Re: Request for Help from Fans of Filemaker Pro

[STEVE DAVIS <SDAVIS@carleton.edu>]

We run FileMakerPro now for our Writing Center. The only way I know to count
non-numerical categories is to do as Jane suggested: do a sort by field. 

Another possible alternative is to do a sort by field, export your sort pile
into another database with only the fields you are counting, and then do a
manual count. This saves you from having to do as many searches as there as
possible values. 

Here's two more possibilities that I haven't tried: 1) have someone write a
FileMakerPro 'script' that will sort and count by field at a keystroke; 2)
export your data into a database or spreadsheet program that will count in the
way you want counted. 

If you do either of these latter possibilities, let me know how it goes. Good
luck!

Steve Davis


Steve Davis, Director
Academic Development and Support Center
Scoville 203; 646-4015
sdavis@carleton.edu

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