Learning Claris FileMaker

As an add-on module, LOgiCATOR supplements FileMaker's native Find mode with an intuitive, rule-based search interface.

LOCATE DATA WITH LOGICAL PRECISION

LOgiCATOR builds on the immense power of FileMaker’s native Find mode, and wraps that power in a sleek and intuitive interface. Gone are wonkish operators and confusing find and omit requests, replaced by plain language prompts and options.

FileMaker Finds - ever wonder how to search for data in your FileMaker app?

Learn tips & tricks for using FileMaker "Find" options & search operators.

• Do you need to find something in your FileMaker solution?
• Are you searching for data and wondering the best way to track it down?
• Performing a search in FileMaker is one of the most common actions as a user and developer, but do you know all the FileMaker "Find" options and search operators?
• Have you ever taken a few moments to test, compare, and understand the multitude of options available?

Searching and Finding ...

Every new tip you learn can save hours of time as a user or developer.

This video could be used as a training video for new users so they can get up to speed on how to make the most of the powerful search possibilities in FileMaker.

This is our (AppWorks) fifth video in our FileMaker Basics series, which covers topics for beginning-level developers.

This video is the first in a 3-part series that shows you how to utilize FileMaker's built-in Found Set function.

Learn how to do complex finds in FileMaker!

FileMaker is a very responsive application – you ask it to do something and it responds pretty quickly.

But sometimes, we want FileMaker to be more patient and wait until we’re done before it does something.

In effect, we want FileMaker to practice a bit of patience. We’re going to talk about pickers today, and […]

That’s what a picker lets you do. It gives you a simple interface – usually, a search field is used to filter the list, so you can narrow a list of 500 types of [whatever you’re looking for] down to just a few possibilities. This can make it much easier for a user to select the correct data to put into the field, especially when the list of possible choices is large or will grow over time.

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This training video is part three of a tutorial series about the beginning and advanced ways to use a find in FileMaker from Claris.

Building on the foundation of part 1 and 2, we dive into more of the advanced operators for even more effective searches.

See part 1 here: https://youtu.be/KCnv-QyxGIE

See part 2 here: https://youtu.be/Hlf87fTdWvc

Performing a find in Claris FileMaker is one of the most common actions as a user and developer.

But have you ever really taken a few moments to test, compare, and understand the multitude of options available?

Rather than reading through extensive manuals, we visually demonstrate simple and complex searches with all of the operators and combinations of Find, Constrain, and Extend functions.

Knowing when to use the best techniques can save so much time and frustration for years to come.

Many of us are accustomed to the infinitely-flexible searching offered by FileMaker: any field you can have on a screen can be searchable, more or less, and multiple “search requests” and the constrain/extend menu commands add extensive Boolean control. 

But that is definitely not the norm for online searching in 2016, and it’s certainly not on offer in any site or app that I can think of offhand.

Instead we have the widely-understood convention of a single search box. 

We type search terms in, click a button, and results come back. That’s easy to understand, at least.

Whether or not it is easy to use, or useful in generating successful outcomes, is another question.

Read more on the blog and explore the references about 'Search"