


Each action is a single step in a task, and each shortcut consists of one or more actions.ĭocumentation for the Shortcuts app ( What’s a shortcut?) gives an example of building a “Surf Time” shortcut: grabbing the surf report, giving an ETA to the beach and then launching your surf music playlist. The building block of a shortcut is called an “action”. Stay tuned for updates, once we identify a reliable solution for these issues! What’s a shortcut?Ī shortcut is a set of tasks, built in multiple steps, managed through the Shortcuts app on iOS. It’s not working with FileMaker Cloud nor with FileMaker 17 Server on macOS. Important note: At the moment, this whole technique works with FileMaker 17 Server on Windows. Here’s the example file and shortcut for you to download: Shortcuts and FileMaker Here’s an example of automatically uploading a photo from your iPhone into a FileMaker container field, via iOS shortcuts to the FileMaker Data API. Now, via the FileMaker Data API, you can use shortcuts as a way to interact with your FileMaker solutions. Shortcuts, on iOS, are a new way to automate tasks by mixing together apps, content on your iOS device and web APIs into custom workflows.
