FILESOFT SESSION DESK · 1.0.0

Plan the session.
Keep attendance on record.

Plan training sessions, manage participant places, record attendance and keep certificates and session registers together in FileMaker.

Free Standard or Premium Jade Meridian. Both cover the core session and attendance workflow.

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FileMaker Pro required, sold separately. Single-user macOS desktop. Compatibility details.

Which edition suits you?

STANDARD · FREE

A useful starting point.

The core workflow with built-in Apex Blue presentation and the Filesoft Standard footer. Use it as supplied or customize its layouts, fields and scripts.

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PREMIUM · US$99 ONE-TIME

Jade Meridian, already applied.

Jade Meridian brings a green icon sidebar, rounded overview cards, clear selection accents and coordinated document screens to the session workflow.

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Already using Standard? Premium is a separate empty file. It does not transfer records or merge customizations automatically. Keep your working file; migration is a separately scoped service.

Compare the editions.

Compare the same screens in each edition. Both include courses, sessions, participants, registrations, attendance, documents, history and provider settings.

Session Desk 1.0.0 editions
Your choice	Standard	Premium
Price	Free	US$99 one-time
Presentation	Built-in Apex Blue; Filesoft Standard footer	Filesoft Jade Meridian
File	Empty and unlocked	Separate empty and unlocked file
Delivery	Name and email; private link lasts seven days	Private link after confirmed PayPal payment; lasts 30 days

Overview

Courses

Sessions

Participants

Registrations

Documents

History

Settings

Screenshots show fictional examples. Both downloads start empty; examples are available in Help. Settings differ slightly: Standard provides a separate short certificate-address field, while Premium uses its Address field.

From course to attendance record.

STEP 01
Plan the day
Set the course, date, trainer, venue and capacity.
Standard — Free · Sessions
Version 1.0.0 · Fictional examples; the download starts empty. View full size ↗
STEP 02
Keep the places and attendance together
Review each registration and record Present or Absent.
Standard — Free · Registrations
Version 1.0.0 · Fictional examples; the download starts empty. View full size ↗
STEP 03
Keep the documents
Review saved attendance certificates and session registers, with PDF status and export controls.
Standard — Free · Documents
The Documents screen shows saved documents and PDF status, not an exported certificate page. View full size ↗

Read the setup guide ↗

A focused training workspace.

Courses & sessions

Keep course descriptions, duration and codes. Plan each session with its date, trainer, venue, capacity and status.

Participants & places

Link participants to sessions. Check capacity and duplicate registrations, with cancellation and restore when plans change.

Attendance

Record Present or Absent explicitly for each registration.

Attendance certificates

Issue certificates for eligible registrations, retain snapshots, export PDFs and void a certificate with a reason.

Registers & history

Save session attendance registers and review document history.

Your provider details

Set provider details and separate system and printing logos. Create optional fictional examples from Help.

Your first session.

Keep an empty original. Unzip the package and retain the original download. Open a working copy in FileMaker Pro on macOS. Close the database before making filesystem backups.
Set up your provider. In Settings, enter provider details, the certificate prefix and separate system and printing logos. Save the settings before creating documents.
Try the examples. Use Help to create fictional examples in a separate practice copy. Keep practice and real records separate, and back up before removing examples.
Plan a session. Add a course, then a session with its date, trainer, venue and capacity.
Register and record attendance. Add participants and registrations. Check capacity and duplicate messages. Record Present or Absent for each participant.
Review documents. Create eligible attendance certificates or a session register. In Documents, check the saved document and PDF status, export the PDF and inspect it before sharing.

Requirements & scope.

Requires FileMaker Pro, sold separately, for single-user desktop use on macOS. Designed from a FileMaker Pro 19.6.3 baseline. Standard has core-workflow checks in 19.6.3 and scoped testing in 26.0.3; Premium’s recorded tests used 26.0.3. Other versions, Windows, FileMaker Go, WebDirect, hosting and multi-user use are not validated.

For a small workshop or training provider with one administrator. Public booking, payment collection, automatic email, lesson content, grading, recurring-series automation and waiting lists are not included. Attendance certificates do not represent accredited qualifications or professional certification.

Usage & support.

Personal and internal-business use and customization are permitted. Resale or redistribution is not permitted. Support is best effort, without guaranteed response times or future updates. FileMaker licensing, hosting, implementation, migration and training are separate.

Premium includes the styled Session Desk solution. No separate theme installation or purchase is needed to use it. A reusable Jade Meridian theme licence is a separate product and is not included.

Already using Standard? Premium is a separate empty file. It does not transfer records or merge customizations automatically. Keep your working file; migration is a separately scoped service.

Need a closer fit?

Tailored session fields, registration workflows, attendance documents and migration can be scoped separately.

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Session Desk 1.0.0.

Standard and Premium Jade Meridian: courses, sessions, participants, registrations, attendance, documents, history and provider settings. Both packages start empty.

Release notes ↗ · Help & downloads ↗

Plan the session.Keep attendance on record.