Conditional Dropdowns functionality, not available yet?
Hello everyone,
I’ve been working extensively with Smartsheet and noticed a significant limitation that has been discussed for years but still hasn’t been addressed: conditional dropdowns.
Here’s the scenario I’m struggling with:
- In Column A, the user selects an option (e.g., "Option 1").
- Based on that selection, the dropdown options in Column B (or another column, like Column Y) should change dynamically depending what user choose in Column A.
Currently, this functionality doesn’t exist natively in Smartsheet, which is surprising for a product that’s been on the market for so long and has such a large user base requesting it.
Has anyone found a workaround or creative solution to implement this kind of functionality? Or does anyone know if Smartsheet plans to address this in the near future?
I’d love to hear your thoughts and solutions!
Answers
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Here are a couple suggestions.
- SmartForms
- Appsheet
- 3rd party form builder that puts data into Smartsheet.
Here are some demos of solutions #1 and #2
SmartForms:
Appsheet with Smartsheet:
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Thanks Darren for the suggestion but actually it's kind of crazy that we have to require to use a third party app when SmartSheet should have this ability integrated. This feature it is not something new, many users requested since many years ago. I suggest SmartSheet use "voice of customer" approach and start to integrate tools that give more value to the SmartSheet. Same as integrate "required fields" or "mandatory fields" feature by column. Somethings that are basic.
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