We have a great group of people traveling to Los Altos, California, for [Full Access] in October, with room for more! Register today to be a part of the unbound unconference for the Claris community. It’s time to learn, connect, and grow. Meals are included with all registrations.
With this [Full Access] event we aim to bring Claris FileMaker people together to freely share ideas, successes and rabbit holes in a calm and comfortable location. Unbound by restrictive scheduling, this will be a chance to renew our vision, to meet old and new friends, and to consider anew where we want to go with our primary dev tool in our rapidly changing tech world.
What awaits you at [Full Access]?
This inaugural community-led, in-person celebration of Claris FileMaker and related technologies is designed to strengthen and empower you in a durable way.
We have so many opportunities to choose from! Take a look at the topics and get ready for collaboration, growth, and great conversations.
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Grants available for under-represented individuals
The Steering Committee of Full Access LLC has established a grant program to help under-represented individuals attend [Full Access] 2025. This initiative aims to reduce financial barriers and increase diversity, by offering partial registration support for historically under-represented individuals.
Plentiful discussion across six topic tracks
- TECHNICAL
- INTEGRATION
- PRESENTATION
- DISCUSSION
- MANAGEMENT
- AI
TRACK: TECHNICAL
T-101 – Execution Squad – Do Even More With Execute FileMaker Data API
Dive deeper into the capabilities of the Execute FileMaker Data API script step – now more powerful than ever.
T-108 – Feature Rich
New features and updates in the recent version of FileMaker
T-109 – Reimagining Development: Vibe Coding’s Place in FM BetterForms
Ever faced a development challenge where the solution felt just out of reach, or a concept remained hazy? This session introduces “Vibe Coding” – a powerful approach to prototyping that offers a fresh perspective on problem-solving within FileMaker development.
T-105 – A Snail and a Greyhound Walk Into a Bar…
Performance tuning to help your virtual list reports operate at scale.
T-107 – While You Were Writing Custom Functions
The “While” function at work, with significant examples of implementation of this “Greatest of all Functions” – GOAF
T-110 – It’s Alive! FileMaker Gets a Brain
Discover how agentic workflows can revolutionize your FileMaker solutions. See real-world use cases and a live demo of Empowered Agents—ready to plug into your own files.
T-102 – JSON Custom Functions
If you work with JSON in FileMaker, you’ll appreciate this look at a number of custom functions that can help you do more and work faster with JSON. This will be a fast-paced session with many examples and time for discussion and Q&A as well.
T-106 – Annus Mirabilis 2.0: A Mathematical Symphony of User Empowerment for Manual Ranking
Effortlessly reorder a list by simply typing its desired position.
T-103 – JSONQuery
JSONQuery is a powerful FileMaker custom function authored by Steve Senft-Herrera that enables you to query JSON, with a focus on filtering, aggregating and transforming results. This will be a fast-paced session with many examples and time for discussion and Q&A as well. If you work with JSON in FileMaker you won’t want to miss this session.
T-104 – The Greatest Script Ever Written Before AI
“DDR Layout Fields” is a unix style report from a single FileMaker script that uses the Data Viewer for results giving details about the fields present on the layout such as field comment, field type, field style, field bounds, and lastly base tables of each field.
TRACK: INTEGRATION
I-102 – Powering The [Full Access] Conference Experience with FileMaker and WordPress
Go behind the scenes! Ron Glen Cates (RGC Data) reveals how FileMaker, the Data API, and the CWP Snippets WordPress plugin power the Full Access website, enabling interactive schedules, attendee profiles, and personalized experiences.
I-101 – A Crash Course on WordPress
Just start using WordPress, without getting overwhelmed with the minutia.
I-103 – FileMaker RPC – A Novel Approach Integrating to FileMaker
FileMaker RPC is a shift in mindset, focusing on core strength areas of Scripting and Calculation Engine.
TRACK: PRESENTATION
P-101 – Imagine Your Audience is Naked
Tips to build your presentation skills – panel discussion and practice with mentors.
P-102 – Stay in the Zone …
… and keep technical debt under control.
P-103 – Your Solo Business
To grow or not to grow? That is the question – panel discussion.
P-104 – Exit Application
How sole proprietors can plan to leave or retire their dev practice and provide continuity of care for clients.
TRACK: DISCUSSION
D-102 – Red Flags During Project Discovery
Panel discussion on managing clients, especially when issues arise early.
D-103 – Refresh Window – A Community Discussion on Planning for the Future with FileMaker Developers
It is time for the Claris-centered community to come together and have honest, direct and meaningful conversation, with the intention to enable us all to survive, prosper and have confidence in our presence, during these challenging times.
Presented by: Mike Ross, Lisette Wilson, Jonn Howell, Brian Ginn, Patrick Reagan, Ron Glen Cates
D-101 – JSON Panel Discussion
Bring your methods, ideas, reflections, questions and working custom functions on JSON, and let’s compare and inspire each other. Discussion of JSON advanced tools and techniques.
TRACK: MANAGEMENT
M-101 – Where Should It Live?
Business logic deployment strategies.
M-102 – The INs and OUTs of SBA
Developing a solution not for a single, clearly-defined client, but for potential clients, anticipating their needs, going right to the wall to make things amazing when you’re not under a client’s magnifying glass for time. And how it affects your regular client work when you have a pet project (which you hope becomes popular enough to sustain you by itself), how the work itself is different when it’s for your own vision, etc. Not to mention Claris’s frustrating requirement that you buy 50 licenses for year 2 and beyond, which means you are on the hook for buying licenses that are not yet in use…why??? Lots to talk about…
TRACK: AI
A-104 – Mining FMS Log Data with AI
We will walk through a variety of FileMaker Server log analyis scenarios, gaining insight into server utilization, usage patterns, and error analysis. The capability of the large language models to process the mountains of text in FMS logs can help us more speedily make effective use of that data.
A-102 – Beyond the AI hype
What out there is really useful?
A-103 – A Study on AI
Get into some actual AI code, without overwhelm. Here are some practical approaches to start.
A-101 – Semantic Discovery
How automated reviews of user data can inform development.
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