FileMaker: Exceeding Excel’s Standards

When you Excel ‘database’ has started to fall a little short of ‘excellent’, it’s time to discover the system that more government departments, multinational corporations and successful small to medium businesses use. The FMStudió offers fast, painless conversions of large amounts of data from Excel format to FileMaker Pro, as well as training in using the two programs together.

FileMaker Pro vs Excel: Why Switch?

FileMaker Pro and Excel are completely different programs for managing information. They work best in tandem, with Excel’s capabilities complementing those of FileMaker Pro. If you’ve been muddling along with Excel as your primary business database, here’s what you’ll notice when you convert to FileMaker Pro:

• No requirement to format your spreadsheets to make them look understandable!
• The ability to find data based on multiple criteria, not just one
• The ability to produce much more complex (and useful!) reports on your data
• The ability for more than one user to enter data
• Liberating of your data from the standard desktop or laptop, with FileMaker Go app for the iPhone and iPad
• Security is enhanced by protecting viewing rights, as well as editing rights

Some people worry that it will be difficult to learn the new system – while Excel does have the innate advantage of being a Microsoft program, whose interfaces most of us are familiar with, FileMaker Pro is designed for intuitive use, and previous Mac users will find it very easy.

Using Excel with FileMaker Pro

However, you shouldn’t uninstall Excel from your machines when switching to FileMaker Pro! Excel can still help you:

• Perform complex calculations on data
• Create charts and graphs
• Filter lists

And more. Our FileMaker conversion specialists can also train you in the tandem use of Excel and FileMaker.

Don’t growl at your Excel interface one more time – find out how easy and simple the conversion process can be, by chatting to the FMStudió team on 02 9487 8066.