All you need to do is create the form and then create the system around it. The software, a browser, is already on the device and the problem of displaying and allowing user interaction is already solved. The route of using Google Forms is both immediate and easy. You can provide a distributed database file which runs on mobile and import all the individual files into one or you can use a free service like Google Forms. If collecting data from thousands of people within a short period of time is needed, then there are only a few options when it comes to FileMaker. When distributed data collection becomes a high priority and handling scale is important, then using FileMaker Server’s Web Direct technology isn’t always the ideal solution. Data collection, however, is easily done within a spreadsheet because it’s super simple. Boiling data down into a relational model is something which takes a bit of patience and know-how.

Typically, spreadsheet users don’t think in terms of disjointed data.

Primarily, because you can control the user interface. Sorting, filtering and analysis, via automated routines, make a database system better suited to routine tasks. One of FileMaker’s best advantages is its ability to quickly provide an interface to common data tasks.

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