This beginning-level class will get you up-to-speed on the basics of creating your own databases, and set you on the path to discover more about FileMaker Pro.

This class will be task-based, meaning that we will take you through a database project from start-to-finish, you will participate in active discussions and try out what you learn on the computer. You'll find out how to design your database, build it and use it in your work..

A working knowledge of computers and an understanding of an operating system.

Duration: 1 day

       ·Overview of databases: What are they, why do we use them, what's involved

       ·Plan: Why careful plans make successful databases

       ·Create: What you do to start a database

       ·Define: What different types of fields can do for you, and how to use them

       ·Lay out: How to make a standard layout, columns, name tags and labels

       ·Work: How to enter information, edit it, display it and prepare reports

       ·Find: How to locate just the set of records you need

       ·Sort: Arranging a group of records in the order you need for on-screen

        comparisons or reports

Mission: Promote excellence and ethics in database development, management and consulting

              through education, training and professional resources.