Upgrading from Claris FileMaker 2024 (v21)


Overview

Release Date: June 2024

End Of Life: June 2026

Update Releases: 21

File format: .fmp12


🚀 1. AI Integration and Semantic Search

  • Advanced AI Script Steps and Functions: New native script steps for AI model integration, including configuring AI accounts, inserting embeddings, performing semantic finds, and logging AI calls.
  • Semantic Find: Enables natural language queries for both text and images, allowing users to ask questions and get ranked results based on semantic similarity.
  • Support for Public and Local Models: Integration with OpenAI, Cohere, and open-source LLMs, giving users flexibility and control over data privacy.
  • Vector Embeddings: Store numerical representations of data (including text and images) for advanced similarity searches and classification.


🧑‍💻 2. Development and Scripting Enhancements

  • Improved JSON Handling: New functions like `JSONMakeArray` simplify working with JSON data, making it easier to create and manipulate arrays directly in scripts.
  • Enhanced Script Steps: New and improved script steps for Data API, JSON, and transactions, enabling faster app development and easier maintenance.
  • Revert Transactions in Subscripts: Allows for more robust error handling and business logic in scripts.
  • Execute Data API for Write Operations: Direct scripting against data without extra windows or context switching.
  • Scripting for Let’s Encrypt Certificates: FileMaker Server 2024 includes scripts to create, renew, and import Let’s Encrypt certificates for public-facing instances


Ready to upgrade from Claris FileMaker 2024?

FileMaker 2025 has yet to be released, but based on Claris' current release cadence should be expected in Q3/Q4 2025.


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