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Importing data - FileMaker Pro Tutorial
From the course: FileMaker Pro 13 Essential Training
Importing data
So far in this title, we've been working with creating one record at a time manually. The true value of the database is to store and manage a lot of data. And the best way to get large amounts of data into your database at one time is to do something that's called an import. Now, we've already discussed creating a database from a spreadsheet earlier on in the title, and even importing a spreadsheet into your database as a new table. But in this movie, we're going to discuss importing data from another file into your database. This will allow us to work with large sets of data in some of the upcoming movies. First, let's take a look at the products table. You can navigate over the products table in our exercise file. And you'll notice that we have no records in the database. You can tell that in the upper left hand corner. You can see that we've got the number zero there next to where it says records. Now, I should note that in previous movies, this table did have data in it because we…
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Using guides and arranging, aligning, grouping and locking layout objects10m
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Applying Screen Stencils3m 25s
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Placing and formatting graphics in layouts5m 34s
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Applying gradients2m 19s
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Formatting fields and applying field attributes6m 24s
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Understanding states5m 9s
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Setting field behaviors3m 23s
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Using the Tab Control feature9m 6s
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Using the Slide Control feature6m 42s
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Using the popover feature7m 40s
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Setting the tab order4m 29s
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Learning how to hide layout objects conditionally6m 4s
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Introducing scripts and script steps2m 48s
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Assigning script steps to buttons4m 50s
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Understanding the Scriptmaker dialog window7m 54s
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Creating multiline scripts10m 23s
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Adding find criteria to a script8m 19s
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Using the New Window script step7m 36s
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Understanding the If script step5m 42s
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Using script parameters5m 7s
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Reviewing the Send Mail script option5m 17s
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