Previous
Page
Next
Page
Contents > Creating a database

Creating a database
About planning a database
Creating a FileMaker Pro file
Setting file options
Defining database tables
Defining database fields
About naming fields
About choosing a field type
Defining text fields
Defining number fields
Defining date fields
Defining time fields
Defining timestamp fields
Defining container fields
Defining calculation fields
Defining summary fields
Setting options for fields
Defining automatic data entry
Defining field validation
Defining global fields (fields with global storage)
Defining repeating fields
Defining field indexing options
Defining Furigana options
Changing field definitions
Changing field names
Duplicating field definitions
Changing field types
Changing calculation formulas
Changing summary fields
Reordering field definitions
Deleting table definitions, field definitions and data
Creating file paths
Using variables
Working with formulas and functions
About functions
About formulas
Using operators in formulas
Identifying text constants and special characters in formulas
Adding a new line to the results of a formula
Adding comments to a formula
Using a reserved word or symbol for a field or table name
Getting the contents of a repetition in a repeating field
Solving calculations on a host machine


Contents > Creating a database
Previous
Page
Next
Page