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Make it so that a dashboard and all its components (widgets) belong to the owner of the dashboard.
Currently, a dashboard's components do not belong to the dashboard's owner. If another user adds or edits a widget on a dashboard, that widget does not belong to the dashboard's owner. Instead, it belongs to the person who added the widget. This means that if a dashboard changes ownership, the dashboard will break when the widget-adder is un-shared to the dashboard.
This issue is a big one, with far-reaching consequences which necessitate changes be made to its current behavior as soon as possible...
If you build a dashboard, it is assumed that all elements displayed on that dashboard are a part of that dashboard. It is also assumed that the ownership of that dashboard (along with all of its elements) belongs to the "owner" and not that each individual widget belongs to the person who last edited it.
This behavior is very puzzling. Why do the dashboards function this way when none of your other products work in this way? For example, if a sheet is shared with several users with admin-level permissions, the form doesn't belong to the person who made or edited it. Similarly, the automations for that sheet do not belong to the person who added them. Additionally, the sheet does not break when an admin-level user is un-shared to the sheet. The sheet and its automations and forms are seen as one unit. That is how a dashboard should function; as one unit.
The design of dashboard ownership functions poorly because a dashboard's widgets are not considered part of the dashboard's ownership/elements. This creates so many issues, including the fact that a dashboard will break if an admin-level employee made changes to a widget when they leave our employ. It is unreasonable to assume:ย
1) that we would give that employee access to our data in perpetuity or
2) that we will manually re-link hundreds, if not thousands, of widgets every time an employee leaves our employ.
Brooks
Re: Dynamic View Comments notifications for user without access to source sheet
I am also interested in a resolution for that; because without it, it kind of makes the whole dynamic view counterproductive.
Thank you
Chloe H
Re: Dynamic View Comments notifications for user without access to source sheet
I would like to have my external users access Dynamic View without having to give them permissions to the source sheet. I would also like for the email notification sent to the external users when they are tagged in the conversation to contain the link for the Dynamic View rather than the source sheet.
SrinidhiR
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I am proud of myself for applying for and being accepted into a Master of Science program. Living up to being a life long learner!
Susan Ross
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Finding time for my hobbies again. It is easy to get swept away with life, family, kids, work, house projects, holidays, keeping up with the seasons. I find it hard to make time for myself and my hobbies. I've been intentional about it recently, and it's definitely giving me an energy boost elsewhere to push through the slumps.
Gbur
Can automation create a new sheet from a template?
Hi all,
I have an intake form that adds a new row to an intake sheet. I also have a template that is basically a scoring rubric. Currently, someone manually opens this template and creates a new sheet every time a new row appears in the intake sheet.
Is there a way that automation could use a template a create a new sheet automagically?
Zsolt
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I nominate @Paul Newcome. it is without a doubt he has shown dedication and generosity to share his vast knowledge of Smartsheet to everyone in the community. Top guy!
Okey
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I'll throw out my list of nominees.
My coworker, @TWO21 for being a runner up in this year's Template contest! Also, for being a fantastic coworker and developer of Smartsheet solutions at Williams.
@Paul Newcome and @Andrรฉe Starรฅ for being incredibly helpful resources in the Community who are always willing to help people out! Truly amazing how generous these two are.
@Genevieve P. @Alison Clancy @Arsineh @Maxwell Griffith @Hunter Reed and @Drew Ridgway for always being available to questions, willing to help me out without hesitation, and just being downright good people willing to do what it takes to build a community and help solve problems. I truly have not worked with another group of people who are so kind and willing to help. Without yall, I would not be doing what I'm doing today.
manley85am
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This is an awesome opportunity to acknowledge our community peers. I feel priviliged to nominate @Paul Newcome for his selfless contribution to the community. When I started using community back in the days, Paul would always post a comment on my questions, making my learning path easier, and inspiring me to activate myself on the community. I would also nominate @Kaveri Vipat, who is my support pillar always and tackles all the technical challenges that we face either internally or with our clients. People like her make our team stronger and reliable.
Amit Wadhwani
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