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In full agreement with everyone in this thread. The absence of the ability to change sources following "Save as New" is woeful, particularly given the cost of Dynamic View as a premium product. This includes the steep price increase per the recent shift to a consumption-based pricing model.

For a timeline check, Dynamic View was announced at the 2018 Engage Keynote on October 2nd, 2018. The initial community submission asking about this feature (+ the first result in a search engine) was from January 4th, 2022. This product enhancement request was submitted February 7th, 2023. Today is July 1st, 2025.

My use case: I have a Dynamic View fully configured, based off a universal report that references all workspaces and schedules across our org. I need to set up three separate views pulling from three separate reports that feature slight user-specific alterations, which themselves are "Saved as New" from my core universal report. Because this source adjustment feature is absent, I will have to go through the steps to configure all three views, one after the other. "Saving as New" from a report, then updating the source for the end user's need, is a fundamental action in Smartsheet.

I do not understand how products are left to stagnate when there is ground-level friction present for years. It would be great to receive a response from someone on the Product side that can share either the vision or limitations of eliminating friction when configuring Dynamic Views.

I am happy to jump on a call and review opportunities, if helpful. Thank you.

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An update: It took me about as much time to rebuild the three Views as it did to research and draft this message (Shared Filters were the most tedious). It’s quick to configure in Dynamic View, particularly if column order is in place for the display and detail views settings.

For anyone reading this, I got hot not just for this specific instance; I feel like I encounter this regularly in Smartsheet. There’s a point of friction in the tool, the community makes a request / proposal to eliminate the friction, and years pass with no guarantee of resolution.

Hi Smartsheet Community,

I’d like to request the addition of Synthesia.io as an approved site for embedded content within Smartsheet dashboards. Synthesia is a secure, widely used platform for creating short, professional training and communication videos using AI avatars and voiceover.

We’re currently using Synthesia to roll out safety and operations training across multiple teams and would benefit from the ability to embed videos directly into dashboards to streamline communication and increase engagement.

Here is a sample link for reference:
https://share.synthesia.io/5aea4735-4ace-4f31-a6e6-afa8be998def

Thanks in advance for considering this request — it would greatly enhance how we deliver visual content to our teams.

Best,
Julian

Yes, this would be very a great time saver!

I agree with everyone here. This restriction is seriously limiting our organization's ability to use SmartSheet. I want to champion this application and expand its use, but I can't do so with this type of limitation.