How do I set up Act! to access Act! Connect?

1. Log into your Act! Database
2. In the Navbar, on the left-hand side of the screen, click Act! Connect
3. Select a connection to get started

Finding your connection information

In order to set up connections to other services, you will need to know your connection information. Depending on what service you are trying to connect to, this information may vary. In most cases, for Act! Premium Cloud, your connection information is the URL you use to access your database. For example, if you access your database at https://usp1-iis-03.hosted1.act.com/AccountName then you will use this same URL to connect to other services.

However, for Ask Act!, using the same example URL above, you'd use https://usp1-iis-03.hosted1.act.com/AccountName-api/act.web.api

1. On your server, ensure Act! is closed, then install the Act! Premium Web API using the instructions in the following knowledgebase article:
   
   How do I set up the Act! Premium Web API?
   Answer ID How do I set up the Act! Premium Web API?
2. Once installed, open Act! on either the server or from a browser
3. In the Navbar, on the left-hand side of the screen, click Act! Connect
4. Select a connection to get started

Finding your connection information

In order to set up connections to other services, you will need to know your connection information. For Act! Premium (access via web), your connection information is the URL you use to access your database, excluding any information that may fall after *.com. For example, if you access your database at https://example.com/apfw, then enter https://example.com

Note:In order to use Act! Connect with your Act! Premium for Windows installation, you must be using Act! v18.2 or later. If you are using Act! v18 and you have not upgraded to service pack 2, you can download the upgrade by going to http://www.act.com/resources/downloads/act-premium-v18

If you are using Act! Premium v18.2 or later, you can get access to Act! Connect by following the steps below:

1. From the server, ensure Act! is closed
2. Download and install the Act! Connect Link to the server using the steps in the following knowledgebase article:
   
   How do I install the Act! Connect Link?
   Article ID How do I set up the Act! Premium Web API?
3. Once installed, launch Act! and login to your database
4. In the Navbar, on the left-hand side of the screen, click Act! Connect
5. Select a connection to get started

Finding your connection information

In order to set up connections to other services, you will need to know your connection information. For Act! Premium for Windows, your connection information can be found on the server machine by clicking Act! Connect in the Navbar on the left side of the screen. The connection URL will be located at the top of the page. This cannot be obtained from a workstation.