In my last post, I covered Claris FileMaker 2025 – JSON Parse. Today, I'll highlight two more new features that I’ll be using regularly:  GetRecordIDsFromFoundSet function and the Go to List of Records script step. GetRecordIDsFromFoundSet Let’s start with GetRecordIDsFromFoundSet. What does it do? In simple terms, this function pulls record IDs from the [...]

If you haven’t already heard, Claris has released FileMaker Pro 2025… or is it FileMaker Pro 22? Whatever you want to call it, it’s the new version—and it comes packed with some great new features. In this post, I’m going to focus on one of them: JSONParse. Quick note: the demo file uses the [...]

I mentioned at the end of my last post Execute FM Data API Performance Test - Part 2  that I would demonstrate a use case where I feel that the Claris Execute FileMaker Data API excels is universal multi-selection picker scripts.  Some housekeeping. You may feel like this is a guiltless plug, a broken [...]

Previously, I wrote a blog series on how to use write operations with the Execute FileMaker Data API script step in Claris FileMaker 21. If you haven't read them or are new to this script step, you can find the links below: Execute FileMaker Data API – Part 1 – Create Execute FileMaker Data [...]

By now, you should have read Execute FM Data API Performance Test - Part 1, and I recommend it if you want to test this on your own or step through the scripts. Continuing where we left off, let's go back into the demo file and take a look at the scripts. You can [...]

Here we are at the last part for this series. First, in Execute FileMaker Data API - Part 1 - Create we learned how to create records in a couple of different ways. Then, in Execute FileMaker Data API - Part 2 - Update the focus was on updating records. Finally, we are going to learn [...]

Let's continue to look at the updates with the Execute FileMake Data API script step in Claris FileMaker 21. In this blog, we will look at how to use update. Be sure to read Execute FileMaker Data API - Part 1 - Create, since I am expanding the demo file with each post. Let's [...]

The Execute FileMaker Data API script step in Claris FileMaker 21 has write operations using the action key with a value of create, update, delete or duplicate. This is part one of a series and I will show how to create a record using the Execute Data API script step in two different ways. [...]