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SouthFresh
SouthFresh

Reputation: 123

Is it possible to create table templates in Filemaker?

I'm using Filemaker Pro 12 and I was wondering if there is a way of creating a template for tables. There are a number of fields I'm placing in my tables that are identical utility-fields like modification time-stamp, active/inactive flags, etc. I was hoping there was a way that I could define the skeleton of each table somehow instead of having to manually add these identical fields every time.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 374

Answers (2)

John Christopher Jones
John Christopher Jones

Reputation: 509

To expand a little bit on michael-hor257k's answer, if you're using FileMaker Pro Advanced, a good practice is to create a "Default" table that has your core utility fields. When you want to make a new table in Manage Database, instead:

  1. Highlight the Default table,
  2. Copy & Paste the table, then
  3. Rename the new table.

Upvotes: 1

michael.hor257k
michael.hor257k

Reputation: 116982

If you are using the Advanced version, you can copy&paste fields among tables/files.

Using the regular version, you can import records from your "default" table and specify [New Table...] as the target table. This will recreate the source table's structure in the target file. The source table does not have to contain any records for this to work.

Upvotes: 3

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