Administrator’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Getting started
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker Server
- Chapter 3 Configuring FileMaker Server
- Using the configuration assistants (Windows)
- Configuring client connections
- Setting database properties
- Opening runtime solutions automatically
- Specifying additional database and default backup folders
- Setting administrative properties
- Recording usage statistics and setting log file size limits
- Configuring directory services
- Setting FileMaker Server security
- Restoring FileMaker Server default settings
- How FileMaker Server behaves during system sleep or abnormal shutdown
- Chapter 4 Administering FileMaker Server
- Default folders for files
- Starting FileMaker Server (Windows)
- Stopping FileMaker Server (Windows)
- Starting FileMaker Server (Mac OS)
- Stopping FileMaker Server (Mac OS)
- Overview of starting and stopping FileMaker Server using FileMaker Server Admin
- Connecting to FileMaker Server using FileMaker Server Admin
- Administering hosted databases
- Enabling database plug-ins
- Viewing usage statistics for FileMaker Server
- Monitoring server performance (Windows)
- Using reported events to track activities
- Using FileMaker Server in Mac OS
- Using the command line to automate tasks
- Chapter 5 Scheduling administrative tasks
- Scheduling database backups
- Running script files
- Sending messages to clients of hosted databases
- Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules view (Windows)
- Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules view (Mac OS)
- Running scheduled tasks manually
- Editing scheduled tasks
- Duplicating scheduled tasks
- Deleting scheduled tasks
- Enabling and disabling scheduled tasks
- Index
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Sending messages to clients of hosted
databases
You can:
1 Send a message to all clients who are currently connected to hosted
databases
1 Send a message to clients of all open databases in a selected folder
Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules
view (Windows)
After you create scheduled tasks, they appear in the schedules list.
The list shows you a summary of each defined schedule, including
the last time the task ran and the next time it will run.
To display the schedules list, select the Schedules node in the
Console Root.
You can use this view of your scheduled tasks to change, duplicate,
enable, disable, and run tasks manually.
Viewing scheduled tasks in the Schedules
view (Mac OS)
After you create a scheduled task, it appears in the Schedules view.
To display the Schedules view, choose Schedules.
The list shows you a summary of each defined schedule, including
the task it performs, the last time it ran, and the next time it will run.
You can use this view of your scheduled tasks to change, duplicate,
enable, disable, and run schedules manually.
Running scheduled tasks manually
Select schedules in the schedules list and choose Action menu > Run
Now
(Windows) or Action menu > Schedules > Run Schedule Now
(Mac
OS) to run schedules manually.
The Last Run column is updated with the current date and time.
Editing scheduled tasks
Select a scheduled task in the schedules list and open Properties
(Windows) or choose
Action menu > Schedule > Edit Schedule
(Mac
OS). Make changes to the scheduled task, then save the
changes.
Click buttons on the toolbar to administer scheduled tasks
Click a
checkbox
to disable
or enable a
scheduled
task
Drag the border to
change the column width
Click a column heading to sort
the list by that column