Quick Native Charting
One of the greatest advantages of FileMaker's built-in charting tool is its immediate access to aggregated data. This is especially useful when you don't need highly customized charts. If you do require full visual control, using a Web Viewer with JavaScript typically offers much greater flexibility. The downside to that approach, however, is the development time required to extract the data from FileMaker and format it for use in JavaScript. Fortunately, with the help of AI, that process has been significantly streamlined. Still, if you’d prefer to avoid the longer JavaScript route, FileMaker’s native charts have a lot to offer.
While not particularly difficult to use, native charts come with some surprisingly powerful advantages. I recently had a project that called for a quick solution, and I was able to leverage a little-known trick that made native charts an exceptionally efficient choice.
If you need to visualize your data using any of FileMaker’s standard chart types, this short video might provide some new insights into just how useful native charts can be!