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This summer I tried the new Lego LED light kits!!! Chanced my life 🤣

I tried using AI to figure out a complicated Smartsheet formula. Typing out what I was trying to do in the prompt got me about 80% where I needed to be, making the last 20% a breeze.

I recently tried using the new "add to dashboard" feature in the Analyze data AI tool in Smartsheet, and it is a game changer! To create dashboard charts previously, I had to create many many sheet summary fields or column formulas, then a report with select summary fields for each chart I wanted, then create the chart from the report and hope it is formatted the way I was hoping for. Now, I can create all the same charts as before, ** plus ** ask the tool to change the chart type, add sorts, apply filters (including current user filters!), and more- no reports or sheet summaries required!!

I had been contemplating creating 100 column formulas and 25 reports to display survey results on a dashboard, but with the new tool, all I have to do is edit my prompt for each chart, and voila- instant charts!

I hope this tool continues to improve in capability- I have many more uses that it can't handle yet (density charts would be great!)

This summer I started to practice Archery more to mediate in peaceful focus. There hasn't been much more that excited me as much as hitting the target!

I recently tried to create a dashboard. It did not go well, but I'm going to keep at it and find some tools to help.

Recently I learned how to map PDFs in the Smartsheet platform which is making life soooo much easier. I built a system for the county continuous improvement leadership with the automations that start the mapping. He indicated it saved him an incredible amount of production time. He was able to send 65 mapped PDFs that would normally take three days to enter data into a regular PDF in 45 minutes! This is remarkable for someone at that salary grade to shave more than two and half days off of a project like this.

Our company added Data Shuttle…and I love it! It helps with all the manual work and formulas. I can't wait to see if we get Data Mesh! 😁 that would be life changing! 🤩

Wow some great posts in the community! I have been inspired to try to learn Spanish in my free time. The progress is slow, but still improving every day.

After attending Engage last year and checking out the Seattle and Portland areas for the first time, I decided to move to Portland, Oregon! I've been living in the Portland area now for a few months and LOVING the PNW. Everything is green, songbirds are everywhere, and living by big rivers has been a new experience. My views while working remotely all day has massively improved. Now I just need a free ticket to Engage 2025 so I can attend the conference again that changed it all!