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FileMaker Solutions for Accounting Problems

Monday, December 7th, 2009

FileMaker Pro databases offer solutions to many different problems, particularly when it comes to accounting. This cross-platform relational database application integrates a database engine with a GUI-based interface and allows users to modify the database by dragging new elements into layouts, screens or forms. Of all the FileMaker solutions on the market that address accounting problems, the FM Books Connector is one of the most advantageous. It is a FileMaker Accounting plugin that opens up the intuitive QuickBooks application in ways that were never possible before.

There are many benefits to this FileMaker accounting solution, including time and energy saving attributes due to the elimination of double entry of contacts, invoices and sales transactions. A business administrator or manager can use this intuitive plugin to provide financial data to their staff without having multiple people accessing the sensitive company files. If it weren’t for FileMaker solutions like this, it would be much more difficult to streamline the work flow and practically impossible to provide the staff with all the information they need without compromising the security of important financial data.

The features of these FileMaker Pro databases include operation without XML, single entry applications, transfer of invoices between applications, transfer of inventory data between applications and timer entries. Since XML programming is not required, all integration is performed with FileMaker script steps and calculations. It’s easy to push customer records between two applications with a single entry, and pushing and pulling invoices, payment information or inventory data between applications is a breeze. This makes communication between departments much more efficient. And since users can pull timer entries into QuickBooks to effectively eliminating double entry, it also helps to reduce labor time and ensure accuracy.

There are many FileMaker accounting solutions that help make organizations more efficient and streamlined. For many businesses, nonprofits and government organizations, it is hard to imagine life without it.