Configuring Group Launch Center
If you are a group administrator, your server administrator must configure your administrator group to allow you to view the configuration settings for Group Launch Center. For more information, contact your server administrator.
Group Launch Center lists the hosted databases that are associated with an administrator group. Group Launch Center indicates whether the hosted database can be opened by a FileMaker client or in FileMaker WebDirect.
To configure Group Launch Center:
1. Select Enable Group Launch Center.
2. For Title, enter a title for Group Launch Center.
The text that you enter is used in the H1 element (top-level heading) of Group Launch Center. The text limit for the title is 80 characters. You may not use HTML elements in the title text.
3. For Message, enter the message to be displayed on Group Launch Center.
The text that you enter is used as static text at the top of Group Launch Center. The text limit for the message is 1000 characters. You may not use HTML elements in the message text.
Tip To view Group Launch Center with your title and message, click the Group Launch Center URL displayed in the Group Launch Center pane.
Notes
•Access to Group Launch Center does not require authorization. Anyone who has access to the Group Launch Center URL can view the list of hosted databases. However, a user must still log in to a database if the database has access restrictions.
•For a database to be listed on Group Launch Center:
•The
Status pane must show that the Database Server is functioning normally. For FileMaker WebDirect solutions to be listed, the
Status pane must show that the Web Publishing Engine is functioning normally with FileMaker WebDirect enabled. See
Checking the status of your deployment.
•A database must be hosted by FileMaker Server with the status listed on the
Activity >
Databases tab as
Normal. See
Verifying hosted files.
•A database must be enabled for sharing using
Access via FileMaker Network (
extended privilege fmapp) or
Access via FileMaker WebDirect (extended privilege fmwebdirect) or both. See
FileMaker Pro Help.
•A database must not have the option
Don’t display in Launch Center or
Don’t display in FileMaker WebDirect Launch Center enabled. See
FileMaker Pro Help.
•In a Windows or macOS browser, the Group Launch Center’s Launch column shows whether the database can be opened in FileMaker Pro, in FileMaker WebDirect, or both.
•In a browser on iOS, the Group Launch Center’s Launch column shows whether the database can be opened in FileMaker Go, in FileMaker WebDirect, or both.
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