LCFM Native uses the Data API, therefore it needs to be turned on. You can use FM Server 17 or later.
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Sign in to your FM Server console. For this lesson, I am using localhost, you can also use a remote server. The url to sign in through your browser for localhost is
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Click on the Connectors tab (1), and then on FileMaker Data API (2)
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Turn on the Data API.