Overview of App Notification Settings

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From the notification settings in App Settings, you can set notifications to be sent when a certain action is performed on a record or a certain condition is satisfied by record data.

Notification Setting Patterns

Notifications are sent to app users in the following cases:

  • General Notifications
    Notification is sent when a certain action is performed on a record.
    Example: When a record is added to an app

  • Per Record Notifications
    Notification is sent when record data satisfies a certain condition.
    Example: When the amount of over one million yen is entered to a expense item

  • Reminder Notifications
    Notification is sent at a certain time (e.g., 7 days before, 3 days after) based on the date and time specified in the record.
    Example: When one of the dates passes the date entered in a due date item for To-Dos

Recipients

For notification recipients, departments, groups, or users can be specified.
When a "User selection," "Department selection,"or "Group selection" field is placed on a form, you can also specify users selected in the field as recipients.
Reference: Tips: Notification Recipients Selectable from the "Add a field of the form" Drop-down List

By default, a notification is sent to the following users when a comment is posted on a record.

  • A user who created the record
  • A user who last updated the record
  • Users who have previously posted a comment on the record

How Recipients Receive Notifications

App notifications are displayed on the Portal (Kintone top page) or the "Notifications" screen for notification recipients.
For example, users are notified that certain record was edited or status was changed. Users can check the details on the record by opening that record. The notification icon The image of the Notifications screen indicating an unread notification