# \#variable

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## [Additional variable levels in FileMaker with MBS Plugin](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/additional-variable-levels-in-filemaker-with-mbs-plugin/4146)

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**Author:** [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/additional-variable-levels-in-filemaker-with-mbs-plugin/4146 "2024-06-13T05:31:06Z")

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You may know that FileMaker has variables within Let(), $ variables in a script and $$ variables as per file globals. But MBS FileMaker Plugin provides higher levels. Our plugin based variables (see FM.VariableSet) stay …

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## [Have you tried Auto Complete in MBS Plugin?](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/have-you-tried-auto-complete-in-mbs-plugin/2800)

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**Author:** [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/have-you-tried-auto-complete-in-mbs-plugin/2800 "2022-03-01T13:34:12Z")

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We recently added auto complete for MBS function names for 12.1 pre-release, which is really handy. Just type the component name and once you got the right one, maybe with cursor down key, you can press the dot to comple…

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## [JSON from only the fields on a layout?](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/json-from-only-the-fields-on-a-layout/2384)

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**Author:** [@kerplop](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/kerplop)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/json-from-only-the-fields-on-a-layout/2384 "2021-08-19T12:59:10Z")

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Hi. My goal is to get a lot of data from a remote FM Server. Ideally, I would create a layout and put on it only the fields I''m interested in. Then I would loop thru the found set, adding each record's info to a big var…
