# Why am I unable to use a Lookup field from a non-administrator account?

**URL:** <https://forum.kintone.dev/t/why-am-i-unable-to-use-a-lookup-field-from-a-non-administrator-account/830>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** lookup-field\
**Created:** [August 15, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/why-am-i-unable-to-use-a-lookup-field-from-a-non-administrator-account/830 "2023-08-15T23:47:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jayron\_Rosel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.kintone.dev/jayron_rosel/32/179_2.png) [@Jayron\_Rosel](https://forum.kintone.dev/u/Jayron_Rosel)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/why-am-i-unable-to-use-a-lookup-field-from-a-non-administrator-account/830/1 "2023-08-15T23:47:35Z")

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## Question / Problem

Is it possible to edit [Lookup fields](https://get.kintone.help/k/en/id/040526.html) on non-administrator accounts?

## Current Situation

I'm trying to edit permission on fields, but nothing happened.

### Code / Attempts

None

### Error Message

None

## Desired Outcome / Expected Behavior

| On administrator account | On non-administrator account |
| --- | --- |
| ![admin](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/kintone/original/1X/3048cc33e70adbf8a9cb7d7fc3c1f37526005860.png) | ![non-admin](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/kintone/original/1X/57bdf229bd1f3679ae6cc075b35c3af69d1c7334.png) |

## Referenced Resources

- [Related Records & Lookup Field Training - YouTube](https://youtu.be/wDj9zjN5Gp0)
- [What Is Lookup? - Kintone Help](https://get.kintone.help/k/en/id/040549.html)

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**Author:** ![Genji](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.kintone.dev/genji/32/646_2.png) [@Genji](https://forum.kintone.dev/u/Genji)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kintone.dev/t/why-am-i-unable-to-use-a-lookup-field-from-a-non-administrator-account/830/2 "2023-08-17T14:36:42Z")

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Hello @Jayron_Rosel , thank you for posting your question!

Thank you for including the screenshots; they were helpful ~

## My Assumptions

I will be making the following assumptions. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Non-administrator account

- A regular Kintone user account
- Does NOT have administrator permission for the "Equipment Management" or the "Employee Name" App.

Administrator account

- The Kintone Subdomain's administrator.
- The account has full access and all app permissions to both "Equipment Management" & "Employee Name" Apps.

## My Guess

I believe the issue is that the **non-administrator** does not have the `View records` permission to the "Employee Name" App.

This means that the **non-administrator** cannot view the records in the "Employee Name" App and, therefore, cannot trigger the Lookup field to display the "Employee Name" App's records.

## Solution

If my guess is correct, then the solution is to grant the **non-administrator** the `View records` permission to the "Employee Name" App.

For more information, refer to the [Configuring Permissions for App - Kintone Help](https://get.kintone.help/k/en/id/040589.html) article.