Viewing the History of Changes to App Settings

Article Number:0401031

This feature records changes made to app settings as a simple change history.
It allows you to check the date and time of changes to app settings, the users who made the changes, and the details of the changes. This can be useful for identifying the cause of problems or dealing with unexpected changes to settings.

Notes

  • The history of changes made to app settings can display up to 50 records. If there are 51 or more records, the oldest ones are deleted.
  • If you delete an app, the history of setting changes made before the app was deleted will also be deleted.
    However, if you restore the app within 14 days after deleting it, the history of setting changes will also be restored.
  • For apps that were published before this feature was released, the history of changes to app settings is recorded from the time the feature was released.
  • If this feature is temporarily disabled by using the update options, the history of setting changes made during the period of disablement will not be recorded. When the feature is enabled again, the history of setting changes made before the feature was disabled will be displayed.

Users who can view the history of changes to app settings

Users who have the management permission for the app can view the history of changes made to the app settings.
Users who have the management permission for the app are those who satisfy all of the following conditions:

  • The Allow checkbox for Manage apps has been selected for them on the Permission management screen in kintone administration.
  • The Manage app checkbox has been selected for them on the Permissions for app screen of the relevant app.

Steps

  1. Click the App settings icon (the gear-shaped icon) at the upper right of the View screen.
    Screenshot: The "App settings" icon is highlighted

  2. On the App Settings screen, click Settings Change History in Management on the Settings tab.
    If the app is not yet deployed, Settings Change History will be grayed out and unavailable.

  3. On the "History of Setting Changes" screen, you can check when, who, and how the settings of an app were changed.

Items displayed on the "History of Settings Changes" screen

The following items are displayed on the Settings Change History screen:

Screenshot: The "History of Settings Changes" screen

Date and time

This indicates the date and time when the operation on the app settings recorded in "Details of Changes" was executed.
The date and time are displayed based on the user's time zone and time format settings.

User

These are the users who performed the actions on the app settings that are recorded in "Details of Changes".
Users who cannot be viewed due to the Permission for Related Departments setting are displayed as User (not visible).

[Details of Changes]

Displays the changes made to the settings of the app.

Important Actions Other Than Changing App Settings

The following actions are recorded in the history of changes to app settings because they are important operations for apps.

  • The app was deployed.
  • The app was updated.
  • Changes to the app were not saved.

Actions Related to Changing App Settings

Changes to app settings made on the App Settings screen are recorded.
You can check which settings were changed.

Example:

  • Action taken: Changed and saved the recipient in the Per record notifications settings.
  • The following are recorded in the "Details of Changes" section:"[Settings > Notifications > Record Condition Notifications] Settings"

Operations that are not recorded in the history of settings changes

The following operations are not recorded in the history of changes made to app settings:

  • The app was downloaded as a template.
  • Changed the space to which the app belongs
  • App maintenance mode settings were saved.
  • The app was deleted.
  • The app was restored.