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Re: Limit Time-slot selections
@TravisK When you set this up, did you keep both sheets open and manually refresh?
I tested this a couple of weeks ago, and there were some issues with the column syncing not happening until I opened both sheets. There were also issues with the form not syncing up when I had it set to refresh upon submission. I could submit as many as I wanted until I refreshed the browser tab that had the form open.
Paul Newcome
Re: Limit Time-slot selections
In my test, there is a lag between the source sheet changing and the change effecting the target sheet. Also, the form is cached in the browser which required a hard refresh.
TVang
Re: Limit Time-slot selections
I would be curious about your process. I tested something along these lines with the linked dropdowns and formulas to populate the options in the reference sheet, and I had to keep force refreshing my sheets to get the options in the target column to update. When I left both sheets closed and just used the form, it never updated.
Paul Newcome
Re: Report that includes multiple sheets
@Dina B
It works for both Row and Summary reports. For the summary report you create summary field called "Report sheet order" and you either manually enter the value into to summary field or point the summary field at a column on the sheet.
Summary report order by Summary field
Source sheet
Neil Egsgard
Business Solutions Architect
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Neil Egsgard
Re: Why am I not getting reminders?
Hi Anjanesh,
Thanks for your response.
I carried out further tests over the weekend and realized that the culprit was my yahoo email address. All I did was simply add my Gmail address and another work address and I received the alerts yesterday and this morning on them but not my yahoo email address.
It’s weird because I have other reminders set with same yahoo email address and works just fine.
At this point, I’d carryon using my other email addresses but any suggestion on how to troubleshoot the problem with my yahoo email address would be much appreciated.
Br,
Yemi
Yemi
Re: Automation: Attachment Added or Changed?
Good question, I'm having a similar notification issue. I just had my 'attachment added' notification trigger when I uploaded a new revision to an existing attachment (i.e. no new attachment added).
Does no-one have an answer to this?
Ryan Catling
Re: Visual layout of Automation builder screen
Oh, I love it! Although I personally haven't had any issues with the layout, I know I'm in the minority. Almost everyone I've taught automations on gets tripped up with the logic workflow. The updates you made are minimal, but make a HUGE difference in how things flow with the eye. I think something like this would absolutely help people understand the logic flow better!!
Re: Construction Project schedule
Hi ben1984,
In Smartsheet, the Critical Path only highlights tasks that directly control the project’s finish date. Based on how your schedule is structured, the behavior you’re seeing is typically expected and usually points to how the task logic is set up rather than an issue with the feature itself.
1. Early Tasks Are Not Driving the Project Finish
Even though the schedule begins earlier, the initial tasks likely have float (slack) because:
- They are not fully linked (via predecessors) to the tasks that determine the final completion date, or
- There is a longer parallel path later in the schedule that is ultimately driving the project end date.
Smartsheet will only show the critical path starting at the point where tasks first have zero slack.
2. Missing or Broken Predecessor Links
Often, tasks appear sequential on the Gantt chart but are not actually connected through dependencies. If an early task:
- Has no predecessor, or
- Is linked to a summary row instead of another task row,
it will not be included in the critical path calculation.
3. Summary Rows Do Not Carry the Critical Path
Critical Path is calculated only at the task level. Summary rows are used for rollups and organization, but they do not participate in dependency logic. If early work is grouped under summaries without task-to-task dependencies continuing forward, the critical path will appear to start later.
4. Constraints or Manually Entered Dates
Manually entered start or finish dates, or date constraints, can override dependency logic and introduce float. This can prevent otherwise sequential tasks from being flagged as critical.
Recommended Next Steps
To troubleshoot, I’d suggest:
- Verifying all early tasks are connected with task-to-task predecessors through to the final milestone
- Avoiding dependencies tied to summary rows
- Adding the Slack column to confirm which tasks truly have zero float
- Reviewing and removing unnecessary manual date constraints
Key takeaway: The critical path isn’t missing—it’s starting where Smartsheet determines the schedule actually becomes constrained. Once the dependency chain is fully connected, the critical path should extend back toward the beginning of the project.
Hunter Taylor
Re: Not enough space in the cell for my notes
Using row comments should be fine. They do not auto-delete or anything like that. You can even link them to a column to automatically display the most recent update in a cell for a quick reference.
Paul Newcome
Re: Changing single asset access on new membership model
Hi, @jmhoward With the new Smartsheet membership model, workspace permissions now override individual item permissions. If a user has Viewer access at the workspace level, you can’t give them higher (e.g., Editor) access to just one item within that workspace—item-level upgrades won’t take effect. To give higher access, you need to update the user’s permissions at the workspace level. This is a change from the old model.
amarkumar