Dashboard menu dropdown for navigation to other dashboards

Tim Starkey

I've seen lots of discussions on using dropdowns on a dashboard for interactive reports, etc. I have a slightly different question. I am starting to collect several dashboards, typically grouped by some category:

• Manager views (financial, workload, etc)
• Staff views (assigned tasks, vacation requests, other resources)
• Marketing (events calendar, CRM)
• IT / Intranet

I am looking to create a simple navigation between dashboards. I could put a small title widgets at the top that link to the sheets, but I could quickly start taking up more space than is reasonable. (right now at a readable text height, I can do about 7 or 8 of these across the top)

Question: Is there a 3rd party app where I could create drop down menus with hyperlinks and embed them in the dashboard? Then I could have dozens of dashboards grouped into menu categories. While I would prefer for the data to be private, this seems to be an issue with web content requiring added logins, etc… So I am OK with the 3rd party app being published to the public, as its only hyperlinks into smartsheet, and access would still require login credentials and having appropriate access.

Thanks!

Tim

Andrée Starå

Dashboard menu dropdown for navigation to other dashboards

Tim Starkey

May 1, 2024

I've seen lots of discussions on using dropdowns on a dashboard for interactive reports, etc. I have a slightly different question. I am starting to collect several dashboards, typically grouped by some category:

• Manager views (financial, workload, etc)
• Staff views (assigned tasks, vacation requests, other resources)
• Marketing (events calendar, CRM)
• IT / Intranet

I am looking to create a simple navigation between dashboards. I could put a small title widgets at the top that link to the sheets, but I could quickly start taking up more space than is reasonable. (right now at a readable text height, I can do about 7 or 8 of these across the top)

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Question: Is there a 3rd party app where I could create drop down menus with hyperlinks and embed them in the dashboard? Then I could have dozens of dashboards grouped into menu categories. While I would prefer for the data to be private, this seems to be an issue with web content requiring added logins, etc… So I am OK with the 3rd party app being published to the public, as its only hyperlinks into smartsheet, and access would still require login credentials and having appropriate access.

Thanks!

Tim

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Hi,

I hope you're well and safe!

Have you explored using WorkApps?

Would that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe, and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Tim Starkey

Andrée Starå

May 1, 2024

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/121345/dashboard-menu-dropdown-for-navigation-to-other-dashboards

Hi,

I hope you're well and safe!

Have you explored using WorkApps?

Would that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe, and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

✅Did my post(s) help or answer your question or solve your problem? Please support the Community by marking it Insightful/Vote Up, Awesome, or/and as the accepted answer. It will make it easier for others to find a solution or help to answer!

For some reason I can't @ you Andree.

Does workapps have a dropdown functionality? Or are you referencing the sidebar navigation that comes with workapps? I have looked at it and it's not something we are currently using company wide, so not a solution for now. Maybe later.