FMPUG Dallas
FileMaker Pro Users Group

May 2025 Meeting
AI and FileMaker 2024
– Implementing Semantic Search in Your System Today
Date:
May 2nd, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Presenters:
Paul Mitchell,
Low Code Engineer – Harmonic
Matt Monroe,
Owner – Harmonic
Sponsored by:
Harmonic
Venue:
Tollway Plaza Conference Center
Sign up deadline: April 30th 2025
Venue:
Tollway Plaza Conference Center
South Tower
15950 Dallas Parkway
Dallas, Texas 75248
Low Code Engineer Paul Mitchell and Harmonic Owner Matt Monroe will lead a practical workshop that will get you up and running with Semantic Search in FileMaker. They’ll cover how to employ cloud-based and local LLMs. By the end, you’ll have the skills you need to incorporate Semantic Search into your FileMaker solutions.
Bring your laptop, with Claris FileMaker version 21.1 or later installed.
Schedule
10:30 am: Join the Teams meeting early if you need help with downloading or configuring the files to be ready for the presentation..
11:00 am: John Howell of Data Experience will tell us about the upcoming Full Access retreat in October.
11:15 am: Announcements and Sponsor’s welcome
11:30 am: AI and FileMaker 2024 Implementing Semantic Search in Your System Today
12:30 pm: Lunch, courtesy of Harmonic
Join us in person at the Tollway Plaza Conference Center in Dallas,
or via TEAMS or Live stream on Youtube
Before the meeting:
Watch this short tutorial video on how to set up your computer or follow the instructions below before the meeting on Friday
- Create a Cohere Account & Generate API Key
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- Sign up at cohere.com
- Go to
your dashboard - In the left menu,
click API Keys - Click New Trial Key or Create Trial Key
- Name your key (record the name)
- Click Generate Trial Key, then copy and save the key securely.
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- Download and set up LMStudio
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- You’ll need:
- At least 6GB of free disk space and 5GB of RAM
- Download:
- LM Studio from lmstudio.ai (Mac version is for Apple Silicon only)
deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-7b
model (for LLM)text-embedding-nomic-embed-text-v1.5
(for
text embeddings)
- You’ll need:
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- Download the Training FM file here