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There is no magic wand that makes migration or conversion to or from FileMaker miraculously occur. Sometimes migrating "insert your technology of choice here" to FileMaker is real simple, and sometimes a conversion can be a real pain in the you-know-what. Bottom line is, we want you to know that Excelisys offers the best talent, experience and pure knowledge of the FileMaker conversion and migration process on the planet. We don’t carry silver bullets or magic wands, but we do carry big brains fat with experience. And when it comes to FileMaker conversions and migrations, that’s all you need is our fat brains. No matter how big or small you believe the task to be, we will do it. Not because we’re desperate, but because we can. Now feel free to read on!
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Let us guess: your business and your processes have become so complex that you’ve outgrown that cute little spreadsheet you created back in the day.
Making the leap from spreadsheet to database can seem daunting. Some people—mainly old hillbillies—might tell you that you “can’t get there from here.” When it comes to data migration and conversion, Excelisys is here to prove those old hillbillies wrong.
Whether you’re migrating data—moving it from one like system to another—or converting data—moving data between significantly different systems (for example, from Excel to FileMaker or Access to FileMaker)—our team of FileMaker conversion experts at Excelisys can help. FileMaker conversion and FileMaker migration can take many forms. We can do all of them efficiently and with minimal hiccups.
While we can’t blindly prescribe which one might be best for your business—we have to get to know you really well first—we can give you a brief overview of each FileMaker conversion and FileMaker migration option so you at least know what you’re getting yourself into:
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Access is standard Microsoft fare: clunky, counterintuitive, cumbersome. The FileMaker conversion experts at Excelisys can convert your Access database to FileMaker, and in the process, streamline your data management system and increase your efficiency. Think of it as moving from a drafty Victorian home with 100 obscure rooms and hidden passages into an energy-efficient futuristic loft.
If you’re currently using FileMaker 6.0 or earlier, the FileMaker conversion experts at Excelisys will perform a combination conversion and migration to the latest version of FileMaker. Because there have been so many advances in coding and design since the early days of FileMaker, you’ll notice dramatic improvements right away.
Depending on how your system is set up, the FileMaker conversion experts at Excelisys can either convert or migrate your data from any SQL system—including MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and Informix—to FileMaker.
Then again, it’s not always necessary to fully migrate or convert your SQL systems; they can also be directly integrated into a new (or existing) FileMaker Pro solution via FileMaker’s ESS (External SQLSource) capabilities. This can even work to combine multiple sources of external SQL data into your FileMaker Pro solution.
Are you currently experiencing a spreadsheet swirl, in which every time one of your employees hands off a spreadsheet, someone is left retracing steps and redoing work? By converting Excel to FileMaker, the FileMaker conversion experts at Excelisys can eliminate the swirl and improve your efficiencies.
Instead of lots of loose Excel files being emailed back and forth, people can pull their own reports from one centralized location in FileMaker. As a result of converting from Excel to FileMaker, your employees can abandon their outdated islands of information and work with live data directly from the mothership.
And, because we live in an MS world (sadly), you will still be able to reproduce Excel reports from a converted FileMaker Pro system, giving you the best of both worlds. Your employees—and your bottom line—will thank you.
While we suggest converting all FileMaker solutions to the latest version of FileMaker—it just makes things a lot more streamlined—if you’re using FileMaker Pro 11 (or any version back to 7.0), we can migrate the files in your older version of FileMaker to the latest version of FileMaker. We liken this to moving from a doublewide trailer into a nice two-story house while keeping all of the same furniture in the process. Eventually, you’ll want to get some new furniture, but until then, you’ll probably be ok.
Whichever combination of conversion and migration you choose, you will be left with the same result: a more streamlined and efficient system tailored to your unique needs. For a free consultation, contact us Toll Free (USA) 866–592–9235, (Int’l) 574–273–5805, or send us an e–mail by filling out our request form.
