Checking Notifications on the New Notifications Screen

Article Number:0401066

Notifications are sent when updates are made to Kintone, such as apps or spaces.
Notifications can be viewed for up to 70 days. Notifications that were sent more than 70 days ago cannot be viewed.

How to Try the New Notifications Screen

  1. Kintone System Administrators enable the new notification screen features on the "Kintone administration"​ ​"Update options" screen.

  2. Users click the "Notifications" icon (bell-shaped) at the top of the Kintone screen and then click "Try new notifications screen" at the top of the classic "Notifications" screen.
    Screenshot: The "Try new notifications screen" option on the classic "Notifications" screen is highlightedIf you want to use the classic notifications screen, click "Use original notifications screen" on the new notifications screen.

Overview of the "Notifications" screen

Overview of the "Notifications" screen.
Screenshot: The "Notification" screen

(1) Filtering Notifications

Filters notifications.
Items displayed in the filter area for notifications are as follows:

  • "All":
    If there are new notifications, a notification badge appears on the right side of the item. Clicking this option displays all notifications in the list.
  • To me:
    If there are any unread notifications for you, the number of such notifications will be displayed on the right side of the item. Clicking this will display a list of notifications for you.
  • "Read Later":
    The number of items added to the "Read Later" list is displayed on the right side of each item. Clicking this displays the "Read Later" list, which is a list of notifications flagged as "Read Later".
  • Notification filter set by you (optional)
  • Add filter:
    For details on how to add your own notification filter, refer to the following article:
    Setting Notification Filters

(2) Actions on filtered notifications

You can search for notifications by keyword or filter notifications to show only unread ones after you filter the entire list of notifications.
The following items are displayed in the action area for filtered notifications:

  • Search notifications: You can enter keywords to search for notifications.
  • The "Advanced search" icon (shaped like a filter): You can search for notifications by specifying keywords, a time period, and a sender. For details, see the following article:
    Searching for Notifications
  • Show only unread: Select this option to display only unread notifications.
  • "Bulk manage":
    • Turning on "Bulk manage" displays an option to mark multiple notifications as read at the same time. For details, see the following section:
      Marking Notifications as Read in Bulk
    • If you turn off "Bulk manage", icons for marking notifications as read or adding "Read Later" flags one by one will appear.

Screenshot: The actions for the filtered notifications

(3) The list of notifications

Notifications are displayed in a list.
When "Bulk manage" is turned off, you can perform the following actions on the notification list:

  • "Mark as read": You can mark notifications as read.
  • Mark as unread: You can mark a read notification as unread.
  • [Read Later]: Adds a notification to your read later list. Notifications flagged as [Read Later] can be viewed up to 70 days after they are sent, until you remove the flag.
  • Unflag: You can remove items from the reading list.

Screenshot: Actions available on the Notifications list are highlighted

(4) Details of Notifications

When you click a notification in the list of notifications or on Portal, the details of the notification will be displayed.
The following actions can be performed on the details screen of a notification:

  • "Go to this page": The screen from which the notification originated will be displayed.
  • "Previous": Displays the details of the previous notification.
  • "Next": Displays the details of the next notification.
  • "Close": Closes the area displaying the details of the notification.

Configure Notification Filters

You can create your own notification filters in addition to the pre-defined filters: "All", "To me", and "Read later".

  1. Click Add filter in the notification filtering area on the Notifications screen.
    Screenshot: "Add filter" is highlighted

  2. In the Notification filter settings dialog, enter a name in the Name field that helps you identify what the filter is for.
    You can enter up to 100 characters for the Name.

  3. In the "Notification type" field, select either "All" or "To me".

  4. In the Locations field, set the location from which you want to filter or exclude notifications.
    The items you can select are:

    • All
    • Includes any of
    • Does not include
  5. If you select Includes any of or Does not include in step 4, specify the locations to include or exclude.
    You can specify one or more of the following locations:

    • Apps
    • Spaces
    • People
    • Messages
  6. Use the "Sent from" field to specify the sender of the notifications you want to filter.
    You can specify multiple senders. However, you cannot specify deleted users or users who are Inactive.Screenshot: The "Notification filter settings" dialog

  7. Review the settings and click "Save".

Changing or Deleting Filter Conditions

In the notification filtering area, when you place the mouse cursor over a filter condition you have set, action icons appear.

To change the filter settings, click the displayed "Edit" icon.
To delete the filter settings, click the displayed "Delete" icon.
Screenshot: "Edit" and "Delete" are highlighted

Searching for Notifications

You can search for notifications by entering keywords or by specifying detailed conditions.

  1. Enter a keyword in the search box at the top of the notification list, and then click "Search".

  2. To specify more detailed search conditions, click the Advanced search icon (which looks like a filter) next to the Search button.
    Screenshot: "Advanced search" is highlighted

  3. In the Advanced search dialog, enter the search conditions you need and click Search.
    The following search conditions can be specified:

    • Search keywords: Specifies keywords that are included in the title or body of a notification.
    • Date range: Specifies the period during which notifications were received. The search results are displayed based on the user's time zone.
    • From: You can specify multiple users (up to 100 users).
  4. Check the search results for notifications.

    • The period and sender that you specified as search conditions are displayed above the search results.
    • Clicking "Clear keywords and filters" clears the conditions that were set in the "Advanced search" dialog.
      Screenshot: The search results for notifications
    • The search results for notifications are displayed without being grouped.
    • Clicking "Search more" at the bottom of the search results list displays additional search results.

Search Target in Notification Search

The following items can be searched for in notifications:

  • Notification title
  • Notification message: Up to 1,000 characters can be searched.
  • Notifier

Search Keywords for Notification Search

Note the following when using search keywords in Notification Search.

  • You can enter up to 100 characters for keywords.
  • Uppercase and lowercase letters are not distinguished.
  • You can enter multiple keywords separated by spaces.
    • You can specify up to 10 keywords separated by spaces.
    • Data containing all of the specified keywords will be displayed in the search results.

Mark Notifications as Read in Bulk

Turning on "Bulk manage" displays an option to mark multiple notifications as read at the same time.

  1. On the Notifications screen, turn on Bulk manage.

  2. Select the checkbox for marking notifications as read in bulk.

  3. Click "Mark selected notifications as read".
    Screenshot: Marking multiple notifications as read at the same time

Grouped notifications

On the Notifications screen, related actions are displayed in groups such as "N more actions."
Clicking "N more" will expand the grouped notifications.
This section explains which operations are displayed in which units for each function.Screenshot: A grouped notification is expanded

Notifications for apps that are grouped

Actions on the same record

The following operations on the same record are grouped by record:

  • Add records
  • Editing a record
  • When statuses are changed
  • Posting a comment

Actions for Bulk Actions and Export

The following actions are grouped by app and action type.

  • Loading Records
  • Exporting Records
  • When records are bulk deleted
  • Notification of Periodic Reports
  • Exporting Summary or Pivot Table Data

Notifications for Spaces to be Grouped

The following actions for spaces are grouped by space.

  • Add Space
  • Edit the body text of the space's "Announcement" section
  • Change app settings
  • Changing Members of a Guest Space

Notifications for threads grouped

Actions on threads

The following actions on threads are grouped by thread.

  • Adding a thread
  • Edit thread body text

Actions for Posts on Threads

The following actions are grouped by post:

  • Posting Comments
  • Reply to a post
  • Likes on posts and replies

Notifications for people grouped

The following actions in People are grouped by posts.

  • Posts on People
  • Reply to a post
  • Likes on posts and replies

Notifications for Messages in Groups

The following actions related to messages are grouped by the recipient user.

  • Posting on Messages
  • Likes on posts