session Description
The best dashboards put information at your user's fingertips. Most dashboards use charts or graphs to distill data into a visual form that can drive decision making. But just putting charts on your database's splash screen doesn't give users a great experience. Data should be well chosen, easy to grasp and most important, easily actionable. Plus managers who make long-term decisions will need different data and a different type of dashboard than the staff members who are in the trenches doing day-to-day tasks. Learn how to ask and answer the questions that lead to a great UX for your dashboard driven database.
Products & Technologies
- FileMaker Pro
- FileMaker Pro Advanced
What You Will Learn
- What is a dashboard?
- Understanding how users grasp data
- Designing a dashboard that users can act on
- Best practices for dashboard design
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| 10:45 a.m. |
Great Interface Design Patterns for FileMaker Go |
Session - FileMaker Go |
Intermediate |
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Session Description
This session is a survey of great user interface patterns and an overview of how to recreate them in your own FileMaker Go iPad/iPhone solutions. We will explore and deconstruct 10 to 12 patterns from a library of design patterns that cover broader categories such as Navigation, Data Views, Data Interaction and Searching/Filtering. These examples are drawn from the best and most successful real world solutions and will be presented alongside an overview of how to recreate them. A more detailed recipe of each pattern will be made available to attendees on the web.
What You Will Learn
- Searching/filtering design patterns
- Data views, beyond the form, list and table view; i.e. panels
- Navigation design patterns
- Data-interaction patterns: selection, visual feedback and, data-entry examples
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| 10:45 a.m. |
FTS: Security |
FTS |
Intermediate |
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Session Description
Implementing a proper security model often goes beyond controlling whether or not someone can log into a database. FileMaker Pro includes a robust set of features for controlling which users have access to what information and what they can do with that information via the accounts and privileges settings. This session will demonstrate how to restrict users from sensitive operations or information within a database, how to associate privileges with authenticated accounts, and how to control specific features within a database based on a given user's assigned privileges.
Products & Technologies
- FileMaker Pro
- FileMaker Server
- OSX/iOS/Windows
What You Will Learn
- Understanding security controls in FileMaker files
- Creation and management of accounts and privilege sets in FileMaker security
- Restricting record deletion
- Approaches for implementing conditional record access
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| 10:45 a.m. |
Container Field Under The Hood |
Session - Core |
Advanced |
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Session Description
Oleg will discuss the challenges inherent in storing digital content in databases and how FileMaker 12 addresses these challenges. He will talk about all aspects of the new Managed Storage technology, which makes it possible to incrementally backup databases containing digital content. Oleg will explain how FileMaker 12 addresses problems specific to particular types of digital content such as images, video, and PDF documents. Lastly, he will also cover differences in container handling between FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Go, and FileMaker Server.
Products & Technologies
- FileMaker Pro 12
- FileMaker Server 12
- FileMaker Go 12
What You Will Learn
- Managed storage (open vs. secure, base directories, and data transfer)
- Image thumbnails, caching, and background imaging
- New interactive container fields and PDF support
- Container field changes in FileMaker Go and FileMaker Server
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| 2:00 p.m. |
Add Enterprise Data Management Capabilities to FileMaker Server |
Vendor Demo |
General |
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Jason Erickson (World Sync, Inc.)
Session Description
During this session, WorldSync will illustrate how to integrate FileMaker Pro with SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL and other systems, as well as how to add Server-side Audit Logging, Continuous Backup & Data Restoration, and Data Synchronization between multiple FileMaker Servers and/or mobile users. Following this session, you will not only know what SyncDeK can do for you, but you will have seen how to implement SyncDeK into your own solutions. Attendees will also have an opportunity to win one of several prizes to be awarded at the end of the session.
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| 2:00 p.m. |
Using Visual Design to Support Functionality and Usability |
Session - Design/Develop Track |
Beginner |
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Session Description
Visual design is often referred to as eye candy. But it doesn't matter if it's beautiful if it doesn't work. There is an integral relationship between visual design, functionality, and usability. This session explains the fundamentals of human perception and how visuals support or detract from function. It reveals how the FileMaker Pro 12 style, architecture, and tools were designed to support best layout practices; as well as how to make the most of them. The session provides information to save you time and guesswork and enable you to produce crisp, clean, and highly usable layouts.
What You Will Learn
- Fundamentals of graphic design and its relationship to human vision and cognition
- How FileMaker Pro 12 was built to support best practices in layout design
- How to use the new FileMaker Pro 12 tools in concert to make crisp, clean, usable layouts
- Before and after example layouts and the visual and interaction design choices for their improvements
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| 2:00 p.m. |
FTS: Server |
FTS |
Beginner |
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Session Description
If you need to share your solution with many users, FileMaker Server is the tool to use. In this session, attendees will learn about FileMaker Server, how to deploy and configure FileMaker Server and how to take advantage of its ability to assist in the automation of business process by running FileMaker scripts. In addition, attendees will spend some time learning about how to create and automate a robust backup strategy.
Note: A Gold Pass is required for all FTS sessions. Attendees will receive one DVD of the FTS materials (includes modules, videos, exercise and demo files).
Products & Technologies
- FileMaker Pro
- FileMaker Server
What You Will Learn
- Introduction to FileMaker Server
- Installing and configuring FileMaker Server
- Backing up FileMaker Server
- Running scripts with FileMaker Server
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| 2:00 p.m. |
Extending FileMaker Go |
Session - FileMaker Go |
Advanced |
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Session Description
It's easy to extend the capabilities of FileMaker Pro on the desktop by using any of the many third-party plug-ins that are available for developers. In FileMaker Go, however, plug-ins are prohibited by the iOS platform's more restrictive security policies. This session will focus on the use of the url protocol for communicating with apps outside of FileMake, as well as leveraging SASE (Server Assisted Script Execution) to enhance external integration with FileMaker Go. Examples for SASE include a real-world case of credit card processing, using a server plugin and reservations submitted to Authorize.net's CIM (Contact Information Manager) to avoid PCI compliance issues. Open FileMaker Go up by using the Open URL and Insert from URL commands.
Products & Technologies
- FileMaker Go
- FileMaker Server
- iOS 5
What You Will Learn
- Extend the capabilities of FileMaker Go using free and off-the-shelf tools
- Integrate iOS native apps with FileMaker Go databases
- Credit Card processing while avoiding storing credit card data
- Tips & Tricks for working with URL protocol
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| 2:00 p.m. |
WPE Under the hood: Discover What's New! |
Session - Integration/Web Track |
Advanced |
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Session Description
The Web Publishing Engine (WPE) was re-written from the ground up to improve performance, scalability, and stability. In this session you will learn about what these changes are, how they benefit you, and how they work under the hood.
Products & Technologies
- FileMaker Web
- Web Publishing Engine
- Logging
- XML
What You Will Learn
- Learn about the architectural changes of the new Web Publishing Engine
- Learn about the improvements to the new engine, how they work, and are designed
- New feature additions and changes
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| 3:45 p.m. |
SeedCode: Under the Hood |
Vendor Demo |
General |
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John Sindelar (SeedCode)
Session Description
John Sindelar will be demonstrating some of the most powerful, but perhaps less well known features of SeedCode products and how they were accomplished. This fast paced look at how we build stuff will give you the confidence to put these products and techniques to work in your own solutions so you can quickly add value and delight your customers. We'll also be taking a look at how our newest products are taking advantage of the latest features available in FileMaker Pro.
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| 3:45 p.m. |
Shaking the Dependency Tree |
Session - Core |
Advanced |
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Session Description
FileMaker Pro has a very powerful calculation engine built into it. The calculation engine is exposed to us in a number of ways: calculation fields, script steps, conditional formatting, filtered portals, web viewers, chart objects, etc.
But it can be a challenge to determine precisely when various kinds of calculations will refresh, and what causes them to refresh. This fast-paced session is a survey of the various places where the calculation engine is exposed to us, and an exploration of what exactly causes calculations to refresh their values, and when. Audience participation will be encouraged.
What You Will Learn
- Unravel the mystery of how and when calculations update in FileMaker Pro - the Dependency Tree
- A brief survey of where the calculation is exposed to you in FileMaker Pro
- Uncover which script step(s) will cause calculations to refresh, and under which circumstances
- By discovering this convoluted behavior, you can better prepare your solutions for updating calculations
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| 3:45 p.m. |
Event Services Industry Case Study: Solving Business Challenges with FileMaker Go |
Session - FileMaker Go |
Intermediate |
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Session Description
Event services require a number of service work orders to be processed, from room configurations to the installation of electrical power and technology. This session shares details of how the Austin Convention Center is changing the way they do business using FileMaker Go. See how this premier event facility that spans six city blocks of downtown Austin has been able to improve productivity, increase customer satisfaction, save over $50K each year in operating expenses and yield a 200% ROI. This presentation will describe the various technologies that work together to move secure data from the desk of internal office staff to the event services employees out on the show floor and back again.
Products & Technologies
- FileMaker Pro
- FileMaker Server
- MS Windows Task Scheduler
- Apple iCal
- PowerSolutions InsideScan plug-in
- Visioneer Strobe scanner
What You Will Learn
- How to mobilize your current FileMaker desktop applications with iOS-like features
- Best practices for moving data between FileMaker desktop applications and hosted mobile applications using FileMaker Go and FileMaker Server
- Discover ways to quickly add scanned images to your FileMaker Go application for optimal viewing within iOS
- How to use both the iOS passcode and FileMaker access privileges to secure your mobile solutions
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| 3:45 p.m. |
FTS: Scripting |
FTS |
Intermediate |
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Session Description
One of the most important and powerful tools in FileMaker Pro is the Manage Scripts feature, which allows you to create scripted routines that can then be triggered in a variety of ways. Scripts can serve a wide range of purposes, including automating everything from simple navigation tasks to complex reporting and workflow needs. Despite their variety of purposes, there are common design patterns-sequences or arrangements of script steps-that serve as the building blocks for script after script. This session will cover some of these basic design patterns such as interacting with the user, finding data, error trapping, navigating to related records, and looping over a set of records. By focusing on these common patterns, you will learn the building blocks necessary for creating scripts in your own database solutions.
Note: A Gold Pass is required for all FTS sessions. Attendees will receive one DVD of the FTS materials (includes modules, videos, exercise and demo files).
What You Will Learn
- Learn common scripting patterns
- Create scripts that interact with users, perform finds, and manipulate data
- Use loops to perform iterative tasks
- Set up layout and object level script triggers
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| 3:45 p.m. |
Evangelizing Others about the Value of FileMaker |
Session - General |
Intermediate |
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Session Description
FileMaker Pro is always a considered purchase. If you have had to build a business case for FileMaker, this session will be worthwhile to attend. Have you ever asked yourself if FileMaker Pro is so great why do I have to work so hard to explain its value? We will also discuss how to work effectively with FileMaker personnel, and understanding FileMaker licensing in order to increase your effectiveness in making the case for FileMaker. This will be a highly interactive session. If you are a an in-house developer or an outside consultant you will find this session worth your time.
What You Will Learn
- How to make a value based case for FileMaker Pro with an ROI discussion
- How to evangelize all key decision makers including IT
- How to work effectively with FileMaker personnel
- Understanding FileMaker licensing
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| 3:45 p.m. |
FileMaker Pro and CMS: What You Need to Know About Building a Content Management System with FileMaker Pro |
Session - Integration/Web Track |
Advanced |
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Session Description
FileMaker Pro databases are a great platform for creating Content Management Systems (CMS), but who wants to repeat any of the mistakes companies have made in CMS implementations over the last 10 years? In this session you will get all the perspective the FileMaker Web Operations Team have gained by implementing and using CMS on the filemaker.com website since 1997. Plus, you will see other real world examples of how FileMaker Pro can be used for CMS, how to avoid common pitfalls, and how FileMaker 12 can improve your solutions. The CMS community have spent millions of dollars learning these lessons, and you can get them all in one session!
Products & Technologies
- FileMaker Pro
- FileMaker Server
- PHP
- JSP
- HTML CSS
- JAVASCRIPT
What You Will Learn
- Top 10 things we have learned about CMS in the last 10 years, and the mistakes to avoid
- How to get content effectively out of your FileMaker Pro database and into the world
- 10 real world examples of FileMaker Pro as a content management system and the lessons learned
- How FileMaker 12 will improve Content Management Systems
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| 7:00 p.m. |
Attendee Dinner Party |
Networking - Event |
General |
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Hosted by FileMaker, Inc.
Session Description
Enjoy an evening with your fellow attendees and FileMaker staff. Dinner, hosted bar, and "lively" entertainment will be a great way to relax and have fun. You might even get a chance to meet famous entertainers that once performed at the hotel.
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