Requirements for the Web Data Connector

The FileMaker Web Data Connector for Tableau requires:

• A password-protected FileMaker Pro database containing the data to import. The database must be hosted on FileMaker Server or FileMaker Cloud. FileMaker Server supports FileMaker file authentication and OAuth authentication. FileMaker Cloud requires Claris ID authentication.

• A valid REST API endpoint.

  With FileMaker Server, the endpoint is an HTML connection point that provides information needed for web services. The endpoint has the format

  https://hostname/fmi/data/version/tableau/fm_connector.html

  where hostname is the fully qualified host name of your FileMaker Server.

  For example:

  https://myserver.mycompany.com/fmi/data/v1/tableau/fm_connector.html

• A valid custom SSL certificate on the host. The FileMaker Web Data Connector for Tableau will not allow importing data without a valid custom SSL certificate.

  Notes 

  • If your host uses a subject alternative name (SAN) certificate, the hostname must match the common name used in the SAN certificate.