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To configure your access as a favorite:

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In the FileMaker Pro App, Choose File → Open


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In the pop-up popup window, ensure navigate to and click the Favorite Hosts option is selected within the View list:

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Click the Add button in that window and enter the server name under Host's Internet Address: CAT 1 server: cns-fms-01.austin.utexas.edu

Favorite Host's Name: Can be any title that makes it easy for you to identify.

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In certain cases, you might be asked to log in after clicking the Save or Open button.  If so, use your EID and EID password to log in and authenticate the connection.

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Select the Server Name within the Hosts list and choose the database you wish to connect to in the Available Files list on the right.  Be sure to click Add to Favorites before clicking the Open button. 

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From this point on, your choice will be recorded within the File -> Open Recent menu.

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Hosts button

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Click the + symbol next to the Search Hosts box

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In the Edit Favorite Host window, type in the following:

If you are connecting to the Cat1 secured server, define the server settings using the information below:

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If you are connecting to the non-Cat1 server, define the server settings using the information below:


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A login request window will appear. 

For the Cat 1 server, use your EID to access the database list

For the non-Cat1 server, use the local account issued to you by the db developer
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NOTE: We recommend storing and sharing these local credentials in stache: https://stache.utexas.edu 

You will now see a list of Dbs that you have access to. Select the one you wish to open and click ok.



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Filemaker server is upgraded regularly. Please be sure to update your client to the latest. Filemaker apps are updated once a year. You can identify the latest version here: https://www.claris.com/filemaker/


For Assistance:

https://community.claris.com/en/s/new-to-claris-filemaker?step=Learn

Documentation:

https://www.claris.com/resources/documentation/

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Windows machines may have connectivity trouble sometimes. Please use the IP address of the server instead: 146.6.228.26contact CNS IT at help@cns.utexas.edu

Don't have filemaker and you need to access the cns filemaker servers? Contact CNS IT at help@cns.utexas.edu to gain access to the application.

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