How to go to a specific portal row a filemaker miscellany. When it comes to supporting unique rows within multiple portals on the same layout, you need to find a way to track each portal independently and know which record is selected within each portal. How to show the number of portal rows a filemaker miscellany. Conditional formatting is a great feature of the new filemaker. Calculates the total number of visible portal rows not the number of records shown in these rows. Enhance your filemaker portal columns filemaker pro tips. Go to portal row next goes to the next record exit loop if global counter 7 exits the record when the counter hits 7 end loop exit record request exits the current record and the portal, so we can see our results. The theory is to move up a row we take the mean of the two rows above, to move down. Exit after last tells filemaker pro to exit the script when it reaches the last portal row. But for all of the posts i read, and all of the videos i see, some simple tricks still get by me. Highlighting portal rows features such as highlighting selected portal rows provide an instant indication of what is selected or where the user is. Is there a function to get the last portal row number. In filemaker, you now have the ability to not onlyapply formatting to a portal, but also the individual portal rows.
The problem is that the row directly after the last row of data shows the delete button, even tho it has no data in the portal row. I reached out to the other filemaker developers at soliant, and i got a great sample file from ross johnson. The count function, according to the filemaker help, returns the number of values that are nonempty and valid. During conversion to filemaker 9, this was automatically updated to go to row by calculation. Making creation of records in a portal more user friendly. Applying active state formatting to portal rows and list views. I am trying to find the fastest way to calculate the number of records in a portal.
Duplicating a portal rowrecord in filemaker solutions. About half only have one resident, the other half has from 2 to 8 residents. When a user clicks an arrow a simple script increases or decreases the number in the sort field to move the row up or down. You know which record youre interested in, and you have the id of the record stashed in a global field, but. Display the running count of records in a portal, and summarize number. With the cursor blinking at me in the correct row, on implementing duplicate record from the menu to test the action, all records disappear from view in the portal and all other.
Optimized way for counting total no of record in portal in filemaker. Record number row number of attach the script to a button or field in the portal or an invisible rectangle or grouping of fields that take up the entire portal row. Ive tried to figure out the new report dialog wizard to no success, and not quite sure how to feed a summary field. You can use exit after last within a loop to exit the loop after the last portal row. It will give you a count of the number of a times a related field has data within it. I could later set something up to change back to the search layout with the set constraints. If there are multiple windows open in the current database file, each window can have its own portal row number value, but results are returned for only the foreground window.
With this feature, you can create a new type of portal this is a bit different than the regular portals we are all used to using. The portal is sorted by a number field which auto enters a serial number. Doubleclick the appropriate filemaker pro or filemaker pro advanced 12. I use a portal in the first table to enter the leave details leave dates, paydays, hours, etc. Ive got a long walklist of addresses and a related file with all the voters registered at that address. For example, a portal contains 20 records, but displays only 3. Place the related summary field, count of, in the single row filtered portal. By calculation moves to the row number that is the result of the calculation you create, or to the row number specified in a dialog.
This allows us to easily create masterdetail layouts. One of filemaker 17s most exciting new features is the ability to configure portals to display records from the current table. There must be a relationsip between the line items table and its self based on the primary table key. Narrator as the name implies, an aggregate functionin filemaker pro is used for calculating varioussummarizations of sets of data. The count function only work for static portal, and will account for all related records regardless of the portal being filtered. Returns a number representing the record that has focus in the current found set. Only the one extra row has this, the rest are blank as they should be. Deleting portal rows in filemaker john mark osborne. When no portal row contains the focus, this function returns 0. I was recently asked to sort portal columns for a client, and i figured there has to be a newer and cooler technique out there to accomplish portal sort than when i did it last. Cloudcontainer provides containerlike functionality in your filemaker database along with the virtually unlimited storage and performance of amazon s3.
By daniel wood, 15 december 2010 filemaker provides us with the ability to create related records directly from a portal. The vatsales tax rate for electronic software downloads and other. This is a very basic filemaker technique but is a very popular how do i. The virtual list technique, as its come to be known, has been possible since the introduction of global variables with filemaker 8.
This software updates filemaker pro 12 or filemaker pro 12 advanced to version 12. I have a portal displaying data with a delete button for each row. Within a portal, that will evaluate to the portal row number of the record. You can also use the row number field to relocate the last portal row visited, using a scripted button. Another solution is to count the number of portal rows in the filter portal and use that as the number of found count after the portal has been filtered. For example, you can get the total of all related records, the smallest or largest related record, or find the standard deviation of all related records in your portal. My problem that i got a button and i want to hide it based on another fiels is empty or not.
The answer is to use one of the aggregate family of functions called count. Is there a way to eliminate blank rows from a portal in a filemaker report. Going to a portal row by the contents of a field can be scripted. For example, on our invoices details layout, yousee that we have a portal on screen here. A portal can be configured to display one or more fields from the related table. All you need to do is choose a portal row number from the value list and click the button next. In combination with a calculation field, it can be used to highlight the row of a list.
It wasnt widely known or used until bruce robertson started promoting its use in ways which were previously not envisioned. Hi, i have a client database that has a portal linked to an accounts database based on the client number. Sometimes filemaker s builtin indicator for what row you are on in a list can be a little lacking. Count of filtered portal records sign in to follow this. The accounts database contains all the payments a client has paid along with all the charges they accrue. This is a great and easy way to generate records without the need to script the process, and for that reason it is a popular technique among both new users and. Cloudcontainer is easy to set up and use as a replacement for native container fields with no plugins or additional server software to install or maintain. Curated technology news with a focus on filemaker and wordpress. This may or may not be the same as a found count, or total record count when using portal filtering, different portals can show. Brilliant scoops curated technology news with a focus on. Filemaker 17 has a great new feature for creating masterdetail layouts. Filemaker developers blog subsummarys within portals pt i. I dont want to see the actual items listed, just a number under or next to each header.
How to copy data to one field from multiple portal records. Read and accept the displayed license agreement, then proceed as directed. I want to get running totals or summaries in my portal rows for number fields. How can i do a count calculated field but with conditions. I know its annoying but the portal filtering, introduced in filemaker 11, is sort of an illusion rather than a true structural phenomenon. Is there a way to count the number of records in a portal got that part figured out in a sum field and account for if a record has a specific field.
This calculation will display which portal row a record is based on a pirmary table and line items table. Creating calendars with portal filters in filemaker pro how to create. Getting portals to doshow what you want can be frustrating. Besides the object name for the portal, at least one object in the portal has to have an object name, too. Learn how to adaptively delete a row in any filemaker 16 portal using a single script. In this article, ill explain what masterdetail is, how to create read more about filemaker 17 portals for masterdetail layouts. If you have data like attendance data in a portal you might want to be able to summarize some of that data. Paid and due amounts are in separate columns within the portal. Returns the number of valid, nonblank values in a field.
If a user navigates to a portal without selecting a specific portal row and without making an object active within a specific portal row, get. This example is the most basic use of scripting an action from one portal row to the next. I want a script that takes me to a portal row and then duplicates the portal row. Unfortunately, they dont always provide the most intuitive user experience when newcomers are learning how to enter data in a filemaker. We generally use count function for counting total no of record in a related table, but it takes lot of time when we have large number of data. You can also find minimum, maximum,or the variants of standard deviation. The navigation part of the script which takes me to the selected row works fine. Filemaker s portal setup options enable you to specify a starting row, how many rows tall a portal should be, whether to offer a vertical scrollbar, and whether to alternate row colors between that which you set for the portal itself and an alternative color. Place that bit of text in the portal, and youll see your running count of records. This can have some interesting, yet subtle, effects on your user interface.
If you set a portal to slide up, it allows you to slide through unused portal rows. Alternatively, each related record in the portal could contain an unstored calculation field set to getrecordnumber. How do you get the count of the related records in a filtered portal. Normally, the leave is during one pay period, but if it goes over a number of paydays i have a button in the portal row that duplicates the last row and adds 14 days a pay period to the payday of the duplicated record. Due to a fix involving certain unicode characters, it is highly recommended that you update filemaker pro, filemaker pro advanced, filemaker server, and filemaker go to the latest available versions. However, if an entry in a portal row is one line but the row can handle two lines, the portal does not slide through the unused space. Related records from another table can be displayed using a filemaker pro layout object called a portal. I love to learn, and one of the benefits of writing a blog is learning so much from all of the wonderful, sharing developers in the filemaker world. The entire question is how do i get a count of all the rows in a portal. With the addition of the current found set portal, filemaker has added the ability to easily create one of the most common trends in modern applications the master detail.
Script looping filemaker portal rows thepracticalba. A portal displays the data from related records in rows with one row in a portal representing one related record in the related table. The current found set portal is a portal that displays a. Masterdetail is a very common and powerful ui design pattern. Count of filtered portal records filemaker pro 11 the. If the portal object name is unknown, nothing is returned. Fortunately, there is a solution to draw the users focus to the row they are one. Dave at a filemaker miscellany found three possible solutions for this particular problem the requirement in a portal, you need to be able to highlight a given record, and ensure that the portal row is visible. The basic idea is that a single screen or interface displays both a. Originally, this example used the go to portal row by field. When i use the count field function in a calculation to show how many records are in the portal, it takes some time for fm to summarize the field and count the records. Filemaker 17 portals for masterdetail layouts luminfire.
Filemaker, portals, techniques, tips leave a comment often, i need to show the number of records shown in a given portal. Filemaker portals are great for displaying information in the appropriate context. Quit filemaker pro 12 or filemaker pro 12 advanced. It can be used for more flexible printed output or showing information from multiple tables within one single portal or.
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