# \#perform-find

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## [Find through global fields giving odd results](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/find-through-global-fields-giving-odd-results/3389)

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**Author:** [@xochi](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/xochi)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/find-through-global-fields-giving-odd-results/3389 "2024-11-29T07:40:29Z")

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Consider this setup, for a student/assignment grading database: Student Table: ID gAssignmentKind Scores Table: StudentID AssignmentKind Score Each student has 1 or more Scores in the Score table - but there's nev…

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## [Find Matching Records - How to disable?](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/find-matching-records-how-to-disable/3680)

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**Author:** [@AndyHibbs](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/AndyHibbs)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/find-matching-records-how-to-disable/3680 "2023-09-07T17:29:10Z")

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Never one to be surprised to find something new after 35-years of FileMaker development, I hope someone can help with this one. A contextual menu item I've never really taken notice of before, when in a field in Browse …

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## [Finds through relationships are slow](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/finds-through-relationships-are-slow/1535)

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**Author:** [@xochi](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/xochi)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/finds-through-relationships-are-slow/1535 "2020-12-21T15:24:48Z")

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This is for a payroll type database (e.g. tracking salary over time). This is under FMS18, and the payroll table has about a half million records (about 4000 per month) The setup: There's a single Payroll table with …

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## [Perform Find reliability](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/perform-find-reliability/542)

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**Author:** [@FileKraft](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/FileKraft)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/perform-find-reliability/542 "2019-11-27T22:07:53Z")

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Relying on Perform Find using its configuration panel for the query and variables instead of switching to find mode and set field and new request scriptsteps - as mentioned in the FileMaker Talk Podcast about Cloud 2.0 o…