claire's Connect is an integration
platform as a service that helps you
automate your everyday business tasks
and processes claire's Connect
accomplishes this by connecting software
applications and services that are
deployed in different environments as
well as connecting to your FileMaker
custom apps hosted using FileMaker cloud
or FileMaker server at the heart of
klaris Connect is a concept of flows
flows are automations that use two or
more components
a component can be either a connector to
a third-party app such as MailChimp or
slack or a klaris connect utility
éclairs connect utility is a predefined
component used in steps such as the
ability to schedule an action or perform
a calculation the initial step in any
flow is a trigger a trigger is an event
that initiates the automated flow to
begin for example a flow can be set up
to start when a file is uploaded or when
adding a new subscriber to a list
subsequent steps in a flow are referred
to as actions an action is a step in a
flow that carries out a create update or
search operation on an application or
service a plausible action if a new
subscriber is added to a list might be
to send a message to a group of people
informing them of the new addition
claire's Connect provides unique types
of steps and actions when developing
flows one of these steps is an if/then
step this type of step adds conditional
logic to your flows meaning that a step
only runs if a specific event occurs for
example you can check that an email
address is not a personal email address
ending with at example.com and if not as
that email address to a subscriber list
another type of step is an aan error
step which detects errors and can take
action if one occurs like being able to
send an email notification to a user if
a file fails to upload Clair's connect
also supports a stop step a stop step
halts a flow that is currently running
you might consider using a stop step in
conjunction with a non error step in
your flows so your flow stopped running
if an error is encountered and
optionally display a message informing
the user that the flow was stopped
you can create as many flows as you need
and those flows can be organized into
projects a project contains one or more
connectors used by your flows for
example you can create a mailing list
project to include all the flows that
pertain to using and managing your
mailing lists to begin using close
connect you need to determine the
workflow you want to automate including
the apps to connect to and the steps
that you need to perform
you might find it useful to write down a
task statement such as when a user
submits a form add that user to a
subscriber list
you can then plan your project and flows
based on this task statement also
identify tasks that are external
declares connect that are needed for
your flow to execute correctly these
steps might include creating user
accounts for those external apps and
configuring those apps with the
appropriate features or functionality so
as you can see klaris Connect provides
you with all the tools needed to connect
all your apps and services together
including all your FileMaker custom app
data in a natural point-and-click
interface to find out more about Clair's
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