Placing a "Department selection" field on your app form creates an input field for specifying one or more departments registered in kintone.
Multiple departments can be selected from a single field.

Specify the field name. The field name is displayed as the label of the field in the app.

Selecting the Hide field name checkbox hides the field name on the following screens.

• The "New Record" screen
• The "Edit Record" screen
• The "Record Details" screen
• The screen for printing a record
• The Form settings screen

Selecting the Required field checkbox makes specifying a department mandatory.

Selecting the Preset departments checkbox lets you specify preset departments that can be selected from the field.

All of the preset departments will be displayed in the field on the "New Record" or "Edit Record" screen.

If you do not select the Preset departments checkbox, departments can be selected in the following ways on the "New Record" or "Edit Record" screen.

• By using the field to search for departments by their name or code
• By clicking the Department selection icon to the right of the field to open the Select Departments dialog, then selecting departments from the list

This setting lets you set a default field value.

If you specify a department as the default value, it will automatically be entered in the field on the "New Record" screen.

The character string used for specifying the field in APIs.

Use a "Department selection" field when you want a field for selecting departments registered in kintone.
For example, "Department selection" fields can be used in the following cases.

• When you need a field for selecting the departments to which users belong in an app for managing or evaluating personnel
• When you need a field for selecting the department in charge in an app for managing orders or inventory

You can use "Department selection" fields together with other features of kintone apps in various ways, such as those outlined below.

Use a "Department selection" field to create a field called "Management Department" in an inventory management app.
Then, in the View settings, specify the "Management Department" field as a filter condition to narrow down inventory information by management department.

For information on filtering the records to display in a view, refer to the following page.
Filtering Records to Display in the View

Use a "Department selection" field to create a field called "Department in Charge" in an order management app.
Then, when creating a chart, specify the "Department In Charge" field under Group by or Filter to display the number of orders for each department in charge.

For information on creating charts, refer to the following page.
Creating Charts

Use a "Department selection" field to create a field called "Management Department" in an inventory management app.
Then, specify the "Management Department" field as a notification recipient to have the departments selected in the field receive notifications.

For information on configuring app notification settings, refer to the following page.
Overview of App Notification Settings

Use a "Department selection" field to create a field called "Approval Department" in an app for equipment purchase requests.
Then, specify the "Approval Department" field as a process management assignee to allow users who belong to the department selected in the field to be set as process management assignees.

For information on the Process Management feature, refer to the following page.
What You Can Do with Process Management

Specify a "Department selection" field in the Permissions for Records or Permissions for Fields settings to allow only users who belong to the department selected in the field to view or edit records.