First I apologize for my lack of experience with FM. I am trying to filter on a value list that is created from information from another table.

In short...

User enters the Transaction Table via the web browser. First option is to click the _kf_booth which references Booth Table.

My current issue is the booths change products every year. So I created in the Booth Table in addition to Booth# and Product, I now also track Season(which is the year) and Location.

I don't have any idea on how that value list the user clicks on via the Web in the Transaction Table can be filtered by Season/Year and Location so it would only show a List of the applicable Booth#'s and Products? Possible?

Once the transaction has been entered into the transaction table with this information and next year comes around and the products change.. I don't want those old transactions to update with the new products at that booth... I would like just the new transactions to reflect the changes to the booth information.

Am I reaching for a miracle? Is it possible without becoming an engineer? Any help is appreciated.

Edited August 3, 200817 yr by Guest

I am attaching my original database file. If you make a change to the booths, it reflects the change on the transactions that have happened in the past.

How can I have the transactions use what is currently setup in the booths table and never change even if the information in the booths table does change.

Of course I don't want to see last years booths when I click the drop down/value list in transactions or via the reports, etc.. the only place I want to see the old booth information is in the past transactions.

Make Sense?

MI_Festival_v2.04_2008.fp7.zip

seeing how I am trying to figure this out, I created a simple database and am trying to figure out how to make this work (attached).

Problem #1

Is it a "global" setting when you have a field that you want to set to be applied to any entry.

For instance in the attached database (Weather, Location, Season).

Problem #2

In the transactions layout, how do I filter on booths based on the "global" setting for location and season?

Really appreciate any help you could offer this newbie. I have been looking through Using FileMaker 8 by Steve Lane, Scott Love and Bob Bowers but can't seem to find a reference.

I have never put together an ERD but it has been suggested so I have attached my first ERD. Does this help with helping me find a solution? Please help.

Festival_Testing.fp7.zip

Festival_Testing.fp7.zip