When you add records, the import process creates a new record in the target file for each importable record in the source file. You can do this only for a local file (located on your computer). To safeguard your data, choose File menu > Save a Copy As to make a backup of the FileMaker Pro Advanced file before you perform an import that updates records.
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Important The two options that update records overwrite existing data during the import process and cannot be undone. See Importing data into an existing file. These options, described below, are available in the Import Field Mapping dialog box when you import data into an existing file. There are three ways to import data into an existing file: Methods of importing data into an existing file Note To create a new FileMaker Pro Advanced file from another file format, see Converting a data file to a new FileMaker Pro Advanced file. During the import process, you can arrange the target fields so that the source data imports into the correct fields, and you can skip fields that you don’t want to import. The source file does not need to have the same number of fields in the same order as the FileMaker Pro Advanced target file. For example, FileMaker Pro Advanced does not import Microsoft Access files, but you could export the data from Microsoft Access to Microsoft Excel, and then import that file. If FileMaker Pro Advanced does not support the format of a particular application, you may be able to export data from that application into a format that FileMaker Pro Advanced supports, and then import that file. See Supported import/export file formats. When you import data, you bring data from another source (usually a file) into an existing FileMaker Pro Advanced file.įileMaker Pro Advanced can import many different file formats. Importing data into FileMaker Pro Advanced