How to automatically add child rows

Harry C

I would like to add 4 child rows after each approved row. I understand the indenting would be manual.

Workflow:

User submits the project form and form information resides on sheet A

Approver gets the notification and approves the project

The project row gets automatically copied to Sheet B

Add 4 child rows to the newly copied row on sheet B for every approved project

Mike TV

@Harry C

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/89594/automatically-generate-parent-row-with-child-rows-via-form

Per @Genevieve P. , "There currently isn't a way in Smartsheet to auto-generate Hierarchy (parent/child relationships) or to auto-generate a set list of rows after an initial row submission."

https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/739aa75f30ca43a8a22eb53e4da7d409?Origin=community&_ga=2.190760811.134626444.1675875067-130537087.1648859136&_gl=1*t0hzpw*_ga*MTMwNTM3MDg3LjE2NDg4NTkxMzY.*_ga_ZYH7XNXMZK*MTY3NTg5OTY4MS4yNTUuMS4xNjc1OTAwNDA1LjU5LjAuMA..

Mike TV

@Harry C

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/89594/automatically-generate-parent-row-with-child-rows-via-form

Per @Genevieve P. , "There currently isn't a way in Smartsheet to auto-generate Hierarchy (parent/child relationships) or to auto-generate a set list of rows after an initial row submission."

https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/739aa75f30ca43a8a22eb53e4da7d409?Origin=community&_ga=2.190760811.134626444.1675875067-130537087.1648859136&_gl=1*t0hzpw*_ga*MTMwNTM3MDg3LjE2NDg4NTkxMzY.*_ga_ZYH7XNXMZK*MTY3NTg5OTY4MS4yNTUuMS4xNjc1OTAwNDA1LjU5LjAuMA..

Andrée Starå

Hi @Harry C

I hope you're well and safe!

I recently developed something similar for a client where the submitter selected a date range for a project for a consultant who needs to report hours. Then, the number of required rows is created automatically with consultant-specific information on all rows.

It's a very advanced solution, but it is possible.

I hope that helps!

Be safe, and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Harry C

Thank you Mike and Adree

McKenna Karasek

I'm not sure if this is an applicable workaround for you, but to get around this issue for myself I've added an additional report on top of the sheet that is getting rows copied to it and then saved groupings in the report so that the default view is a hierarchical one.

Not technically saving the copied rows as child rows BUT still allows users to view the data in that way.