I know this might seem like a dumb question, but exactly what username/passwords are required in the default file options. Watching Todd’s video it would seem the username password is from the ottoDeploy File, but it occurs to me this should be a common username/password that is part of ALL the files for which you want deployed. Or should this be the FM Server username/password. Any clarification would be great ! thanks
Hey John,
The username/password that you include in a deployment is used for migrations. So it would be a full-access account for the files that you are migrating. The username/password are not necessary for installs/replacements. You can override the username/password for individual files if necessary. Does that answer your question?
-Kyle
Ideally if your going thru the process of editing accounts in all files you may want to implement this:
What kind of access do I need to my FileMaker file in order to use the FileMaker data migration tool?
If the account for accessing the source file or the clone doesn’t have the Full Access privilege set, create a new extended privilege, called fmmigration, for the account.
The keyword for the extended privilege must start with the fmmigration prefix. The account with this extended privilege doesn’t need to have access to any tables, scripts, or layouts. The source and clone extended privilege names must match (but are not case sensitive).
yes that help clarify, thank you Kyle
Great suggestion, makes a to of sense, thanks!