Learning Claris FileMaker

Visualize your FileMaker data in Tableau and get important questions answered in a matter of minutes to help grow and improve your business.

An average FileMaker database contains a large amount of unused, valuable data.

And that data can provide a lot of important insights.

How long does it take to ship an order?

What is our most popular product?

What categories are more profitable than others?

All of these and more are important questions that can be answered in a matter of minutes in Tableau.

The best part?

Unlike Microsoft Power BI, Tableau has a special FileMaker connector that can be used to easily get that data.

With their new flexible pricing and Tableau Desktop 2021’s visualizing power, it’s easier to get the answers you need to help grow and improve your business.

How can Facebook, Amazon, LinkedIn and Google provide recommendations in near-real time?

What database engine is used to investigate the Panama papers?

Can we tap into that power with FileMaker?

Sure!

Learn more about the power of so called ‘graph databases’.

I (Joris Aarts) use the most popular one — Neo4j — as an example and show you step by step how to integrate a graph database in a FileMaker solution.

FileMaker offers many different options for charting, but if you need a chart that is not available in FileMaker, you should consider using Google Charts.

Google Charts is a free Javascript framework that can be used in conjunction with web viewers in FileMaker to extend your charting capabilities.

Since native FileMaker charting is much quicker and simpler to set up, let’s look at some Google Charts.

Only Available in Google Charts

• Geographic
• Candlestick
• Organizational
• Treemap
• Gauge
• Timeline

fmEZCharts is the easiest and most powerful way to add beautiful charts and graphs to your FileMaker Pro systems.

Easy to integrate. Intuitive to use.

Build beautiful Javascript charts and graphs with no experience needed.

The community based support forum provides a place to ask and answer questions about integration, troubleshooting, and general questions about use.

Watch the video to learn more

Ryan Boyd, Developer Relations, Neo4j:In this introduction to Neo4j and Graph Databases, we discuss the primary use cases for Graph Databases and explore the properties of Neo4j that make those use cases possible.

FileMaker Business Intelligence Using Tableau

With FileMaker 16 you are now able to connect to a powerful business intelligence software called Tableau that helps people see and understand their data.

Tableau is a leader in business intelligence software and has been named a leader 5 years in a row in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant. Tableau allows you to create advanced charts and reports of your data, and create interactive dashboards that let you see trends and turn data into actionable insights.

With FileMaker’s new REST API connecting to Tableau is easier than ever.

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