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Wed 7 Nov 2012
14:15 - 17:00

Venue: Balfour Macintosh Room

Provided by: University Computing Service


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FileMaker Pro (Database Package): Introduction

Wed 7 Nov 2012

Description

This introductory course covers the basic concepts of the relational database package Filemaker Pro. Each participant will design a small database.

Sessions

Number of sessions: 1

# Date Time Venue Trainer
1 Wed 7 Nov 2012   14:15 - 17:00 14:15 - 17:00 Balfour Macintosh Room Richard Stibbs
Topics covered
  • Database design
  • Tables, records and fields
  • Properties of fields
  • Lookup and relationships
  • Value list
  • Relational relationships
  • Layouts and reports
  • Searching
  • Import and export
  • Backup
Format

Presentations, demonstrations and practicals.

System requirements

FileMaker Pro v. 8.5 on PWF Macintosh

Notes
  • Practical work will normally be done on Macintoshes but the course will be useful to those using FileMaker under Windows.
  • Basic computing skills are assumed. There are self-taught courses on FileMaker Pro, including one covering relational databases and one on publishing on the Web.
Duration

One half day session

Theme
Databases

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