Extend your FileMaker system to do more for your business

A FileMaker system that once did the job well can become restrictive over time. Processes change, teams grow, reporting needs become more demanding and separate systems start to overlap.

We help businesses improve and extend their existing Claris FileMaker systems so they continue to support the business properly. That might mean new functionality, better integrations, cleaner workflows, clearer reporting or a more strategic approach to how the system is used across the organisation.

If your current setup feels underpowered, overly manual or no longer aligned with the way your business operates, we can help you make it more useful without jumping straight to a full rebuild.

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“I have used FileMaker on and off for a long time. But I couldn’t make FileMaker do what I wanted, so contacted Decent Group for help. Decent worked on my FileMaker system and worked wonders on my data.”

Mark Segasby

LightMap

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Integrate FileMaker into the parts of the business that matter most

Your Claris FileMaker system can do far more than store data. With the right improvements and integrations in place, it can support better reporting, smoother workflows and stronger visibility across the business.

Some of the ways it can do more for you include:

  • integrating FileMaker with HR, payroll, finance and specialist systems such as Sage and Xero

  • setting user permissions so people only see and do what they should

  • creating clearer reports from your data

  • extending FileMaker across multiple sites or offices and supporting home working

  • making mobile access more useful for inspections, site visits and remote work

  • tracking and analysing workflows more effectively

  • building management dashboards with clearer commercial visibility

...Or tell us what you need and we will help shape the right answer.

3 key ways to extend your Claris FileMaker system

Provide more functionality

Add the features your business now needs, whether that means new workflows, better reporting, approvals, automation or broader access across teams. This is often the quickest route to making an existing FileMaker system more valuable.

Connect more teams

As businesses grow, systems often need to support more users, different departments and more complex permission structures. We can help extend your FileMaker setup so it works more effectively across the wider organisation.

Integrate FileMaker with other systems

FileMaker becomes more valuable when it works well alongside the other tools your business already depends on. We can help connect it with finance systems, operational platforms and other software to reduce duplicated effort and improve visibility.

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Experienced partners working alongside you

We work best as a strategic software partner, using technology to support practical business goals. We understand multiple sectors and help clients improve systems in ways that deliver measurable operational value.

We do not simply add features because they sound useful. We take time to understand how the business works, where the friction is, and which changes are most likely to improve efficiency, reporting and day to day usability.

That means the work is shaped around genuine business needs and clear outcomes, rather than technical change for its own sake.

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Case study

The scheduling tool managing multiple complex projects

FileMaker rescue for a vulnerable mission-critical system

Integrating a powerful new scheduling tool

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Why the right invoicing system makes growth effortless

Reinventing a FileMaker system produces big efficiency gains

Explore how our scheduling tool, featuring an interactive drag-and-drop Gantt chart, brings clarity to project management for a leading access flooring specialist. Find out how this bespoke software solution overcame complex scheduling challenges that ensures precision and flexibility.

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Partnering with a quality management consultancy, we assisted in upgrading their mission-critical Claris FileMaker business system. With our expert Claris FileMaker developers, we seamlessly transitioned their aging Claris FileMaker server to the new system.

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Integrating an out-of-the-box scheduling tool into an existing business system brings huge benefits to Citation's booking team. Previously struggling with a frustratingly slow calendar app, they can now search instantly across their consultants’ availability.

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Discover how we developed a bespoke iPad app that transforms East Brothers Timber outbound goods process, streamlining their entire business process from quality control to optimised delivery schedules. Find out how this iPad app eliminates costly mistakes, ensuring pinpoint accuracy and timely deliveries every step of the way.

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A bespoke invoicing system for an architectural consultancy delivers major time savings giving the management team greater visibility, a clear overview and control over costs and project progress.

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We transformed this aluminium die casting manufacturer’s existing FileMaker system, giving them instant access to detailed real time order and production data. The system has virtually eliminated errors, improved efficiency and helped the business to grow. 

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“We can now offer analysis and reporting that I don’t think any of our competitors can. With pretty unique information, it’s making our jobs easier.”

Nick Shute

Co Founder & Managing Director, Dodds & Shute

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