In FileMaker Pro 11, you can do all of this on the fly (so to speak) without leaving browse mode. To set up a dynamic subsummary in FileMaker Pro 10, you had to define the summary calculation (say, count of records by state) in the Manage Database Dialog, then you had to switch into Layout Mode and use a couple of dialogs to set up the subsummary display. With dynamic subsummaries you can total sorted groups of records while you continue to edit data. Note also that the user has previous defined a Quick Report that groups and counts records by City.įileMaker Pro 11 expands upon dynamic subsummaries, which were introduced in FileMaker Pro 10. In this shot, the user has created some fields, added some data, then created a new field (“#”), moved it into place as the first column, and the user is now changing the type of this field from text to number. The greatly improved table view in FileMaker Pro 11 is the default view when you create a new database, allowing you to create new fields by simply clicking a + button (shown here to the right of the Zip field). Experienced developers will probably continue to do things the old-fashioned way, using the Manage Database dialog.Īnother neat enhancement to Table View: You can now quickly show or hide fields without having to edit the underlying layout, which wasn’t possible before. fairly simple lists) will surely be grateful for the running start that the new interface provides. On the other hand, careful do-it-yourselfers building flat-file databases (i.e.
I will bet a plate of barbecued pork ribs that somebody is going to make a mess of a new database using this new user interface, since it really doesn’t require much thought.
You can’t create a new table or define a relationship working this way. As a data-modeling fanatic and notorious killjoy, I worry that FileMaker Pro 11 may have made things easier here than they should be.
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