Typically, portals in FileMaker are used for showing related data. However, a portal based on the same table as its layout would simply display the current found set.
If you made the portal large enough, the layout would appear as a list view- which wouldn’t be very helpful.
So, in this blog, we will make the portal smaller and create a powerful layout design, the Master Detail portal.
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