BaseElements Mastery

Productive Computing, Inc.

Analyze and understand your FileMaker solutions.

Learn to analyze FileMaker solutions using BaseElements and DDR.

BaseElements Mastery from Productive Computing University teaches you how to use the BaseElements analysis tool (from Goya) to better understand, maintain, and improve your FileMaker solutions. BaseElements works alongside the FileMaker Database Design Report (DDR) to provide a detailed view of every element inside your FileMaker file.

With BaseElements, you can examine layouts, scripts, fields, variables, and other components across your entire solution. The tool helps you determine what is being used, where it is used, what may be broken, and which elements are no longer needed. This type of analysis is especially helpful when maintaining existing systems, reviewing complex solutions, or preparing files for future development.

In this course, you will begin with the fundamentals of working with BaseElements and gradually move into more advanced techniques that help you get the most value from the tool. Through practical examples, you will learn how developers use BaseElements to evaluate solutions, troubleshoot issues, and improve overall system organization.

Course topics include:
• Navigating the BaseElements interface and importing your first DDR
• Searching for layouts, scripts, fields, and other objects
• Understanding alerts related to errors, warnings, and performance issues
• Using reports to analyze FileMaker solution structure
• Reviewing change reports and system activity information
• Working with the Clip Manager to reuse schema elements
• Customizing BaseElements for your development workflow
• Automating analysis imports and running processes from the server

By completing this course, you will gain a deeper understanding of how BaseElements can support FileMaker development and solution maintenance. Whether you are reviewing your own applications or analyzing a client’s system, BaseElements can help you work more efficiently and confidently.

To learn more about BaseElements, please visit the Goya website: https://baseelements.com/

This course includes subtitles in 12 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Hebrew, Hindi, Korean, and Japanese.