Another FREE FileMaker Pro 12 Tips and Tricks Demo file showing an even more simplified approach to hierarchal FileMaker portals by Doug West, Product/Project manager of Excelisys. Doug has now made this advanced technique, originally developed by our own Andy Persons, even easier! “HierarchyLite” is an eXcellent FREE FileMaker Pro 12 demo file which outlines how to create those cool hierarchically organized portals in FileMaker Pro 12, similar to the Mac Finder’s list view or Window’s Explorer view.
The general idea of this simplified no-frills version is to make this desired effect a tad easier to implement. The hierarchy concept is achieved with fewer fields and features without the potentially unneeded distractions such as the category field, portal row highlight, and drag-and-drop functionality for moving items between groups.
When you open the file there are instructions and explanations on how it all works and how you can incorporate this technique into your own fabulous solutions! For more hands-on FileMaker Pro 12 help, contact our team today!
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FileMaker Pro 12 Tips and Tricks Demo on creating hierarchy portals.
Hi Doug, nice tricks you do here, gonna give it a try 😉
This slows to an unbelievable crawl with over 2,000 records.
That certainly shouldn’t be the case. The performance of this approach can be affected by several factors so feel free to reach out to us offline for assistance and we can help pinpoint the bottleneck.