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Bridge: Create Workflow Schedule State Values
I was trying to use the Scheduling: Create Workflow Schedule module in Bridge to set up a 60-minute timer that would alert our team if another workflow didn’t complete within that window. I was struggling with how to pass and access state values between the workflows. After working with a Pro Desk support agent, we figured…
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Formulas for Calculating Time
I have decided to create a post that consolidates all of the different time based solutions that I have put together. Some of these solutions can be made more efficient or condensed into fewer but larger formulas. I am still going through these working on making them more efficient and tweaking them, but all of them have…
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Using OR with the CONTAINS function (-or- How to Hack the CONTAINS Function)
This one comes up a lot, so I thought I would provide a few ways to solve it. The question is this: can I use the OR function in the CONTAINS function? For instances, you want to see if a cell contains "apple", "banana", or "orange". In short, you can't use OR in the CONTAINS function (TLDR: because OR provides binary…
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Script in Python to download all PDF attachments in a Sheet
Hi Guys, Created a basic script to download all PDFs from a sheet. Use case: I use Document Builder to create documents from field inspections. However, we need to store these in sharepoint for redundancy. This script basically pulls all "PDFs" so you can then migrate them where you need to. I don't want to pay an…
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HOW TO: Duplicate / Copy a Group
Smartsheet Support Documentation does not have a way to duplicate, copy, or export a group in admin.smartsheet.com/manage/groups There is, however, a workaround that doesn't appear to be posted anywhere so I'm sharing it here: Open the group in the group list at admin.smartsheet.com/manage/groups Select "View Group" Select…
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Use Javascript in Bridge to efficiently import data from an API
Hi all - I'm excited to share a custom Javascript solution with my fellow Bridge users. I am not a Jscript coder - all credit for this goes to the awesome @Nathan Lloyd at Smartsheet - Large Enterprise Technical Sales Engineer, who gave me the basis for this script at ENGAGE 2022. Thank you Nathan! In this thread I'll…
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Generate Docs - How to fix Font Size Issues - a guide
I'm was using Generate Form to create a PDF I needed. While I was getting the content I needed, the font size in the form was wonky and inconsistent. The first 3 fields were in LARGE FONT size while the rest were a standardized. I don't know why or how the this happened. I was able to find a solution after an hour + of…
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INDEX and MATCH across two sheets: a detailed explanation
Hello everyone, would love some feedback on this tutorial. I was answering a user's question regarding INDEX and MATCH (thread post here), and thought it would be beneficial to share my example to the greater Smartsheet community of how to easily utilize INDEX and MATCH functions to reference cells from another sheet by…
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Formula To Indicate A Task Is Ready Because Predecessors Are Complete [Solution]
I have seen many posts about people wanting the ability to indicate a particular task/row is ready to begin because all of the predecessors are complete (many of them archived). All of the proposed solutions had short comings (e.g. only works on rows with a single FS predecessor with no lag). Here is my full solution to…
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Importing excel spreadsheet that has long column names produces duplicate column error
Just thought I'd toss this little tidbit into the community in case someone else stumbles into this. I was trying to import and Excel sheet into SmartSheets and received and error indicating that the excel sheet could not be imported because it contained duplicate columns. Turned out that the reason SS thought it was a…