Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Matching Record Imports

Matching Record Imports

CATEGORY: Working With Records
CLASS: Import / Exports

When you choose the “update matching records” option on an import routine, you are telling FileMaker that you want to import data into existing records based upon a match between specified fields (from target to destination).


This isn’t your garden variety import setting but can be perfect for some special workgroup needs.

Here are some links to other posts that might be of interest in regards to this topic...
Matching Record Imports Explored
EXAMPLE: Import (Match / Replace)

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