Actions Users Can Perform on Guest Spaces

Article Number:040650

This article covers actions guest space administrators and guest space members can perform on a guest space.

There are two types of guest space members; those who are managed in the domain (those who are registered in Users & System Administration) and those who are using only the guest space they are invited to.
In this article, users who are registered in Users & System Administration are referred to as "standard users."

Action Guest space administrator Guest space member
(Standard user)
Guest space member
(Guest user)
Change the Appearance settings (including changing the space name)
Manage guest users (including inviting guest users)
Join the guest space Allowed only for kintone Administrators and cybozu.cn Administrators
Add to or remove from Favorites*1
Change members
Edit the body text of the guest space's Announcement section
Search in the guest space
Create a space template Allowed only for kintone Administrators*2 and cybozu.cn Administrators
Leave the guest space Allowed if the action is not prohibited in the Appearance tab of Space Settings
Delete the guest space
Add a new thread*3
Delete a thread*3 Allowed only if the user created the thread
Follow/unfollow a thread Allowed if the action is not prohibited in the Appearance tab of Space Settings
Edit thread body text Allowed only if the user created the thread
Post comments on a thread
Create or use a thread action
Create an in-space app of the guest space*4 Allowed if the action is not prohibited in the Appearance tab of Space Settings
Configure settings of an in-space app of the guest space Depends on the app's Permissions for App setting
Delete an in-space app of the guest space Depends on the app's Permissions for App setting
Move an in-space app of the guest space to a different space
Use an in-space app of the guest space (including searching) Depends on the app's Permissions for App setting
Add or delete a link in the Related Apps & Spaces section

*1: When a space categorized under Joined Guest Spaces (Linked Domain) is added to Favorites, it will be displayed in the Favorite Spaces list of the linked domain.

*2: If the space includes in-space apps, the user who performs the action is required to have the app management permission for these apps.

*3: These actions can be performed only when the Enable multiple threads. Note: This setting cannot be reverted. check box is selected on the Appearance tab of Space Settings.

*4: Even if a user is a guest space administrator, the user cannot create an app in the cases listed below. The same goes for when the Only allow space administrators to create apps check box is not selected in the Appearance tab of Space Settings.

  • The user is not granted the "Create apps" permission in the Permission Management setting in kintone Administration.
  • The user is not granted the "Create apps" and "Manage/use/delete apps" permissions for the "Public" app group in the App Groups setting in kintone Administration.