20. Expanding the Database

In This Chapter

• Adding Additional Tables

• Understanding the Relationship Graph

• Setting Up Relationships

• The Importance of Context

• Working with Related Records Via Portals

• Understanding External Data Sources

The database you created in Chapter 19, “Creating Your Database,” included only one table, and that’s a good start. However, many databases are made up of multiple tables, each of which is used to store records related to records in other tables.

In this chapter, you learn how to add additional tables to your database, and how to create relationships between related tables. You also learn about some important and somewhat technical topics, including primary and foreign keys, FileMaker’s Relationship ...

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