FileMaker Server administrator group privileges
Whenever you add a group on the General Settings > Administrator Groups tab, the View Databases, Send Messages, and Disconnect Clients group privileges are enabled by default and can’t be disabled. These minimum group privileges allow all group administrators to do the following tasks for their administrator group:
• View the group’s clients and databases on the Activity > Clients and Activity > Databases tabs.
• View the group’s schedule for a database in the Schedules pane.
• Send text messages to the connected FileMaker clients listed on the Activity > Clients tab.
• Disconnect any FileMaker clients listed on the Activity > Clients tab.
• Open the Admin Console Start Page and the Technology Tests page.
• Open FileMaker Server Help.
Important In some cases, the group administrator can view the total number of clients, databases, or schedules for all groups.
When configuring an administrator group, you can also select any of the following group privileges in the Edit Privileges dialog box to specify the tasks you want to allow the group administrator to do for their administrator group:
Select this privilege | To allow group administrators to |
Perform actions on databases | Open, close, verify, pause, resume, or remove the group folder and send messages to all clients on the Activity > Databases tab. The group administrator can also download a database and clear encryption keys. To upload databases, the group administrator must use FileMaker Pro to upload the database to FileMaker Server. |
Perform actions on schedules | Create Send Message schedules only and perform all actions in the Schedules pane for this schedule. |
Back up databases | Perform all actions on Backup schedules. You must select Perform actions on schedules to select this option. |
Verify databases | Perform all actions on Verify schedules. You must select Perform actions on schedules to select this option. |
Run script | Perform all actions on Run Script schedules. You must select Perform actions on schedules to select this option. |
View statistics and logs | View FileMaker Server statistics and logs. |
Show and manage group start page | Open and configure a group start page for the administrator group. |
Note For Backup, Verify, and Run Script schedules, group administrators are only allowed to perform actions for the database in the group folder or subfolder.
Group administrators are not allowed to do any of the following tasks:
• Start or stop the Database Server or the Web Publishing Engine.
• View or change the settings in Admin Console, with the exception of the group start page configuration if the Show and manage group start page privilege is enabled.
• Save or load schedules and groups settings.
• Change the number or role of the machines in your FileMaker Server deployment.
• Update the FileMaker Server license key.
• Register FileMaker Server.
• Check for FileMaker Server updates.
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