Expanding portal rows it wasnt widely known or used until bruce robertson started promoting its use in ways which were previously not envisioned. Itd be so much more efficient if each record could have only the fields it needed. They create a portal to this table, set up the relationship to display the required number of records, and write the code to fill these variables. In filemaker, showing distinct values in a portal can be accomplished in various ways. The text will appear as recordnumber in the portal row.
Thanks lesouef doing a loop running through the row numbers in the portal to find a match with the record number i was looking for did the trick. Sep, 2012 this inserted text shows us the portal row number without the need for another field definition. Filemaker developers blog subsummarys within portals pt i. This is a very basic filemaker technique but is a very popular how do i. Is there a way to eliminate blank rows from a portal in a filemaker report. Count records in portal with field criteria filemaker. How to go to a specific portal row a filemaker miscellany. 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. Conditional formatting is a great feature of the new filemaker. Providing filemaker tutorials, videos, example technique files and useful development resources. There must be an easy way to just show a count of portal rows without having fm summarizing each record. I have for many years just used the count function to determine. Sep 14, 2010 this is a very basic filemaker technique but is a very popular how do i. So you will want to use the go to field or the go to object script step first, to go to one of the fieldsobjects in the portal.
About half only have one resident, the other half has from 2 to 8 residents. All you need to do is choose a portal row number from the value list and click the button next. Finally you create a special layout object, called a portal, that lets you view. All you have to do is write a formula that tells the calculation field how to get the answer. Hello there, wouldnt it be just great to add new records in the top of a portal, instead of scrolling 188 records down and then finally finding the white line. They can appear in any number of sorted subsummary parts. Just click on a portal row and the context of the body part is changed to the selected row. One of filemakers field options, called serial number, automatically assigns a. Iso filemaker magazine filemaker pro video tutorials. The question on one or more of the filemaker forums was asked and answered. Duplicating a portal rowrecord in filemaker solutions.
The problem with this is that, in order to show the number of records in the portal, it has to be shown in the portal, and therefore on every portal row. No doubt it will be added to filemakers many features, soon. No doubt it will be added to filemaker s many features, soon. Jul 24, 2014 go to portal row last setfield expensedate. Because everything you place inside a portal will potentially show on every row, we need to hide this label on every row except the last row, heres how. How do i get the value of a specified field in a specified.
I have a portal displaying data with a delete button for each row. If the portal object name is unknown, nothing is returned. Dynamic portal filtering while you type filemaker inspirations. Jan 09, 2006 i also thought of using get portalrownumber as a field in each record, but when i show that field in the portal, it shows a. Portal sorting, part 2 filemakerhacks filemaker tips. Going to a portal row by the contents of a field can be scripted. Nightwing enterprises doubleclick portal row selection for. Dividing it by 2 will always result in a smaller number then the current record thus moving our record up. Mar 04, 2014 this makes sure the selected portal row i use a background field with conditional formatting on a set global vs. The date is set, the record is committed, and the new portal row pops to the top because of the empty memo field. You know which record youre interested in, and you have the id of the record stashed in a global field, but. Go to last row, go to next row, for example, doesnt work. Applying active state formatting to portal rows and list views. They dont slide properly when you print, they dont display horizontally, they loose their position and default to the first portal row, dont offer horizontal.
But its an arcane technique, i would recommend it only as the last resort. The navigation part of the script which takes me to the selected row works fine. If there are multiple windows open in the current file, each window can have its own portal row number value, but results are returned for only the foreground window. Card window in portal row opens wrong pdf filemaker community. It can be used for more flexible printed output or showing information from multiple tables within one single portal or. Navigate filemaker portal rows via buttons thepracticalba. In a portal, you need to be able to highlight a given record, and ensure that the portal row is visible. This is a somewhat lame example of the go to portal row by.
The portal includes records with one of three different field values for the field named type of client. Calculates the total number of visible portal rows not the number of records shown in these rows. So im having a little issue retrieving the value of a related field of a related row in a portal. Ive tried utilising a script to do a go to portal row but how do i establish what row a particular reqest id is in. But in the meantime, heres a simple way to implement sortable portals in your current applications. Nightwing enterprises doubleclick portal row selection. Dec 28, 2009 you could add auto enter option and use the get portalrownumber function however, should you delete a portal row in the middle of your items, then the next number may be a duplicate. Filemaker, portals, techniques, tips leave a comment often, i need to show the number of records shown in a given portal. Dec 15, 2010 typically this function is used to display a records number within a found set of records. Better portal design part 1 iso filemaker magazine.
Get field contents from clicked portal row filemaker pro. This way they can show data that isnt stored in any table, combine tables, etc. In this case, youll use a portal to show payment records on the same layout where. The popover object in filemaker presents developers with a wealth of new design opportunities a number of which were discussed in this article. The count function, according to the filemaker help, returns the number of. One other thing to look at is to make sure that the portal button is totally inside the portal row if it touches the edge or overlaps, the button will not work properly. I also thought of using getportalrownumber as a field in each record, but when i show that field in the portal, it shows a. When it comes to saving user state, theres always been a number of ways accomplish this. Aggregates summary fields in filtered portals filemakerhacks. It can be used for more flexible printed output or showing information from multiple tables within one single portal or list view. In this tutorial, i show how to do this using a selfrelationship combined with a portal filter using the getnthrecord field name. Thats the best title i could come up with after googling the number seventeen. Its always picking up the part id from the first portal row. We havea portal that shows a number of rows, and an empty row at the bottom that allows a new entry.
Apr 28, 2014 next, you can add any other object that you want to show in each portal row including buttons, text or even graphics. But i have three or four filters defined in the portal so that the portal only shows a subset of this total. In combination with a calculation field, it can be used to highlight the row of a list. Thanks so much for your help couldnt have done it wiothout you. I know you can create a new record in a portal actually in the related file by clicking on the next blank row and entering the corresponding data. By daniel wood, 15 december 2010 filemaker provides us with the ability to create related records directly from a portal. Duplicate the unfiltered portal and after moving around on the layout, double click it to bring up the portal setup dialog again to add the filter. For example, a portal contains 20 records, but displays only 3.
To make a portal active, you simple need to go to a field or a named object within it. When no portal row contains the focus, this function returns 0. Oct 26, 2009 i have a portal displaying data with a delete button for each row. I downloaded the ts4 torrent straight from skidrows site and when i started installation, it asked me for a password. Adding fields and other objects to a filemaker portal. Sorting portals the fastest sorter in the west the ability to sort portals is one of the most requested features for filemaker pro 3. I have this portal row where i record the different stages of the followup.
Sorting portals, the fastest way iso filemaker magazine. 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. Jul 24, 2010 sometimes filemakers builtin indicator for what row you are on in a list can be a little lacking. Only the one extra row has this, the rest are blank as they should be. The virtual list technique, as its come to be known, has been possible since the introduction of global variables with filemaker 8. I have a portal that is autosorted so that a specific row of interest comes out on top.
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. Note that the portal is sorted in such a way to ensure that the new record pops to the top. I want a script that takes me to a portal row and then duplicates the portal row. Ive got a long walklist of addresses and a related file with all the voters registered at that address. During conversion to filemaker 9, this was automatically updated to go to row by calculation. Next, you can add any other object that you want to show in each portal row including buttons, text or even graphics. Filemaker introduced a new feature in filemaker 11 which allows us to specify a calculation to filter the records that appear in a portal.
The entire question is how do i get a count of all the rows in a portal. Hence, if a nonempty portal row exists, this field has to have a value since otherwise it could not be in the portal. If you do not already have portal rows in the target portal and you do now permit automatic record creation via the relationship, do the same script down to the comment split it here and then replace the part below that. Originally, this example used the go to portal row by field. Getnthrecord of a related table returns the nth record of the related set relative to the current record, regardless of how the related table or portal is sorted. Highlighting portal rows features such as highlighting selected portal rows provide an instant indication of what is selected or where the user is. 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.
Script to copy rows from one portal to another filemaker. I use a portal in the first table to enter the leave details leave dates, paydays, hours, etc. Today, a colleague of mine here at digital fusion pointed me to a particular thread on the filemaker techtalk forum in which the poster morgan jones of one part harmony posed the following abridged dear folks, i have for many years just used the count function to determine how many related child records exist for a given parent record. However, i also want to parse out the number of records that are of client type 1, client type 2 and client t. When it comes to variable output display using a portal youll almost always reference virtual list as the commonly understood approach. This can be accomplished using get activeportalrownumber function create a text field foundresult in the parent table and make it global. This button is linked to the delete portal row script step or goes to the related file, deletes the record and. Aug 24, 2011 the value in the summary will change according to where the field is displayed, and in a portal, it will show the number of related recs shown in that portal. The answer is to use one of the aggregate family of functions called count. So, any changes to layout mode get me excited, even if there are no real new features. When selecting the check box to filter portal records or clicking the specify button, we are presented with the standard calculation window. This will activate the correct portal for you to follow up using the go to portal row script step. Selecting the correct filemaker portal in a script. 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.
This may or may not be the same as a found count, or total record count when using portal filtering, different portals can show. Hi, using a count of id summary field in the enclosing layouttable i can get the current total number of rows in the portal based on the portal relationship. 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. I upload a picture to the container field it works okay, files can be uploaded find, but pdf.
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. How to show the number of portal rows a filemaker miscellany. For example, a common technique to delete a portal row of information is to put a small trash icon in the portal row. Filemaker portal table allow add, delete but not to. If you were using filemaker 10 you could add script triggers that could trigger when you exited a field or modified the record updating all the children records. Portal filtering is facilitated by a single recursive custom function, and the portal selection technique uses a single script with a calculation to provide the corresponding row highlighting. Get activeportalrownumber not actually getting the portal row, returning 0. Filemaker portal table allow add, delete but not to edit. I figure if i could get the record to show what portal row number it was sitting it, i could grab that number.
There are lots of other ways to do this and various coding efficiencies that can be incorporated, but this is the simple way. Get currentdate commit records go to portal row first go to field expensememo creating a new expense record sets the newemptyrow calc to 0. In filemaker, you now have the ability to not onlyapply formatting to a portal, but also the individual portal rows. A lightning fast alternative to the count function digital fusion. This can have some interesting, yet subtle, effects on your user interface. Fortunately, there is a solution to draw the users focus to the row they are one. For managing lists of data, prior to the existence of the while function, the goto custom function is customlist. Besides the object name for the portal, at least one object in the portal has to have an object name, too. It wasnt widely known or used until bruce robertson started promoting its use in ways which were previously not envisioned. Online instructional magazine about learning filemaker pro. Nov 10, 2015 originally, this example used the go to portal row by field.
Filemaker portal show distinct value tutorial the scarpetta. It will give you a count of the number of a times a related field has data within it. 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. Chooseinsert pdf and find the file you want to import the missing cd. Get activeportalrownumber not actually getting the portal row. For example, on our invoices details layout, yousee that we have a portal on screen here. 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. In this implementation, the technique system is operable in filemaker 7 or filemaker 8 on both windows and mac os. Id like to get the value of a specific field in that row and display it in another field via some calculation. Making creation of records in a portal more user friendly. In this case, we did attach this button to a script and all you need to do is choose a portal row number from the radion button value list above the button and then click the button. Exit after last tells filemaker pro to exit the script when it reaches the last portal row. But if youve tried to use a popover inside a portal, you may have noticed that embedded portals, tab. How do you get the count of the related records in a filtered portal.
Portal sorting, part 2 april 7, 2011 march 9, 2016 kevin frank the other day we looked at static portal sorting, where the developer decides in advance how the portal will sort, and hard codes those settings into the portal. Dec 15, 2010 here, i have placed a label on the last row which tells the user to enter the name of a new contact into this row. You can use exit after last within a loop to exit the loop after the last portal row. Preventing careless delete actions in filemaker understanding the larger issues surrounding the delete button. When we envision data management solutions, we tend to think of perfectuse scenarios, where no one ever creates a duplicate record, no one accidentally hits the new record button, no project is ever canceled, and certainly no errant script accidentally miscopies data. Be prepared to spend some time on this article from kevin franks. However i cant figure out how to refer to the values in a specific row. Apr 07, 2011 portal sorting, part 2 april 7, 2011 march 9, 2016 kevin frank the other day we looked at static portal sorting, where the developer decides in advance how the portal will sort, and hard codes those settings into the portal. First, place the label inside the portal, ensuring it is placed behind the field. However, i cant figure out how to do this within a script.
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