Saved Searches - Making it easy to search, again and again and again.
Yes, you're right! FileMaker can save a predefined search - it does this right inside ScriptMaker. You can even specify the search criteria. But answer this one Smarty Pants. How can your average user perform a search, then save that search for later execution? Do they have access to ScriptMaker? Probably not. Well, they could use this technique to save their search!
This is a power user's technique which allows any user of the database to create a custom search, complex or not, and then re-run that search as many times as they want - all at the click of a button. Watch this video to learn how to store user search values then rebuild the search on demand. This is the power your users are begging for!
Comments
Does this work with 'omit' Find requests?
I have spent a bit of time implementing this very nice example in one of my solutions, but in testing it out, find that I do not believe it works when I want to save a Search which includes OMITTING records. Can Matt or someone please let me know if I am wrong about this? If it does not allow saving OMITTED Find requests, can this feature be easily added to the solution?
Thanks!