I'm a newbie, hopefully posting in the right place...

Im a longtime user of FM4, recently upgraded to FM8 and failing completely to make a relationship work. For background, I have a table that is built in the tradition of FM4 with many fields and several layouts.

I have tried to create a new table "TALENT" that I want to populate with all the data listed in the original "DATABASE". I went to the graphing tool and made all the fields that are the same "=" and expected "TALENT" to be magically populated like it was another layout. Clearly it wasn't. Then, I made just the field I wanted to be the match field, "Job media" "=" "job Media", tried typing an existing number, and nothing again.

So how the heck do you make a relationship work. Where do you define a match, and where do you define the fields that you want to be carried from one table to the next??

I know this is super basic, and am very grateful for anyone who takes the time to respond.

Susannah

Hi Susannah, and Welcome to the Forum.

You are making a big jump in technology. The good news is, v8 does so much more than v4, too bad you didn't spend the extra money for the Advance Version.

The bad news is, that many of the things that you learned how to do in version 4, has changed, and you have a new learning curve to overcome. Start by downloading and reading the white papers on Migrating a file.

We also have a Topic Area devoted to the questions about the process.

HTH

Lee

Thank you for the kind welcome and taking the time to write me back..your post has left me with even more questions White Papers?? where do i find them? and can you direct me to specific topic area to post my question. I know I sound like a dodo, very grateful for your help.

Thanks,

Susannah

The information at FileMaker is Here and the the Topic area is [color:blue]Brain Food » Upgrading & Migration

I just reviewed the topic in our Migration Topic Area, and there is a couple of things you need to know about it. Most of the topics are now over 60 days, and don't show. You need to either search for your keywords, or toggle the button at the bottom of the page from "Default" to "All Dates" to see all of them.

HTH

Lee