Using kTools to Easily Copy Fields Between kintone Apps

Article Overview

This is a story about how kTools is incredibly convenient when you want to copy fields from one app to another in kintone.

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What I want to achieve

I want to copy fields from App A—for example, items like Product Code, Product Name, and Unit Price—directly into a new App B (the image below is an illustration created by ChatGPT).

The Standard Method

Since kintone does not have a built-in feature to copy fields from one app to another, you typically have to either copy the entire app or manually move them one by one.

kTools

kTools is an app template published at the link below.

https://pj.asunote.jp/ktools_download/

(Quoted from the description on the website below)

For kintone operations and app development/management, we have bundled convenient functions into a toolbox within a single app (distributed as an app template).

Since this is provided as an app template, you can use it immediately by importing it as an app. It has various features, but among them, the "Copy Entire Field" function is extremely useful.

How to Use "Copy Entire Field"

You can copy fields in these five steps:

1. Enter the source app ID
2. Enter the destination app ID
3. Press "App Check"
4. Select the items you want to copy
5. Press "Execute"

The Benefits

For example, when you want to copy items from a product app to multiple other apps, you can do it just by clicking. On top of that, the field codes are also copied as they are, which helps reduce inconsistencies such as having different field codes for the same item across different apps.
Plus, it's really effortless.

A Small Word of Caution

If you decide you want to copy fields from another app while editing the destination app and use kTools without saving your form first, the fields will be copied to the version of the app before your unsaved changes, and the form design will be finalized there. Please be careful, as this might result in losing your unsaved work.

Summary

Because the functionality is so simple, it directly boosts productivity, so I highly recommend it. Please give it a try. kTools has other features as well, so it might be interesting to explore those too.

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