Types of Administrators

There are the following types of Kintone administrators.

• Kintone Users & System Administrator
  Configure various system settings for Kintone Users & System services, including creating users/departments and issuing client certificates.
  
  
• Department Administrator
  Manage users and departments under a certain department.
  
  
• Kintone System Administrator
  Configure common Kintone settings, customize JavaScript, and so on.
  
  
• App Administrator
  Change the settings of each app.
  
  
• Space Administrator
  Change the settings of each space.
  
  
• Administrator
  A user that is created automatically when a domain is created. You cannot use this as a user because it is disabled by default. For details, refer to "What Is the Administrator?".

Following sections describe the roles of each administrator and explain how to set them.

Kintone Users & System Administrator

• Role
  Perform tasks in Kintone Users & System Administration, including creating users/departments, and configuring security settings.
  
  
• Types of permissions this administrator can configure
  See Configuring Permissions in Kintone Users & System Administration.
  
  
• How to set up this administrator
  Use "Administrators" in Kintone Users & System Administration. For details, see the description on configuring administrators.

Department Administrator

• Role
  Manage users and departments under a certain department. For details, refer to "What Is the Department Administrator?".
  
  
• How to set up this administrator
  The department administrator is not configured by default. You can use "Departments & Users" in Kintone Users & System Administration to configure it, if necessary. For details, refer to "Assigning Department Administrators".

Kintone System Administrator

• Role
  Configure permissions for creating apps and spaces, and manage apps and spaces, in Kintone Administration.
  This type of administrators can also customize JavaScript.
  
  
• Types of permissions this administrator can configure
  See Configuring Permissions in Kintone Administration.
  
  
• How to set up this administrator
  In the permission management of Kintone Administration, enable "System administration" for users, departments, groups which you want to set as administrators. For details, see "Setting Kintone System Administrators".

App Administrator

• Role
  Change the settings in the setting pages of each app.
  
  
• How to set up this administrator
  In the "Permissions for App" setting, enable "Manage app" for users, departments, or groups that you want to set as administrators. For details, refer to "Setting App Permissions".

Space Administrator

• Role
  Change the settings in the setting pages of each space.
  
  
• How to set up this administrator
  In the "Members" tab of "Space Settings", enable "Administrator" for specific users, departments, or groups. For details, see "Adding or Deleting Space Members".