Creating and managing layouts and reports

FileMaker Pro layouts determine how information is organized for viewing, printing, reporting, finding, and entering data. Layouts don’t store your data—they just display it.

Database files can have many different layouts, which display data in a variety of ways. Within one database file, you can design separate layouts for entering data, reporting summaries, printing mailing labels, displaying data graphically in charts, working with a database in a web browser or on a touch device, and so on. You can change a layout’s design without affecting the data or other layouts for the file. When you change the data in a field, the changes are reflected in the same field on all the layouts in the database.

You create layouts and reports by using the New Layout/Report assistant, which guides you through creating the layout or report according to options you choose, such as the type of device the layout will display on, the default view for the layout, the layout fields, and the way data is grouped and sorted.

To	See
Create a layout with the New Layout/Report assistant	Creating a layout
Choose which fields to display	Placing and removing fields on a layout
Arrange and format fields	Formatting and setting up field objects in Layout mode
Add or modify field labels	Adding and changing field labels
Add layout parts to organize or summarize information	Working with layout parts
Create reports—for example, to group or summarize data	Considerations when you create a Report layout, Creating a layout
Specify how records are printed	Controlling how layouts print
Add graphics and text to add emphasis and interest	Inserting graphics onto a layout, Adding text to a layout
Specify dimensions for a layout according to how it will be viewed or printed	Changing the width of a layout, Resizing layout parts, Controlling how layouts print