Working with clients

The clients list on the Databases page displays the client connections to databases hosted by FileMaker Cloud. From this list, you can view client details, send messages to clients, and disconnect clients.

The clients list also displays the FileMaker script clients that are created when:

a FileMaker script runs as a scheduled task
the Perform Script on Server script step is used to run a FileMaker script

Client details

Detail	Description
Claris ID	The Claris ID of the client.
Databases (shown when All Databases is selected)	The number of databases that the client is using. To see a list of the databases, pause the pointer over the number.
Host Name / IP Address	The host name or IP address of the client's computer.
Sign-in	How long ago the client signed in.
Client	The type of client: Pro – a FileMaker Pro client Go – a FileMaker Go client WebDirect – a FileMaker WebDirect client Data API – a FileMaker Data API client FMSE – a FileMaker Script Engine client Tip To see additional information about the client, pause the pointer over the client string.

To work with clients:

Click the Databases tab.
Select an Open () database (or select All Databases), then select one or more clients.

To select all clients of the selected database (or all databases), select the checkbox in the table heading.

Then:

To	Do this
Send a message to clients of one or all databases	Click Send Message. Enter a message.
Disconnect clients of a database	Click Disconnect. For Message, enter an optional message to send to clients. For Delay Time, enter the number of minutes between when the notification is sent and when clients are disconnected. Clients may see a dialog box with a 30-second countdown. If they click OK, they are disconnected immediately. If they click Cancel, they can continue working until the delay time is reached. Depending on the delay time, they may see subsequent dialog boxes until the delay time expires. Important If you specify a delay time of 0, then clients are disconnected immediately and they may lose unsaved work.

Do this

Send a message to clients of one or all databases

Click Send Message.
Enter a message.

Disconnect clients of a database

Click Disconnect.
For Message, enter an optional message to send to clients.
For Delay Time, enter the number of minutes between when the notification is sent and when clients are disconnected.

Clients may see a dialog box with a 30-second countdown. If they click OK, they are disconnected immediately. If they click Cancel, they can continue working until the delay time is reached. Depending on the delay time, they may see subsequent dialog boxes until the delay time expires.

Important If you specify a delay time of 0, then clients are disconnected immediately and they may lose unsaved work.

Notes

If you disconnect a FileMaker script client, the script stops immediately.
If you disconnect clients connected via the FileMaker Data API, they are disconnected immediately.