

Use one unified platform to create apps that work seamlessly together on mobile devices, computers, and the web. More than a million people around the world use the FileMaker Platform every day to get things done faster and more efficiently at work. FileMaker Pro is an application created to help its users build custom databases and design them to fit their activity and business profiles. Share information over the network or the Internet, easily manage databases, contacts, projects and inventory data, and create reports. You can also quickly access recently opened databases in the Recent tab of the Launch center.FileMaker Pro is available as a free download from our software library. The next time you open FileMaker, the database will be in the My Apps section of the Launch Center. Log into the database with either your Brown username/password or with a username/password assigned by your department's database manager.Ĩ. Back in the Launch Center, double-click on the newly added database under My Apps to open it. Locate your database on the server and double-click on it to add it to your Apps in the Launch Center.ħ. At this point, you should see a list of databases on the server.

If prompted, enter your Brown username and password (or other database credentials) into the FileMaker server authentication screen and click Sign In.Ħ. If you see this prompt, select "Allow" to grant access to the application. The Windows Firewall may show you a dialog box asking you to grant the FileMaker program to access the network. In the Add Favorite Host screen, enter the name of the FileMaker server you are trying to access in the "Host's internet address" field and click Save.Ĭurrent list of active FileMaker servers:ĥ. In the Hosts window, click on the + symbol at the top of the hosts list to create a new FileMaker server connection.Ĥ. From the popover menu, select From Hosts.ģ. Click on Add App which will open a small popover menu. When FileMaker Pro opens you will be in the Launch Center. You will need to be connected to Brown's VPN service to access databases from off-campus.ĭownload and install FileMaker Pro from Software Center (on CIS managed pc workstations) or from our software website here: Ģ. Clients may access the databases hosted on our servers with FileMaker Pro version 18 or higher or FileMaker Go version 18 or higher on iOS. We currently are migrating to FileMaker 19 Server. CIS manages a cluster of FileMaker databases hosts for department use.
