Invoicing with FileMaker Pro

I finally sat down and created an FileMaker Pro invoicing database for myself. I've been experimenting for a while with a combination of the OS X Address Book, iCal, Pages, and Spotlight to track projects, tasks, and invoices. It works very well for everything except for the invoicing. I wanted to try this first because I like having everything tied in by Spotlight and FileMaker Pro data is not. Alas, even with keyword tagging the invoicing was just not working. I'm still going to track task and project job time with iCal but will output that to FileMaker for all aspects of invoicing.

I used the nice Pages invoice as the basis for my printed invoice in the invoice table then added tables for contacts/clients and line items. Pretty basic but it works well for my needs. I'm sure I'll customize it a bit more as I use it and save it as a template for any future client that needs invoicing. As it is now I can track outstanding balances much more easily and send off a pdf invoice via email with a single click.

One final note. I think I'm getting better at the visual aspects of FMP database design. Of course there's plenty of room for improvement!

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