FileMaker Crosstab Reports
Learn how to create cross tab reports using native FileMaker and through the use of a web viewer to make flexible and fast reports.
FileMaker PDF from Server
FileMaker Server 16 now has the ability to create PDFs on the server! Gone are the days of creating overly complicated PHP setups and unreliable FileMaker Pro robot machines. Learn a few of the great new features FileMaker Server 16 adds for PDFs.
Location Monitoring in FileMaker Go
FileMaker 16 has introduced new location monitoring features that truly give FileMaker Go the edge by enhancing your app’s ability to take on any location-specific needs. Whether you’re indoors, outdoors, coming, or going, FileMaker can monitor it all.
FileMaker cURL Options
One of the most important and wide-reaching updates in FileMaker 16 is the ability to set cURL options in the Insert from URL script step. This allows FileMaker to natively integrate with innumerable services across the web, including Google Calendar, Google Maps, Microsoft SharePoint, and many other services.
FileMaker QuickBooks Online Integration
Many companies use both QuickBooks and FileMaker end up having to do double data entry from one system to the next. In this article, we will demonstrate how you can eliminate the hassle of manually copying the information by integrating your FileMaker solution with QuickBooks online.
Building a Dynamic and Robust FileMaker System
Have you inherited a system built by someone else, changed a field’s name and everything stopped working? The issue, hardcoded names used in indirection, makes the system fragile. FileMaker provides many methods to add flexibility using indirection. However when these instances of indirection aren't treated properly they will raise all sorts of problems. In this article we will discuss good practices regarding indirection that will help you build a dynamic and robust FileMaker system.
Integrating FileMaker With RESTful APIs
REST APIs are a universal standard for interacting with other programs and services, so by learning REST you can greatly expand the capabilities of what FileMaker can do, and the services it can interact with. If you've ever wanted to integrate FileMaker with Google Maps, Google Calendar, Microsoft SharePoint, or many other great services, you'll want to learn what RESTful APIs are and how to use them. Includes video and sample download file.
Integrating FileMaker and SharePoint Using Microsoft Graph
Oftentimes documents are commonly needed in multiple programs, but the lack of integration can result in having to enter in the same files in different applications. Microsoft Graph is a powerful tool that provides a unified API interface for many of Microsoft’s most popular Cloud programs, including the popular web-based application SharePoint. Learn how to integrate FileMaker and SharePoint plus OneDrive using Microsoft Graph API. Includes video and download to sample application.
FileMaker Barcode Techniques
Barcoding in FileMaker is very easy and there are many options. We look which barcoding options you can use and the various ways to implement barcodes. Whether you are managing inventory, selling tickets, creating name tags, barcodes can easily be used to provide an instant way to locate a record in your\_custom application.
FileMaker and Stripe Integration
Integrating a FileMaker solution and Stripe is both straightforward and simple, and the result is an efficient and secure way for any business to process a wide variety of payments.
Integrating FileMaker and Salesforce using Zapier
With the power of Zapier, different applications can be integrated into your FileMaker solution and overall business with ease. The great potential of integrating various platforms and automating the many tasks within them with Zapier can greatly increase productivity and enormously speed up company wide workflows.
FileMaker Cross Platform Notifications
Keep your users informed with the use of simple notifications. Using FileMaker and a service called Pushover we can easily leverage cross platform notifications with advanced features like message priority, which allows you to repeat a notification until the user acknowledges it.
Archiving Email In FileMaker
When working with large groups of people both in and out of your organization, it can be difficult to keep track of all the discussions between you and everyone else. Fortunately with the 360works email plugin, tracking all emails between you and your system’s contacts can become far more manageable. FileMaker and email integration allow users to view any and all emails that contacts, prospects, salespeople, managers and anyone else have had with one another.
FileMaker iBeacons
FileMaker 15 provides us with the ability to interact with iBeacon devices using FileMaker Go. This means we can associate data in our FileMaker solution with physical locations and have our iOS devices access them via the iBeacon technology.
FileMaker Google Route Optimization
We go over how to use the Google Maps Directions API to arrange multiple locations to give you the best route possible. Save time and money by finding the most optimal route to your appointments. Let a third party such as Google help you with the Traveling Salesman Problem.