Closing hosted files
Close one or more hosted databases with Normal or Paused status.
To close databases and disconnect clients:
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 closing selected databases, select one or more Normal or Paused databases.
4. Click
, then choose
Close or
Close All.
5. If you see the Close Databases dialog box, do the following:
• For
Message, type the message to send to
clients before they are disconnected.
• For Delay time, enter the number of minutes between when the notification is sent and when clients are disconnected.
• Click OK.
Clients see a notification dialog box with your message requesting they close their connection to a file.
When the delay time elapses, FileMaker Server disconnects any remaining clients and closes the file or files in the folder.
The Status of the files changes to Closed to indicate that FileMaker Server has closed the files.
Completing the process of closing many database files, a large database file, or a file with many connected clients may take several minutes.
Notes
• If you are a group administrator, your server administrator must configure your administrator group to allow you to close hosted databases in your group folder. For more information, contact your server administrator.
• Close can be performed on a database with the Opening or Checking status, canceling the consistency check performed when the file is opened.
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