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Trouble Shooting

Last updated 18/10/2023

An Error Occurs in Your Application

An error occurs when you either try editing or adding a record in your application as shown in the image below.

Error message
Figure 1 - Error message

This is because, by default history tables are created for a new application in Five. Because you are importing your database schema from FileMaker, these history tables have not been created for you.

Working with Five's Versioning

1. Select your application record in the list.

2. Click the Versioning tab.


Versioning tab
Figure 2 - Versioning tab

3. Either click the Edit button in the form app bar, or click directly on the Enable Versioning switch.


Edit button
Figure 3 - Edit button

4. Click the Enable Versioning switch to turn off.


Enable Versioning switch
Figure 4 - Enable Versioning switch

5. Click the Save button in the form app bar.


Save button
Figure 5 - Save button

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If you do not wish to have version control, you do not need to perform the steps below.

6. Either click the Edit button in the form app bar, or click directly on the Enable Versioning switch.

7. Click the Enable Versioning switch to turn on.


Enable Versioning switch
Figure 6 - Enable Versioning switch

8. Click the Save button in the form app bar.


Save button
Figure 7 - Save button

Data Mismatch

Double check that all your data types have come through correctly because in certain scenarios, Five may bring in some of your data types as Text.