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Claris Platform Bundle

After releasing its highly-successful Problem Solvers Circle program last quarter, Claris has expanded its licensing offerings with another exclusive program: Claris Platform Bundle. This program gives your organization the freedom to explore, build, and test new solutions with full access to the suite of Claris products. We explore the benefits and use cases for each program.

Maria Thompson  /  Claris FileMaker  /  July 29th, 2022

Salesforce Winter '23 Release Dates & Preview Information

Although many of us are still enjoying the warm summer weather, it's time to start preparing for the Salesforce Winter '23 release that is quickly approaching. Let's talk about the important dates and preview information you'll need to know for this release.

Maria Thompson  /  Salesforce  /  July 13th, 2022

Surveys for Success: Gleaners Food Bank

The Surveys for Success program by DB Services will provide donations to Gleaners Food Bank for every survey received during Q3 of 2022. Since 1980, Gleaners Food Bank has developed programs and formed partnerships designed to lead the fight against hunger in various communities across the US.

Leah Bass  /  News  /  July 6th, 2022

FileMaker Text Message Integration with Message Media

In today's world, one of the fastest and most effective ways to reach your customers is through text messaging. With Message Media integrated into your FileMaker solution, you can contact any potential prospects or existing customers with minimal effort, right on their mobile devices. Includes a video and sample file.

Sean Dwyer  /  Free Downloads,  Claris FileMaker  /  June 29th, 2022

FileMaker CopyLiveText & ReadQRCode Functions

With the release of Claris FileMaker 19.5, there are some new functions related to containers that offer new ways to increase efficiency, accessibility, and utility in app development. Learn about two new functions coming to FileMaker Pro 19.5 that open up new options for using containers both on desktop and on mobile. Includes a video and sample file.

Hayden Hobbs  /  Free Downloads,  Mobile,  Claris FileMaker  /  June 15th, 2022

Parallel Backups on FileMaker Server

Backups are an integral part of any database system, ensuring your information is safe and up-to-date in the event of system failures and crashes. Until now, Claris FileMaker Server has used a one-by-one approach for backing up files, but FileMaker Server 19.5 has introduced the ability to enable parallel backups, and it's a game-changer. Includes video.

Dylan Frechette  /  Claris FileMaker  /  June 15th, 2022

Claris FileMaker Server 19.5 Overview

Claris' newest release of FileMaker Server is here! We discuss a few of the newest features to FileMaker Server, including scripting updates, parallel backups, and updates for Linux and WebDirect that promise to bring more speed and efficiency to your FileMaker application.

Cletis Jones  /  Claris FileMaker  /  June 15th, 2022

Claris FileMaker Pro 19.5 Overview

Claris' 19.5 release of the FileMaker platform is here. We discuss our favorite new features including the new JSONGetElementType function, preservation of empty tab order for copied objects, changing locale using data migration tool, and approval for remote FMP URLs.

Jonathan Hay  /  Claris FileMaker  /  June 15th, 2022

NoSQL vs. Relational Databases

For decades, relational databases have been the go-to choice for developers. However, in recent years, relational databases have struggled with the workload that many applications now use day-to-day. That's where NoSQL databases like Amazon DynamoDB shine. NoSQL databases are able to scale well to meet these requirements and allows for a less structured design. We discuss some of the differences between NoSQL and Relational databases.

Quinn O'Connor  /  Web  /  June 1st, 2022

Claris Problem Solvers Circle

Claris knows that the best solutions are tested and refined over time. That's why they recently announced their new Problem Solvers Circle, a program that gives your organization the freedom to explore, build, and test new solutions over a period of 2 years, with full access to the suite of Claris products.

Maria Thompson  /  News,  Claris FileMaker  /  May 26th, 2022

Business Days in Salesforce CRM Analytics (Tableau CRM)

It's common for businesses to want to take business days into account when showing data on a dashboard in CRM Analytics (formerly Tableau CRM) to compare those figures to the last year's same period. The problem is that CRM Analytics does not have a native set of functions to calculate business days; however, Sales Cloud does. We demo how to utilize Sales Cloud's business hours object and some custom Apex to generate business days to sync to Analytics for dashboard queries. Includes a video and sample file.

Sabra Rathbun  /  Salesforce,  Free Downloads  /  May 18th, 2022

FileMaker UPS Integration

UPS not only delivers your packages with quality, but they also offer an API to streamline any shipping needs that you may have for your company or application. With their API integrated into your FileMaker software, you can validate addresses, check shipping costs, compare delivery services and rates, print labels, track packages, and much more in one consolidated package. Includes a video and sample file.

Sean Dwyer  /  Free Downloads,  Claris FileMaker  /  May 10th, 2022

Salesforce Summer '22 Release Highlights

Lather on the sunscreen and pour a cold glass of lemonade; warm weather is here, which means it's time for Salesforce's Summer '22 update release! This release is chock-full of customization updates ready for you to use within your Salesforce organization. We discuss some of our favorite new features coming in Summer '22.

Sabra Rathbun  /  Salesforce,  News  /  April 28th, 2022

Claris Studio Preview

Exciting new changes are on the horizon for Claris! Claris shared their company's focus for the future with some exciting announcements, including Claris Studio, plans to make Claris more available, and their new Problems Solvers Circle program. We discuss some of the updates that we are most looking forward to.

Maria Thompson  /  News,  Claris FileMaker  /  April 28th, 2022

FileMaker Screen Pop with Twilio

Twilio is a leading cloud communications platform that works well for both reaching out to customers and receiving communications. Learn how to integrate Twilio with FileMaker using webhooks and a few lines of code to notify you via a screen pop when you receive an incoming call from Twilio. Includes a video and sample file.

Michael Maness  /  Free Downloads,  Claris FileMaker  /  April 7th, 2022

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