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Importing records to refresh data

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Importing records to refresh data

- [Narrator] I'd like to show in this video a technique for using the import function to refresh data from a data source. So first, to kind of set the table for this demo, let's say that we don't have any records in our customer table, so I go to file import and I'm going to point to our exercise files that have customer data and depending on what import you've done last in your version of the file, you may or may not see the same thing on screen. Now, if you don't see all the fields conveniently matched up like I have on mine, you'll have to move the files on the right side, those are the target files, those are actually fields in the FileMaker Database to match the ones in the left side. So, for example, let's say, I've got address, email, and mail. Well they do line up, so I don't have to move them. I can keep them right there, but I do have to check the little arrow to make sure that I'm importing that over, so I want to bring over notes and phone number and anything else line up,…

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