Filemaker Pro 8.5 Educational Maintenance T3 TJ083LL/A User Manual

Chapter 11

  

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Summary 

 produce a summary of all 

 in the 

Formulas

 can contain more than one summary 

function. Summary functions calculate more slowly than other functions because they 
generate values for a range of records.
An alternate way to generate similar calculated results is to use Aggregate functions to 
summarize data in 

 (whether or not they appear in a 

“Aggregate functions” and information about summarizing data in portals.
Click the function name for details.

The value of the summary field for the current range of records when the 

 is 

 by the 

.