Database Reference
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Figure 4-26. Graphically speaking, the report as created is nothing to write home about, so you'll
need to put your layout design skills to use on this layout. However, the Layout Assistant gave you
some nice tools to help you start analyzing your data. You can see that your current group of ten-
ants trend toward longer leases. And it looks like your higher-priced properties are leased out
longer, too. Except for that one guy with the $1,850 lease who's only signing on for 12 months.
(While you're learning FileMaker, have your assistant find out what it'll take to get that guy signed
up for another couple of years.)
There were a lot of steps and a lot of selections to make. But the hard work's been done for
you. In
Chapter 15
,
you'll learn how to create a sorted subsummary report completely by
hand. Once you've done that, you'll appreciate how much easier it was to make selections in
an assistant. However, you need to format your fields and generally beautify the layout so
that it matches the rest of your database.
When you've got the layout looking fine, switch to Browse mode so you can see how the re-
port updates dynamically. For example, click the Toni Bernette record to select it and then
click the New Record button in your Status toolbar. Finally enter the following data in the
new record:
