From the course: FileMaker Pro Essential Training (2019)
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Determining which tables your FileMaker app will need - FileMaker Pro Tutorial
From the course: FileMaker Pro Essential Training (2019)
Determining which tables your FileMaker app will need
- [Instructor] There's a couple different methods you could use to create a database in FileMaker, the first of which is to use a starter or sample app that come prebuilt for you already. In those cases, you could just make some modifications, add some data, and you're ready to roll. But another option, which is actually a lot more popular is to create a database from the ground up. And when you create a database from the ground up or from scratch, you'll need to first make some decisions about what types of information or data is going to be stored within the database. So really, the first thing that you're going to have to determine is what types of tables you're going to have. But hold on, let's back up a second, what is a table? Well if you remember earlier in this course, we talked about how one of the primary roles of a database is to store information, well this is that area where the data actually gets stored. It's like a little bucket or container where the data goes. Now…
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