What does integrating kintone and Garoon allow us to do?

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The four integrations listed below are available between kintone and Garoon. Utilizing kintone's database functionality together with Garoon's groupware functionality provides you with even greater capabilities.

  • Schedule integration
  • Portal integration
  • Space integration
  • User info integration

To use these integrations, Garoon needs to be made available for use. If you have not yet started using Garoon, refer to How to make Garoon available for use.

What you can do with the integrations

Schedule integration

You can display information managed with kintone apps on Garoon appointments. You can also view or create Garoon appointments from kintone apps.
For example, you can link customer information managed with kintone to Garoon appointments.

To use the schedule integration, you need to set up the Garoon Scheduler Connector plug-in and configure settings on Garoon.
For details, refer to Setting Up Garoon Scheduler Connector.

Note that the Garoon Scheduler Connector plug-in is available only for users under the kintone Standard license plan.

Portal integration

You can display kintone notifications, charts, and tables on Garoon portals.
You can also click on kintone charts or tables displayed on Garoon to check the details on kintone.

To use portal integration, follow the steps below.

  1. Copy a tag to embed kintone content in either of the following ways.

    • If you want to display a kintone chart or table on Garoon:
      Navigate to the "View" screen of an app, select a chart you want to display on Garoon, click the Options icon at the upper right of the screen, and then click Embed Tag to copy the tag.
    • If you want to display kintone notifications on Garoon:
      Refer to HTML sample for kintone Updates Portlets and copy the HTML code that contains the embed tag.
  2. Open Garoon, add an HTML portlet, and place it on a portal.
    For detailed instructions, refer to Integrating Portals with kintone in Garoon Help.
    When you add an HTML portlet on Garoon, you will use the embed tag or HTML code you have copied in Step 1.

Space integration

You can add kintone apps to Garoon spaces, which are useful for running projects smoothly.
For example, you can link various information, such as customer information and surveys managed using kintone, and manage it all together, allowing for streamlined project processes and business operations.

For details on how to add apps to Garoon spaces, refer to App Settings in kintone.

User info integration

You can centrally manage user and organization information when you use the two services, kintone and Garoon.
To add users or configure organization information, access Users & System Administration as a user with administrative permission and select Departments & Users.

How to make Garoon available for use

If you plan to use schedule integration, portal integration, or space integration, Garoon needs to be added as an available service for users who will use Garoon.

To set available services for users, access Users & System Administration as a user with administrative permission and select Departments & Users.

Then, click the Edit icon to the left of the user whose available services you want to set, select Garoon in the Available Services section, and click Save.