InspectorPro26

Investigate, Accelerate, Collaborate — advanced diagnostics and analysis for FileMaker development teams.

Vincenzo Menanno Brendan Pierce
Made by Vincenzo Menanno and Brendan Pierce
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Download (v8)

Requires FileMaker 2024 (v21)
Not recommended for Version 21.1
Mac & Linux (Ubuntu) versions available now
Windows version is coming soon.

For older versions of FileMaker, use InspectorPro 7

Better insight, performance and collaboration for FileMaker teams.

Using InspectorPro, FileMaker developers can analyze their solutions to gain insight into performance. It can detect problems and warnings, identify references and dependencies for any element, compare differences between solutions, and review security privileges. InspectorPro allows you to share development progress with your team. This can help you to stay organized and to work more efficiently.

Use InspectorPro to analyze your FileMaker solutions:

  • Investigate and catalog problems in your solutions. 
  • Build a checklist of development fixes.
  • View references and dependencies, analyzing their impact on your solution.
  • Keep track of changes, when they were made and by whom.
  • Share this info via FileMaker Server, Slack, etc, while collaborating with a larger team.

The Power of FileMaker XML 

Now that FileMaker provides Save a Copy as XML, InspectorPro can collect, analyze and report on a more complete set of metadata. This enables InspectorPro to better collect, analyze and report on the architecture and code in your FileMaker solutions.

InspectorPro Consultation

InspectorPro builds better collaboration, performance and insight for FileMaker teams. We can help you learn from InspectorPro’s insights to see how best to make improvements.

A consultation will help you maximize InspectorPro's capabilities and make the most of its reports. Learn More

Video User Guide & Introduction

Chief Innovation Officer at Beezwax, Vince Mennano, walks you through this in-depth tutorial on using Inspector Pro 8! In this video, you will learn the essential steps to start with Inspector Pro 8, from setting up your account to leveraging powerful features for analyzing and managing your FileMaker 2024 solutions.

InspectorPro 8 AI Integration

InspectorPro 8 Semantic Search

InspectorPro 8 Security

InspectorPro 8 Layout Objects & Styles

InspectorPro 8 Fields

As FileMaker evolves, so does the need for smarter, faster developer tools. Below is a breakdown of key InspectorPro features aligned with the version of FileMaker you use. 

Feature Up to 2023 (v20) FileMaker 2024 FileMaker 2025
InspectorPro Compatible Version
v7
v8
v9
Baseline Analysis Speed
~10 Minutes
~30 Seconds
~30 Seconds
Incremental Analysis Speed
~5 Minutes
~5 Seconds
~5 Seconds
Work Uninterrupted During Analysis
Add-On Integration
Subscription-based licensing
INVESTIGATE
Attach Notes or Tags to Any Item
Unlimited number of Solutions
Unlimited number of Analyses
Extra Areas of Information
History and History Items
Baseline Analysis
Local Processing
Upload to Server for Processing
Graphical Summary Dashboard
ACCELERATE
Process Entirely On Server
InspectorPro Integration API
Improved use of 64-bit and multi-threading
DDR 2.0 (Save as XML in FM 2023)
Progressive Updating
COLLABORATE
GitHub Integration
Github - Change History
Github - Change Attribution (Blame)
Slack Integration
Slack - Real-time Schema Change Alerts
Slack - Notify users via Slack ID
Multi User Support
Solution Restriction to Members
Timezone Support
Adding Watched Items

Features

    • Review your solution's security privileges in depth.
    • Security "cross tab" information at your fingertips.
    • View privilege sets across base tables, fields, layouts, scripts, or value lists

    Track your progress while reducing problem code, and getting rid of technical debt. InspectorPro’s Progress Dashboard shows you analysis graphs that summarize:

    • Calculation Problems
    • Script Problems
    • Layout Object Problems

    Users can save their searches and call them up whenever needed.

    Build a custom Script Monitor and integrate it with your solution. You can monitor some or all of your scripts in any of your solutions, with visual signals or even auditory notifications when some part of your solution performs a critical action.

    • Intuitive dashboard captures all the information you need
    • Filter down to focus areas with easy toggling
    • Navigate the tool as you would a browser

    InspectorPro's help has direct links to FileMaker help for script steps, script triggers and functions.

    • Compare changes between versions of your FileMaker solution.
    • InspectorPro reports on changes, and highlights relevant items or code.
    • Drill in to view change details, or run a report sorting by change type or area.

    What and where is this item referenced? As a developer, you want to know all the places where a particular item is referenced easily.

    • Continually view and navigate to detailed references in a tear-away window
    • Easily identify disabled or dormant references
    • Quickly determine all reference locations

    Global Search and Item Search

    • Global search across fields, layout objects, calculations and more
    • LOgiCATOR UI makes Item search intuitive and consistent
    • Search results are neatly organized for review

Developer Spotlight

Vincenzo Menanno Vincenzo Menanno Chief Innovation Officer Vince is a true pioneer amongst Claris FileMaker developers and is internationally recognized as an expert technical consultant. As Chief Innovation Officer at Beezwax, Vince leads Research and Development on cutting-edge methods and tools for Claris Platform development. Brendan Pierce Brendan Pierce Sr. Developer Brendan is a FileMaker and Web developer, collaborating with other Beezwax team members on custom software solutions, with an emphasis on globally-based clients and users.

Need help?

We can help integrating InspectorPro26 into your FileMaker solutions.

Please contact us for more information or with any questions. Thanks!