https://kinplug.com/blog/ Technical writing on Kintone plugins, API behaviour and enterprise deployment. en-us Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:17:52 GMT https://kinplug.com/blog/cybozu-com-vs-kintone-com.html https://kinplug.com/blog/cybozu-com-vs-kintone-com.html Both cybozu.com and kintone.com are Cybozu's Kintone, but they differ in contract era, data residency, and plugin compatibility. Critical differences for plugin selection, SSO, IP-restricted environments, explained from production experience. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://kinplug.com/blog/how-to-choose-kintone-plugin.html https://kinplug.com/blog/how-to-choose-kintone-plugin.html Kintone plugin selection is not about feature checklists. It is about architecture, vendor continuity, cost structure, security, and operational burden. This framework helps buyers avoid year-3 regret by evaluating what features-comparison tables do not show. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://kinplug.com/blog/kintone-dashboard-plugin-comparison.html https://kinplug.com/blog/kintone-dashboard-plugin-comparison.html Before you commit to a Kintone dashboard plugin, three things are worth checking: whether pricing varies with your Kintone user count, where aggregation actually runs, and how fiscal years are handled. A practical evaluation guide. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://kinplug.com/blog/kintone-fiscal-year-budget-actual.html https://kinplug.com/blog/kintone-fiscal-year-budget-actual.html Your sales app stores an order date. Your targets app stores Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://kinplug.com/blog/kintone-lookup-performance-50k-records.html https://kinplug.com/blog/kintone-lookup-performance-50k-records.html Past 10,000 records, Kintone lookup becomes noticeably slow. Causes: the records API 10,000-offset limit and UI rendering cost. Solutions covering pre-filters, progressive loading, cursor API, and purpose-built plugins — verified at 50,000-record scale. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://kinplug.com/blog/kintone-mail-oauth-deadline.html https://kinplug.com/blog/kintone-mail-oauth-deadline.html Google already switched off basic authentication for Gmail. Microsoft disables SMTP AUTH basic auth by default for existing Exchange Online tenants at the end of December 2026. Any Kintone customisation sending mail with a stored password will stop working. Here is the timeline and the migration path. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://kinplug.com/blog/kintone-multiple-apps-aggregate.html https://kinplug.com/blog/kintone-multiple-apps-aggregate.html Kintone's built-in graphs aggregate within a single app. The moment sales sit in one app and targets in another, you cannot chart them together. Related records, JavaScript, CSV export and dedicated plugins — compared honestly, including where each breaks. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://kinplug.com/blog/kintone-plugin-enterprise-procurement-ringi.html https://kinplug.com/blog/kintone-plugin-enterprise-procurement-ringi.html How to navigate the ringi (稟議) approval process for Kintone plugins in Japanese enterprises. Five required document sets, vendor selection criteria that pass, timeline acceleration techniques — from real deployment experience. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://kinplug.com/blog/kintone-plugin-oauth-migration-technical-guide.html https://kinplug.com/blog/kintone-plugin-oauth-migration-technical-guide.html Step-by-step migration from SMTP basic authentication to OAuth 2.0 for Kintone mail plugins, with Node.js + Kintone implementation examples. Authorization code flow, token storage, refresh, Send As delegation, error handling, and subdomain scoping for enterprise deployments. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://kinplug.com/blog/kintone-quote-invoice-email.html https://kinplug.com/blog/kintone-quote-invoice-email.html Build the document from the record, attach it to the record, and send it over OAuth 2.0 from your own Gmail or Microsoft 365 mailbox — without exporting to Excel or switching to a mail client. How the workflow fits together, and what to check first. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://kinplug.com/blog/microsoft-365-oauth-kintone-mail-2026.html https://kinplug.com/blog/microsoft-365-oauth-kintone-mail-2026.html On April 1, 2026, Microsoft 365 shuts down SMTP basic authentication, breaking most Kintone mail plugins. Symptoms, migration options, and OAuth 2.0 transition steps from a Kintone consultancy that has worked with production environments since 2019. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://kinplug.com/blog/why-kintone-plugins-external-portals.html https://kinplug.com/blog/why-kintone-plugins-external-portals.html Why Kintone plugins beat external BI portals for reporting: no data leaves Kintone, permissions are respected per viewer, and there is no second login or separate server to run. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT