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Hi Smartsheet community,

I’m submitting this idea after running into a real challenge on my team that I think others may be facing too.

We use Smartsheet dashboards heavily to share trends and performance data, and recently one of our team members shared that they were having trouble distinguishing between lines on our charts due to color vision differences.

It made me realize how much our charts rely on color alone to tell the story.

Right now, there’s no way to change line styles (like dashed or dotted), which would make a huge difference for accessibility. Even something simple like making one line dashed and another solid would immediately make charts easier to read, not just for color-blind users, but also when presenting, printing, or viewing on different screens.

What I’d love to see:
The ability to customize line styles in charts (solid, dashed, dotted, etc.) in addition to color.

This feels like a small change that could have a big impact in making dashboards more inclusive and easier for everyone to interpret.

If you’ve ever had trouble telling lines apart, or want to make your dashboards more accessible, I’d really appreciate your support on this idea.

Thanks for considering!

Idea

Dynamic View is often used as a user-facing interface, but currently offers no control over layout or visual formatting (e.g. column width, spacing, or borders).

Problem

This creates a poor user experience — particularly for visually impaired users, where readability and spacing are critical.

• Columns cannot be resized for clarity
• No control over spacing or density
• No visual separation (e.g. borders/dividers) to group information
• Formatting must come from the source sheet, which doesn’t suit all audiences

Use Case

Dynamic View is being used to provide controlled access to data, but also acts as the primary interface for users (including external stakeholders).

Without layout controls, it is difficult to create views that are:

• Accessible
• Easy to scan
• Fit for different audiences (internal vs external)

Proposed Solution

Add layout settings within Dynamic View to allow:

• Adjustable column widths
• Spacing/density options
• Optional borders or visual separators
• View-specific formatting independent of the source sheet

Benefit

Improves accessibility, usability, and adoption, especially for visually impaired users, and enables Dynamic View to function as a proper front-end experience rather than just a filtered dataset.

Idea / Feature Request

I’d like the ability to adjust or reset the baseline for a single task (or selected tasks) instead of having the baseline feature work only at the entire-sheet level.

Right now, “Set Baseline” and “Reset Baseline” apply to the whole sheet. On certain projects, especially in construction, only certain activities are formally re-baselined (e.g., when the GC or owner issues a revised start date for a specific scope), while the rest of the plan should stay tied to the original baseline.

This would allow me to better match real-world project control practices where only portions of the schedule are formally re-baselined, and reduce the need for manual baseline workarounds (extra columns, copy/paste values).

I’m currently building a Client Health Report where CSMs provide monthly updates across their clients.

Challenge #1: No “Save & Resume” for Update Requests
Many CSMs manage a large number of accounts and don’t always have time to complete an update request in one sitting. Right now, they must submit everything at once, there’s no option to save progress and return later.

Requested Enhancement:
A “Save & Resume Later” feature for update requests, including:

• Ability to save partial responses
• Option to return and complete later
• Automatic reminders if not completed after a set time

Challenge #2: No Way to Trigger Actions for Unchanged Rows
I attempted a workaround where, after an update request is submitted, any rows that were not updated would be re-sent for follow-up. However, automations only trigger based on changes made, not on rows that remain unchanged.

Requested Enhancement:
Automation functionality that can:

• Identify rows included in an update request that were not modified
• Trigger follow-up actions (such as re-sending update requests) for those unchanged rows

These enhancements would significantly improve workflows for teams managing a high volume of updates and help ensure more complete and accurate reporting.

It would be extremely helpful if there was a way to have data pull into a form from another Smartsheet source based on selections made within the form.

Example: On the form there is a dropdown to select a client property number. The property Name, Address, and any additional property information are then pulled into the form allowing the submitter to see the information prior to submission.

Justification: We currently use DataMesh to pull this information in on the backend, but if the user selects the wrong property number on the form, they don't have that additional information available at the time of submission to give a level of verification.

There are many use cases for this functionality on our account and we are even using other form platforms specifically because of that functionality. It would be amazing for our team to be able to go to one app for all form submissions.