WAN Optimize
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Slide 1Free Training Series
Optimize FM WAN Performance

Slide 2About Matt
- Passionate FileMaker trainer
- Expert FileMaker developer
- Certified in FM versions 7 to present
- Founded 3 companies
- FBA Awards, conference sessions, Meetups
- ClarisTalk AI podcast with Cris Ippolite
Hey, nice suit ^

Slide 3Agenda
- A few more slides
- 20 minute live demo
- 25 minute Q&A

Slide 4Why?
- WAN will only be increasing in importance
- Empowers remote users, API Integration, etc.
- Fast on WAN = Blazing on LAN

Slide 5Offerings
- Free training series
- Two hour classes for $99 – 30 minute Q&A after
- Mentoring & Coaching
- calendly.com/mattnav

Slide 6What is perfectly OK
- Unstored calculations on detail views
- Complex detail layouts with much related data
- Giant Relationship Graph
- Millions of records / scripts / layouts

Slide 7What to Avoid
- Unstored calculations on list layouts
- Summary on list layouts
- Especially with large found sets
- “Deeply” Unstored calculations

Slide 8Gotchas
- Filtered Portals
- SQL on Layout
- Complex Tooltips
- Conditional Formatting (especially when pasting from another place)
- Field Indexing gone wild

Slide 9Some Solutions
- Simplify, simplify, simplify
- Remove objects, wait for users to complain
- Redundant stored fields (use scripts)
- PSoS (log like crazy to avoid problems)
- Use themes & styles religiously
- Your thoughts?
