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24U FM Bench

Promise to yourself: No more compromises! Get the best performance out of FileMaker Pro by optimizing your solutions and achieve 100+% speed gains in almost no time.

  • D. Chandler

  • M. Wallace

24U FM Bench is a complete optimization solution

We spent years trying to find out how to make our own solution perform faster. We tried everything to improve its performance, from replacing server hardware to deferring complex tasks to nightly server-side scripts. Then we revealed the Marvelous Optimization Formula and discovered a simple 4-step process that let us boost the overall speed of our system by hundreds of percent with only minimum effort. So we created FM Bench to support this process and optimize any FileMaker solution’s performance. And now we are sharing this tool, together with our knowledge, with you…

Detective benchmarks your solution.

It measures how long everything takes and stores the measured values in a log for further analysis.

Session Browser lets you examine individual user sessions.

You can see every single action that was measured within each session and how long FileMaker spent executing it.

Bottleneck Finder finds the bottleneck of your solution.

It calculates the total time spend within each script over a specific time period and tells you which script consumed the largest part.

Reporter reports the progress of your optimization.

It helps you to see your results and proof them to your peers, your boss, and your customer.

You can easily print your optimization report and attach it to your invoice.

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Version History

Version 1.3 January 31, 2019

  • 24U Toolbox Plug-In 3 is now included with FM Bench. It comes with many improvements and new features and its binaries for macOS, Windows, and iOS are code-signed, making it easier and safer to deploy FM Bench in environments with security restrictions.

Compatibility with FileMaker Pro 17 May 21, 2018

  • Version 17 of the FileMaker platform has been released.
  • 24U FM Bench 1.2.1 was tested on this platform and it is fully compatible; no update is necessary.
  • Updating 24U Toolbox Plug-In to the latest version is recommended but not necessary.

Compatibility with FileMaker Pro 16 May 9, 2017

  • Version 16 of the FileMaker platform has been released.
  • 24U FM Bench was tested on this platform and it is fully compatible; no update is necessary.

Compatibility with FileMaker Pro 15 May 15, 2016

  • Version 15 of the FileMaker platform has been released.
  • 24U FM Bench was tested on this platform and it is fully compatible; no update is necessary.

Compatibility with FileMaker Pro 14 May 13, 2015

  • Version 14 of the FileMaker platform has been released.
  • We have tested 24U FM Bench on this platform and it is fully compatible; no update is necessary.

Version 1.2.1 March 9, 2015

  • A fix for customers who prefer to host the 24U FM Bench Analyzer on a FileMaker Server.

Version 1.2 December 16, 2014

  • Full support of FileMaker Pro 13 and FileMaker Server 13
  • Stability and compatibility improvement
  • New version of Toolbox Plug-In with auto installation included
  • Bottleneck Finder – highlighted items with long waiting time (>30s)
  • Improved ability to benchmark solutions running on FileMaker Go
  • Improved time settings in Session Browser

Version 1.1 August 2, 2012

  • added support for benchmarking FileMaker Go solutions
  • added native files for FileMaker Pro 12
  • added FMBench_Log file validity check

Version 1.0.1 February 13, 2012

  • Improved handling of non-US timestamps
  • Added ability to benchmark recursive custom functions
  • Improved handling of special characters in script names and parameters

Version 1.0 February 2, 2012

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<a href="/blog/2017/02/06/test/">How 24U FM Bench Detective works</a> thumbnail

How 24U FM Bench Detective works

See how 24U FM Bench Detective benchmarks your FileMaker solution with microsecond precision to tell you how long exactly your scripts and calculations take to execute.
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How to implement 24U FM Bench Detective

Learn how to easily implement 24U FM Bench Detective by inserting a few script steps into your own FileMaker solution and start measuring and optimizing your solutions today.
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Faster way to implement FM Bench Detective on Mac

Implementing 24U FM Bench Detective can take a lot of time especially when you have hundreds or thousands of scripts in your FileMaker solution. We have found a great 3rd party Mac tool that can save you tremendous amount of time.
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Faster way to implement FM Bench Detective on Windows

Implementing 24U FM Bench Detective can take a lot of time especially when you have hundreds or thousands of scripts in your FileMaker solution. We have found a great 3rd party tool for Windows that can save you tremendous amount of time.
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<a href="/blog/2017/02/09/fmb_detective_autoinsert">Automating insertion of FM Bench Detective into your solution</a> thumbnail

Automating insertion of FM Bench Detective into your solution

If you have a large solution with hundreds or thousands of scripts you will like what we are working on for the next version of FM Bench – a fully automated insertion and removal of FM Bench Detective. But if you don’t want to wait, here is something you can use already today…
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Checking Implementation with Error Checker

Before you can analyze measurement data captured from your FileMaker solution with 24U FM Bench Detective, you have to check consistency and validity of the data with Error Checker.
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Examining Solution Usage with Session Browser

Session Browser in 24U FM Bench Analyzer lets you browse through individual users sessions of your FileMaker solution, see when they logged in, when they logged out, and when they ran specific scripts and how long these scripts took to execute.
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Optimizing Your Solution with Bottleneck Finder

Before you can efficiently optimize your solution you first need to find out what to optimize. Bottleneck Finder is the key component of 24U FM Bench that analyzes collected measurement data and identifies the real bottleneck of your solution.
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Watching Your Optimization Progress with Reporter

After you have optimized the bottleneck of your FileMaker solution, the Reporter feature of 24U FM Bench will let you compare the speed before and after optimization and prove your progress to your peers, boss, or client.
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Optimizing with 2empowerFM Developer Assistant

Developer Assistant from Dracoventions is a FileMaker plug-in that helps FileMaker developers to save time and be more productive. This tool will make your optimization process even more efficient.
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