What Are App Groups?

Article Number:04028

App groups are for collectively managing permissions for multiple apps.
Using an app group, you can configure permissions (e.g., for creating or managing apps) for all of the apps in the group at once.

Every app belongs to an app group; when an app is created, it is added to the "Public" app group by default.
In addition to the "Public" app group, kintone Administrators can create app groups as needed.

The following section describes the details of app groups.

Preset app groups

kintone has the following preset app groups. You cannot delete these app groups.

Public

  • When you create an app, it is categorized into the "Public" app group by default.
    You can change the default app group from the "Public" app group to a different app group.
  • By default, when apps belong to the "Public" app group, they are visible to all users.
  • You can configure permissions of app groups to restrict creating or using apps on a per-user basis.
  • In-space apps belong to the "Public" app group, and you cannot change the app group for these apps.
    An app in a private space is only accessible to the members of that space.

Private

  • Apps that belong to the "Private" app group are only available to app creators. If you are not the creator of an app in the "Private" app group, the app does not appear in the App section on Portal (top page) and in the Apps section on the "App Management" screen.
  • All users with permission to create apps can create apps that belong to the "Private" app group.

Creating and managing app groups

In addition to the preset app groups, new app groups can be created from kintone Administration.
To create and manage app groups, the "App groups settings" permission is required. This is one of the permissions that can be configured for kintone Administrators.

Permissions required for creating and managing app groups

Screenshot: The screen for setting permissions

Only users granted permissions on operations for Managing App Groups can create and manage app groups.

Users who are granted permission only for the "App group settings (View only)" cannot perform the following actions.

  • Create app groups
  • Edit app group names
  • Save changes to the permissions for app groups
  • Delete app groups

You also should grant "System administration" permissions to users to whom you want to allow operations on "Managing App Groups" or "App group settings (View only)" screens.
Assigning kintone Administrators

Creating app groups

You can create an app group from the "App Groups" screen of kintone Administration.
For details, refer to Adding an App Group.

What you can do with a created app group

For the created app groups, you can allow or disallow users, groups, and departments to perform the following actions.

  • Create apps that belong to the group
  • Manage, use, and delete apps that belong to the group
    Users cannot perform actions that are not allowed by the app group, regardless of whether the actions are allowed by the app's permission settings.

Checking app groups

You can check the app group to which an app belongs in the following ways.