You can use the New Layout/Report assistant to create the following types of layouts. When you choose
Standard form,
Table view,
List view, or
Report, you can choose a theme for the layout, which gives your layout or report a professional appearance. After you finish the assistant, you can further customize the layout or use it as is.
Contains the fields you select, each on a separate line, in the order you specify, with field labels to the left of the fields. In Browse mode, you see one record, or form, at a time (unless you have switched from Form View).
If you choose the Table view layout type, the layout is automatically created with Table View as the default view for displaying the layout in Browse mode. Table View is one of three views available for any layout in FileMaker Pro; the other views are Form View and List View. Table View provides a view of your data in a spreadsheet-like format that allows you to quickly rearrange fields, add or delete records, or define fields in Browse mode. For example, you can quickly reorder or resize columns (fields) with just a mouse click (if those options are set). For more information about Table View, see
Working with data in Table View.
You can also view summary data in Table View, which lets you group your data by one or more columns (fields) and check subtotals for each group or grand totals for the table. The summary results recalculate and update in real time when you change data values in Table View. For more information, see
Creating dynamic reports in Table View.
Contains the fields you select, in the order you specify from left to right across the page, with field names as column headings. If there are many fields, columns will extend beyond the right page margin of the layout. To prevent this, you can constrain columns to the page width.
The New Layout/Report assistant lets you define varied report formats. You can create a layout with simple rows and columns of data or a complex report with data grouped by specified values and including subtotals and grand totals.
In addition to the formatting options listed for List view, when you choose Report you can also group records by sorting data by selected fields. You can then subtotal—or subsummarize—data in these groups (for example, group sales data by region, then subtotal sales for each region).
Contains the fields you select, arranged to print on virtually any kind of label stock. (FileMaker Pro includes the dimensions of a large number of standard label types.) If the label type you want isn't available, you can specify custom label dimensions.