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All Things FileMaker Server: Performance, Tuning, Troubleshooting, API, IoT

Wim Decorte, Nov 8, 2018, DIGFM Table of Contents Introduction In this comprehensive guide, we dive into FileMaker Server’s core functionalities, explore potential bottlenecks, and provide strategies for improving performance, scaling, and troubleshooting. This guide is heavily based on insights from Wim Decorte’s presentations, discussions, and hands-on experience with large-scale FileMaker deployments. Wim’s expertise spans

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FileMaker Pro Audit Trail “Revisited”

Source: https://excelisys.com/fmp-tip-n-trick-filemaker-pro-audit-trail-revisited/ Doug West, Apr 26, 2018, EXcelisys, Inc Nearly four years have passed since our last Easy-Bake FileMaker Pro Audit Trail made its Internet debut. The same principles are still going strong, and now we’ve added some bells and whistles based on user feedback. The steps to implement this revised FileMaker Pro audit trail technique

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FileMaker Security in the Enterprise

Alan Deffenderfer, FileMaker DevCon 2017 Menu Introduction to Enterprise FileMaker Security To top FileMaker is increasingly becoming a trusted tool in enterprise environments, and with this growth comes the need for heightened security. In this session, Alan Deffenderfer shares his firsthand experience working with FileMaker in the Defense Sector over a period of three and

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A Bag of Goodies: ExecuteSQL(), Named Buckets, RelationInfo…

Wim Decorte, Apr 29, 2016, FM DevCon 2014 Source: https://www.soliantconsulting.com/blog/executesql-named-buckets/ Back in 2014, I did a DevCon session on “Deep-Dive Scripting, an Audit log…”. The end-result of getting an audit log was not as important as the journey among the new and old scripting and function features. On the various FileMaker forums I see a lot of

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From References to Embedded Container Data

Wim Decorte, Jan 3, 2014, Soliant Consulting Blog Source: https://www.soliantconsulting.com/blog/references-embedded-container-data/ FileMaker 13 introduces a new function that gives us some 30 different attributes about the data we store in a container field: GetContainerAttribute(). One of those attributes is the name of the file that we can ask for like this: And another attribute is to see whether

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Everything you ever wanted to know about FileMaker Server backups

Wim Decorte, Sep 12, 2012, Soliant Consulting Blog Source: https://www.soliantconsulting.com/blog/filemaker-server-backups/ FileMaker Server 12 introduces some significant changes to the way backups are done. It now uses features found in the operating system to reduce the time it takes to complete backups and to reduce the disk space they require.  FileMaker Server 12 also introduces a