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Re: Finding & Filling in Prices

From Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com>
Newsgroups comp.databases.filemaker
Subject Re: Finding & Filling in Prices
Date 2018-09-29 10:48 +1200
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On 2018-09-28 09:30:45 +0000, Erik Appeldoorn said:

> Op 26-9-2018 om 18:57 schreef François:
>> Hello All,
>> 
>> I’ve got a small problem & would like the experts’ OK before proceeding :
>> 
>> I am trying to help a woman with the following dilemma :
>> 
>> She has goods & is in the midst of a suddenly lost around 500 items, in 
>> FileMaker, just like that. I suspect iCloud but am more interested 
>> right now in getting the inventory back on paper & on the books & into 
>> sales than delving right into the cause.
>> 
>> The main issue is that she raised her prices some time ago & wants to 
>> be sure to stay within their boundaries.. We’ve always kept track of 
>> all of the details concerning new purchases as well as price increases 
>> & any other pertinent details -
>> 
>> My idea was to take a backup - yes, we’ve got many of them, & through a 
>> look-up, compare all items to note (1) which are missing - not in the 
>> 'Materials' of the order forms because they are not in the invetory - 
>> (2) as well as all the exact same items with different prices, which 
>> would indicate an error & (3) those with the excact same prices. We 
>> would then print out an entire list for her to check. She’s pretty 
>> close to knowing all of the costs by heart !!
>> 
>> There you have it. Please excuse my ignorance but I’m worried about her 
>> a little.
>> 
>> Also, please let me know if this is unclear. I’m also very interested 
>> in any ‘gotchya’s’
>> 
>> Thanks for your help.
>> 
>> Josh
> 
> Basicaly OK. I would make a new temporary field for the lookup result. 
> Not replacing anything in the first stages. Then compare. Then decide 
> next step.
> Ursus

Personally I'd probably do the comparisions by exporting the relevant 
data and then opening it up in Excel / Numbers. It saves any potential 
accidental damage to the database itself and is often much quicker to 
do.


Helpful Harry  :o)

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Finding & Filling in Prices François <geo6121@gmail.com> - 2018-09-26 09:57 -0700
  Re: Finding & Filling in Prices Erik Appeldoorn <ursus.kirk@gmail.com> - 2018-09-28 11:30 +0200
    Re: Finding & Filling in Prices François <geo6121@gmail.com> - 2018-09-28 09:10 -0700
      Re: Finding & Filling in Prices none@gmail.com - 2018-09-28 18:59 +0200
        Re: Finding & Filling in Prices François <geo6121@gmail.com> - 2018-09-28 10:49 -0700
      Re: Finding & Filling in Prices Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2018-09-29 10:45 +1200
    Re: Finding & Filling in Prices Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2018-09-29 10:48 +1200
  Re: Finding & Filling in Prices François <geo6121@gmail.com> - 2018-09-28 18:22 -0700
    Re: Finding & Filling in Prices Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2018-09-29 18:29 +1200
    Re: Finding & Filling in Prices none@gmail.com - 2018-09-29 14:11 +0200
      Re: Finding & Filling in Prices François <geo6121@gmail.com> - 2018-09-29 11:06 -0700
        Re: Finding & Filling in Prices none@gmail.com - 2018-09-29 20:31 +0200
        Re: Finding & Filling in Prices Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2018-09-30 10:35 +1300

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