Opening hosted files
Open one or more database files with a Closed status.
To open hosted databases:
1. Click the Activity > Databases tab.
2. Open the Databases folder, the additional database folder, or the group folder, if required.
3. If you are opening selected databases, select one or more Closed databases.
4. Click
, then choose
Open or
Open All.
5. If the database is encrypted with a password, the Open Encrypted Password dialog box appears. Enter the password, then click OK.
Notes
• If you are a group administrator, your server administrator must configure your administrator group to allow you to open hosted databases in your group folder. For more information, contact your server administrator.
• If you select a folder in the Databases list, FileMaker Server opens all of the files in that folder.
• If Status changes to Checking, FileMaker Server is checking the file’s structure before opening it. Checking a large file may take several minutes.
• If the database does not open and you need to access data in the damaged file prior to restoring from a backup or recovering the database, you can open a database with the Checking status to skip the consistency check. You should do this only if the database does not open.
• When FileMaker Server opens a file with no sharing enabled, the Database Server enables the fmapp extended privilege in the Full Access privilege set. See FileMaker Pro Help for more information.
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