Template and Cross Sheet Reference

SML
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edited 10/10/23 in Smartsheet Basics

I have 5 templates. Each time we have a new project, we select the appropriate template and save as new. The template gets updated frequently (task column), and also new rows are added. Is there a way to use cross reference formula to automatically update the new project smartsheet everytime the template is updated, and have the new row added? The other issue is that the new row will be added to a specific sequence. Could we somehow automate and sort the new project smartsheet so that the new row is placed in the correct order?

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  • Paul Newcome
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    Not anything that would actually work. You COULD use cross sheet references to pull in the data, but any hierarchy would have to be manually adjusted, and any data that is manually entered will need manually adjusted as well.


    For example... If you have 100 tasks and you update the template to make it 101, but that extra task is on row 15, any data that has been manually entered on the sheet from row 15 down will need to be adjusted accordingly.

    Hierarchy also cannot be adjusted via formula, so that would also need to be a manual adjustment.

    Either way you are going to have to revisit every single sheet and make manual adjustments.

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  • Genevieve P.
    Genevieve P. Employee
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    Hey @SML

    There currently isn't a way to link a Template to it's created sheet after the sheet has already been generated. As @Paul Newcome mentioned, you could use the API to programatically make changes, but other than that, you'll need to make changes manually in the created sheets.

    Please feel free to submit your feature request to the Product team by creating an Idea Post in the Smartsheet Product Feedback and Ideas topic here in the Community.

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