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Alerts for sheet changes
I have alerts set up for sheet changes, but i would like to exclude changes I make myself. How do I do this?
Dynamic View - Email defaults to owner of view
We have recently transitioned all of our forms used to make requests into dynamic view. We have an alert set up with the sheet linked to dynamic view to email my team members whenever someone submits a request through dynamic view. In this email, we have noticed that 'changes made by' always reads my email (rather than the…
Workspaces Pros & Cons
I have read many posts in regards to how to use Workspaces, but I am having trouble locating a list of pitfalls, and/or situations where Workspaces may not work, compared to our situation. Would you mind sharing your insights and experiences? Due to the nature of the individual projects of "Client A", with time frames from…
Link Smartsheet forms to a sub domain on our website
Hi, I would like to know if a Smartsheet form can be linked to a sub domain on our site. Thanks
Join a column from two sheet in reports
Hi, is a column with the same name from several sheets can be joined on a report? for example the assigned to column ? thanks !
Hiding who is viewing a sheet
Hello! So I have been using Smartsheets for a short while and I think it's fantastic! I do have a query though - Is there a way of hiding who is viewing a sheet? We have a sheet with a massive amount of data on there which is shared with numerous suppliers we work with. They all require the data for different uses, some…
Automating a Gantt chart from Jira Kanban in early planning
The execs want a Gantt chart from my Kanban board. I will be using the Jira/SmartSheet connector for this task. Here is my current thinking: * Take the total number of tasks and divide by the available work time to create an average size if the tasks completely fill the time (the SME who will be sizing the items has not…
Auto-populate Contact List cell with Shared Users
Is there a way to have a contact list cell, auto-populate with the users a sheet is shared to? Currently, we need to share a sheet and then when using the contact list column we have to add the users again.
Short Interval Schedule
I am having some troubles making something like this in Smartsheet. It shows manpower throughout a project. Any Ideas how to structure a Smartsheet that would make it easy for the eyes? Gantt chart could be nice but how would i show the change is strength based on time? Thank you.
Edit Column properties
Hi I have created a column of type: Checkbox. I want to know if it possible to restrict the checkboxes to certain rows. Or will each row have a checkbox by default ? As shown in the image attached, I don't want all the rows to have a checkbox. Thank you

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Is there a way to have a form update existing information?
We are conducting an audit of our I-9s. In order to do so, we have pulled an active list of all of our employees (EEs). These EE names are already on the sheet. In order to effectively complete the audit, there are specific things we need to check for based on the expiration date of the I-9 document that we have on file.…
Pulling info from Reference Sheet based on Date
Hello, I am trying to pull the information I need based on a date on the referenced sheet. Without this criteria the formula works great. this one criteria is not working. I created a helper column on each sheet. on the reference sheet is a formula to calculate the month number for that row, and then on main sheet is a…
Need help with Data/Chart Widget
I am working on a dashboard with various data points and had zero issues until I started the most recent widget. I am pulling from a simple report that has a list of staff members and their assigned work spaces. I keep getting an error that says the data cannot be charted… What is the limitation here? I made 4 other…

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