Triggering and sending data to a flow from FileMaker in Claris Connect

FileMaker can do literally almost anything, including interacting with APIs. For example, in our previous articles introducing Claris Connect, we've been adding a member to a Mailchimp list. But that process of communicating with the API may not always be so easy. If only there were a way to trigger a Claris Connect flow from within FileMaker. Oh. Wait. There is! Let's see how...

Integrating FileMaker into Claris Connect flows

In our previous articles introducing Claris Connect, we've been integrating cloud based services to handle a particular workflow. But we're FileMaker developers at heart. So how does our database fit into all this? 

Well, we're glad you asked, because the answer is pretty darn well! With FileMaker also being a Claris product, those clever folks over there made sure that FileMaker could be used within a flow of Claris Connect. So let's send some data from our flow to a hosted FileMaker database.

Gracefully trap for and fix errors in Claris Connect

Even with the most careful of programming, things can go wrong. It's not necessarily the programmer's fault when an error occurs, but we need to try to predict what could go wrong and where. For this reason, we introduce error handling into our flows to check for errors and do something about them when they occur.

And yet again, Claris Connect, an IPaaS solution (Integration Platform as a Service), provides a simple and effective way to trap for errors and take action as a result. Let's investigate how we can error handle within our flow.

Allowing human intervention before an action is executed

At times during an automated workflow, it may be necessary to have a human intervene and make a determination as to whether the next action should take place or not. There are plenty of examples of this, such as an employee vacation request or dispatching a tweet or email campaign. Once again Claris Connect, an IPaaS solution (Integration Platform as a Service), has you covered on this front. In this article, we'll show you how this works.

Using the power of conditional logic to create more complex flows

In part one of our introduction to Claris Connect, the new IPaaS solution (Integration Platform as a Service) from FileMaker parent company Claris, we took a look at creating projects and flows. Sometimes, though, business workflow and logic isn't as straightforward as the examples we used in that article. Many complex business rules require different outcomes based on certain conditions. Well, Claris Connect has you covered! Unlike some other IPaaS solutions, Claris Connect has the ability to create conditional logic and dictate the route of a flow as needed. Let's check it out.

Taking the easy road with automated workflows using Claris Connect

Do you want to automate your workflows but find APIs daunting? Stepping into this arena is the all-new Claris Connect, an IPaaS solution (Integration Platform as a Service) that lets you easily create integrations, allowing you to work faster, with more accuracy and to focus on the business problem itself rather than the tool you're using to solve it. 

That said, we know that dipping your toe in the API economy can be scary, especially if you're not a "coder" or used to these kind of environments. Even the documentation is frequently written "by coders for coders" and can be hard to, uh, decode. Luckily, Claris Connect makes this type of automation much easier and more accessible. In this article, we explore Claris Connect and do a step-by-step walkthrough of how to set up an integration from Stripe to Office365 and Mailchimp!

Simplify List Management With A Custom Function

Using lists in FileMaker is a common task and we do it a lot in the apps we design. Getting a list of records is relatively straight-forward, but it can get considerably more complicated when you want to manipulate that list by adding or removing values. In this tutorial, we'll use the code we developed for this purpose and turn it into a custom function you can reuse over and over again.

Limit Downtime by Automatically Imaging Your FileMaker Server

For this post in our continuing series on using FileMaker Server (FMS) on Amazon Web Services (AWS), we're going to take a look at implementing automated snapshots. We've discussed in the past how important it is to back up your data files using FileMaker Server's built in back up scheduling feature. We've also explored setting up "offsite" backups in our post, FileMaker Server on Amazon Web Services (AWS): Backups. Both are insanely important, but they aren't the whole story...

Extracting data from FileMaker for use on a webpage has been possible for years using various methods, including the PHP API. With the release of FileMaker 17, however, FileMaker introduced the Data API, allowing developers to interact with a database using industry standard REST methods. If you've never used the Data API before, you might be wondering how to get started. In this post, we're going to show you a very simple way of getting data from a FileMaker database, using the Data API and PHP.

With the release of iOS 13, Apple introduced new features that you can leverage to do some cool things on an iPad or iPhone. Namely, you can open a FileMaker database handsfree using Siri Shortcuts! Want to learn how? Let's go!