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About disconnecting users from FileMaker Server when idle

In the Edit Privileges dialog box, you can use the Disconnect user from server when idle option to determine what happens to users of a file shared by FileMaker Server after a certain period of inactivity. You can:

•	automatically disconnect the user after a certain period of inactivity, or

•	always keep the user connected

Because the performance of the host can be affected by the number of active connections it must maintain, in most cases, you should edit privilege sets to disconnect users from the host computer when they are idle. Because you can set this option on a privilege set basis, you set certain users to be disconnected while permitting other users to always maintain their connections.

Review the following notes for more details on disconnecting clients of shared files.

Notes

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The FileMaker Server administrator sets the length of time that FileMaker Pro users can be idle in any database hosted by FileMaker Server. The FileMaker Pro Disconnect user from server when idle option determines whether or not a FileMaker Pro client disconnects a user from a particular database. Because users who are disconnected have to reopen the file, FileMaker Server administrators should make sure the idle time is long enough not to annoy users with frequent disconnections.

•	For the privilege set assigned to the Guest account, you most likely should enable Disconnect user from server when idle. This will prevent users who open a file with guest access from remaining connected when idle.

•	In the Full Access privilege set, the Disconnect user from server when idle option is disabled and cannot be enabled. Therefore users with Full Access privileges remain connected to FileMaker Server when idle.

•	For information on setting the Disconnect user from server when idle option, see Editing other privileges.