ADVISOR: You're presenting a session entitled "Subsummary Sandwich." What are the most important skills DevCon attendees will take away from that session?
John Mark Osborne
Database Pros
John Mark Osborne is president and owner of Database Pros, offering FileMaker resources on the Internet. He is also a technical editor of FileMaker Advisor. John Mark is the author of Scriptology, a speaker at the FileMaker Developer Conference and Macworld conferences, and a trainer for the Professional Training series created by FileMaker, Inc.
JOHN: The top three skills an attendee will take away are the ability to produce proper subsummary reports, understand the GetSummary function in reports, and how to troubleshoot a report when it isn't displaying the results you want.
ADVISOR: What's the most surprising/interesting/useful piece of technical information attendees will learn in your sessions?
JOHN: The most interesting piece of technical information you will learn is how to create percentages of a total.
ADVISOR: What other sessions are you looking forward to attending? Why?
JOHN: I'm looking forward to attending any session by Ray Cologon simply because he is a genius.
"My favorite networking activity is to randomly sit at a table for lunch and strike up a conversation with someone I don't know. You never know what you are going to learn."
ADVISOR: What is your favorite DevCon "networking" (i.e., fun!) activity?
JOHN: My favorite networking activity is to randomly sit at a table for lunch and strike up a conversation with someone I don't know. You never know what you are going to learn.
Come meet John Mark Osborne at this year's FileMaker DevCon. You won't want to miss his sessions Subsummary Sandwich and his FileMaker Training Series sessions on Calculation Functions and Reporting. (FileMaker Training Series sessions require pre-registration and a $99 fee each.)