February 2014
FileMaker, Inc. publishes a GoZync case study featuring real-estate inspections.
GoZync
Sync your FileMaker Go files anytime, anywhere, and use them offline. Update and deliver new builds without using cumbersome workarounds like email or iTunes. No matter where your users are, GoZync will protect the integrity of your data over nearly any connection.
Scriptable FileMaker Sync
GoZync is the most reliable and most transparent framework for developers to sync their offline FileMaker Go files. Built solely in FileMaker Pro (no plugins) it’s designed for you to modify.
- Pull found sets (just my data) down to mobile users
- Deploy new builds of mobile files to your users.
- Trust database transactions for reliable sync
Overview
GoZync in about a Minute
Syncing Workorders Example Fie
GoZync 5 is built for developers to get inside and modify. This means you have control over your syncs and how they fit in with your app. Watch how we script the workflow of checking out workorders: only completed workorders are checked back in so they can be invoiced.
The example file shown in this video is included with GoZync and can be a great starting point for your own mobile file.
GoZync 5 also adds Perform Script on Server so syncs are even faster. Learn what’s new in GoZync 5.
Now Faster & Free Version For Simple Syncs
GoZync 5 makes some substantial speed improvements when pulling records by introducing Perform Script on Server (PSOS). This radically reduces the time it takes to determine which records have changed.
The free version of GoZync lets you sync a single table with up to 10 devices–and this may be all the sync some people need. When you do need more than the free version offers, you can turn on the demo from within the free version. Demo mode lets you extend your sync with up to five table occurrences and ten devices for two weeks. When the demo’s over just enter a GoZync license to continue syncing or expand your configuration to new tables.
Seamlessly Deliver New Files
Easily deliver new data – or even a whole new database – to your users. Your users can simply click “update” to download the latest version of your mobile file. You can decide if files come down empty, or with data already populated, as you might do with price lists or catalogs. And of course our scripts can prevent users from updating their local copy while it has new records that haven’t yet been sent to your main solution.
In addition to this in-app updating, you can deploy GoZync as a file delivery portal – like a mini App Store – so your users can get copies of new apps you distribute straight from the source.
Peek Inside
GoZync Checks Your Work
And keeps checking as you make changes after you’ve deployed.
The Last Sync Log for Each Device
Easily spot errors and check sync speed with detailed (and editable) logs for each device.
Download New Files (optional)
Install new and updated mobile files without iTunes.
Example File (Hosted)
Borrow scripts from the example file (shown: GoZync for FileMaker 17)
Example File (mobile)
Unlocked example file can be a reference or the starting point for your own FMGo file.
Sync Photos and Signatures
GoZync is very fast at syncing container fields.
Syncing a Found Set
Simply edit this script and create a find request for each table. Any records in that found set which have changed since the last sync are pulled down.
The Last Sync Log for Each Device
Easily spot errors and check sync speed with detailed (and editable) logs for each device.
Download New Files (optional)
Install new and updated mobile files without iTunes.
Testimonials
Braun Electric uses GoMaps and GoZync in their “innovative job safety analysis application”. Jason Larson at Braun modified GoMaps and GoZync for this app, and his work was recently the subject of a FileMaker, Inc. case study.
FileMaker Platinum firm FullCity Consulting are GoZync experts and have completed a great app for syncing on-site water quality inspections back to their customer’s main office. Check out screen shots in this case study.
Blueprint is one of the largest residential construction lenders in Seattle and run their whole lending practice from a FileMaker solution named Blueprint Connect™. FileMaker Inc published a case study of Blueprint’s mobile inspection app powered by GoZync.
We’re now able to complete evaluations in less time, and provide much more meaningful reports. Read the case study and see screenshots here.
[SeedCode’s] and Todd’s hard work with GoZync helps make FileMaker Go be actually business-grade.
This solves a host of problems that otherwise make deployment to mobile devices unfeasible or unprofitable on FileMaker Go.
GoZync was featured in the DevCon 2011 keynote. FileMaker Inc. demonstrated a Zync deployment for STAT Bio-Medical that, according to the owner, “saved the company”. We have screen shots and a video of the case study here.
Wow, you and your team are amazing. Thank you for the rapid response and assistance on these files. Thanks to your efforts, the team down in Haiti was able to go out, do patient visits, and successfully sync their patient data.
Pricing
- Unlimited Device License
- $3000
- An unlimited device license for a single instance of the GoZync framework at a single site.
- Includes the GoZync Engine and unlimited synced devices
- Sync any number of tables
- All paid versions support field-level merge and custom field mapping
- Add device licenses at any time
- GoZync
- $498
- Price: $399 plus $99 per device (total devices, not concurrent connections)
- Includes the GoZync Engine and at least one synced device
- Sync any number of tables
- Supports field-level merge and custom field mapping
- Add device licenses at any time
- Additional Licenses
- $99
- Price: $99 per device (total devices – not concurrent connections)
- Sync one FileMaker Pro (laptop) or FileMaker Go (iPhone or iPad) device
- Requires the ProZync engine.
- Add additional licenses as you need them.
- Add device licenses at any time
Free Version & Demo
Download the free version to sync a single table, then turn on the demo more.
Upgrades
You can upgrade to the Unlimited or Vertical Market License for the difference between them and what you’ve purchased so far. Contact us for details.
Or upgrade to the Unlimited Device license automatically once you’ve purchased your 27th device license.
Vertical Market
Add GoZync to an application you’re reselling–what we used to call shrink-wrapped software–for $6,500 with unlimited devices across multiple servers with multiple end user companies. Learn more.
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Requirements & Docs
GoZync requires FileMaker 13 or higher. You can sync FMGo-to-FileMaker Server or FMGo-to-FileMaker Pro: GoZync does not require FileMaker Server, though the new Perform-Script-On-Server features in GoZync 5 only work on FileMaker Server 13 or higher. GoZync works on Mac, Windows, and iOS using the latest version of FileMaker Go.
Learn more in the GoZync Docs.
Tips, Tricks, & SQL Sources
Filtering records: syncing found sets.
Filter records based on the user’s location: walkthrough & example file.
Syncing SQL Sources: GoZync can leverage FileMaker’s ESS (External SQL Source) support to let you sync your mobile app with hosted SQL sources including Oracle and MySQL tables. Learn more about connecting FileMaker Go to Oracle or MySQL.
Troubleshooting and speed testing with Sync Logs.
GoZync 5 Webinars: July 22nd, 2014 and January 27, 2014
