March 16, 20205 yr I have a Import button on my layout that will import excel file , it works well ,but the problem is when importing the file is that it also imports the blank data from the excel. It will add up to my space every time i will use this function, and it will cause problem someday. I don't want that to happen, So please help me for excluding the blank data to my filemaker application.
March 16, 20205 yr It is hard to advise with so few details. In general, you can either fix the source file or validate one of the target fields as not empty, validate always. This should prevent the import of empty records - if that's what you mean by "blank data". Alternatively, you could follow the import with finding empty records and deleting them - but that would be an inferior solution, IMHO. Edited March 16, 20205 yr by comment
March 16, 20205 yr Author blank data means empty data, it's like i have 3 records in the excel but when i finished import process it says i have 12 or more data that have been imported, but actually it only contains 3 records. please tell me how can i validate?
March 16, 20205 yr 9 minutes ago, Mark Pastoril said: blank data means empty data Data can be records or fields. Please use clear and unambiguous terms. 10 minutes ago, Mark Pastoril said: how can i validate? https://fmhelp.filemaker.com/help/18/fmp/en/index.html#page/FMP_Help%2Ffield-validation.html%23
March 17, 20205 yr Author i already validate each fields and requires not empty, but still it imports the empty fields.
March 17, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, Mark Pastoril said: i already validate each fields and requires not empty But did you select the Validate Always option?
March 19, 20205 yr Author Already select validate always, it shows errors but still it imports the empty field.
March 19, 20205 yr I am afraid I don't understand what you are describing. Why don't you post a simple demo that shows the problem?
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