Recording Changes made in SmartSheets - Row and Column Modifications

MockerTwin22

Hi Everyone!  

I was wondering if anyone knows any good ways to record a changed value in Smartsheet's, for the purpose of reporting it in Power BI? We are keen to understand and show the client what changes are being made to the sheet, by who, and what data is being changed (e.g. the status category to changed from in-progress to complete). I can see this can be achived via conditonal formatting, however, I would like to record this changed column value in a way which would readibly in Power Bi.

or example, If I amend to "Status" column to complete, I would like my column "Changes" to record the new "Status" value - complete, ideally with the name of the column "Status" as well. This would need to be row specifec, so it can be compared to the rows specific shortcode.

I have played around with automations with no luck, and I can't seem to find any online documentation. Any help would be amazing! 

Andrée Starå

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/132494/recording-changes-made-in-smartsheets-row-and-column-modifications

Hi,

I hope you're well and safe!

Please look at my post below, which contains a method I developed.

More info: 

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/68589/lock-or-store-date-value-solution-without-using-zapier

Would that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe, and have a fantastic day!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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MockerTwin22

Hi

Thank you so much for the solution! We were able to develop a work around by creating a report which connects to the original smartsheets tracker, which only filter data by a column that has a forumla to only return a value when modifcation has occured in the last 30 days.