Database Reference
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Figure 21-13. If you have any auto-enter fields, or you're importing repeating fields, you see this
window after clicking Import. Turn off “Perform auto-enter options while importing” if you don't
want FileMaker to auto-enter data in your records as they're created. When importing repeating
fields, you usually want to choose “Keeping them in the original record.” If you don't, FileMaker
makes a new record for each repetition that has data in it.
You want to make sure the new customers have valid customer IDs, and those come from
auto-enter serial numbers.
Click Import one last time.
After a very short delay, the Import Summary dialog box appears (
Figure 21-14
)
. Click OK
to make it go away.
NOTE
If you import into a field that has auto-enter options set, and you tell FileMaker to perform auto-
enter options when importing, you might wonder
which
value will wind up in the field: the auto-
entered data or the imported data. In almost every case, the imported data wins. The one exception:
If a field is set to auto-enter a looked-up value, FileMaker performs the lookup and thus overrides
the imported value.
