# Beginning FileMaker 01 - Designing a Database

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**Category:** Beginning FileMaker\
**Tags:** relationships\
**Created:** [March 24, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/beginning-filemaker-01-designing-a-database/1952 "2021-03-24T03:01:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Torsten](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/torsten/32/1574_2.png) [@Torsten](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Torsten)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/beginning-filemaker-01-designing-a-database/1952/2 "2021-03-24T08:47:09Z")

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It is a good starting point, indeed.

From there, we can explore the concepts of normalisation & de-normalisation. The latter brings us to performance core principles, which are expanded here:  
[https://the.fmsoup.org/t/performance-core-principles-3-relationships/1859](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/performance-core-principles-3-relationships/1859)

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