Include Images in cells through Forms

Hello,

I am trying to put together a simple order form for customers and I would like to include the images of the items that are available for customers to order. This way they know exactly what they are ordering. It is my understanding that this feature is not currently available. I would like for Smartsheets to consider this idea. For small business, it would make things so much easier for them to order products.

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Director Dan

All of these comments deserve an upvote, but there are two issues that need to be seperately addressed:

The ability to configure a form to show an image would be invaluable and have multiple applications. In our use-case, we have a circular image showing measurements that need to be recorded in a specific order clockwise around the image. The image can be static, but it needs to display on the form so the form user knows what needs to be measured in Inspection 1, 2, 3, etc.

The second application is to add the image captured from a device to a cell, allowing data to be transferred below sheets and mapped onto forms. The process of moving attachments and images around to include on forms or move to other sheets is cumbersome, to say the least.

Anthony DAmbrosio

@Director Dan you are correct. There are two issues and appreciate you noticing that and separating them out.

Genevieve P.

Hey @Director Dan

This specific Idea is the second one you mentioned 🙂

If you want to vote on the first idea, having an image IN the form build itself, please feel free to add your vote and voice to this thread: Adding Images in Form Body and Descriptions

Cheers,

Genevieve

Elizabeth Torrens

We are working with large businesses and government to put on procurement matchmaking events and having card view in a report display a photo or logo of a registrant alongside their name and other basic data would be valuable.

Currently it seems form users can only submit an attachment but the attachment does not show an image on the card view, only as a paperclip.

I would like users to be able to upload images (size constrained of course) to a cell so that it will display properly on the public facing report we expect to share with other attendees of the networking event. At the moment the only way to have it display properly is for the Smartsheet account holder to upload it from our login and it can not be submitted through the webform as we'd like.

angelolponce

I think this would be value-added as well. Any updates?

Happy444

Allow form responses to be an image in addition to the current dropdown, text, symbols, etc.

rachmavis

YES! If a user select a title of product, using logic the image of the product would appear. Or, an with the description...

BigE1963

I vote for this feature Also. We need it for Product development.

Jenny B.

@Genevieve P. This would be so perfect! I'd love to manage Smartsheet a little bit like an access database. This particular feature would help us a lot with quarantined product

Federico Prado

Hello people! We are looking to add images to our maintenance report format in PDF from data collected from a form. But we have the barrier that currently in the form we can't add images not as an attachment to be exported in an image field.

Is there a way to perform this action or we can wait to find this improvement in future updates?

MaryAnn Amari

I was so hoping to find a solution for this. I also want to include images in a form. Specifically, here is the shirt I'm offering, what size would you want? Here is the jacket, what size would you want? Based on above it sounds like images aren't yet available in forms? I'll keep digging….

TPS_Coversheets

It's really disappointing that five-years after the initial request I can find online for this feature, we still can't collect images via forms, to populate a cell within the row. The most substantive response I've received, after a multi-tiered escalation(?)/collaboration was that 'a workaround hasn't been possible yet, but the dev team is still trying'. I try to optimistically participate in the Enhancement Request threads here, yet 'workarounds' are disappointingly as good as it gets. Not to be cynical, but to state the obvious: consistently leading users to workarounds versus solutions in non-beta, stable releases is the pinnacle of indicating maligned realities. Demonstrably poor architecture and application capabilities, with use-case pitches from the sales teams are maddening. I understand one 'thing' can't be all things, though if after this period of time Smartsheet isn't able to engineer this solution, the exceedingly and often prohibitive limitation this inability of Smartsheet causes in Project Management Inspection, QA-QC, and collaboration scenarios should be made clear in the sales phase. In Program Management, or managing large projects, lacking a way to control securities of a Sheet and capture images in a way that doesn't take days - when inspections can include a couple thousand images that become unwieldy ambiguously named zip files via the only available option to collect them currently - isn't an option when working with client data. Security always prevails - rightfully so, but it's hard to make clients believe the time you'll need to just organize the images. No one accepts that a modern spreadsheet application with native form creation can't manage images. PLEASE shed some light on the priority of this enhancement to Smartsheet, and respectfully the candid truth: will this happen in a foreseeable future. I personally would appreciate knowing if I need to make the case for another software instead of casting doubt on the integrity of my project billing and deliverables due to this albatross. Thank you.

greatcomet

I sure wish this was a feature available. I constantly check through google searches to see if the option has been added every few months.

Images in forms would be so helpful for our annual plant sales, halloween voting contests, listing of planetarium shows for reservations, and so much more.

Images convey context. Sometimes a simple image is needed through the form. Smartsheet has so many amazing features, yet not images in forms.

m.loeffler

I have a client that does field sampling with 20+ samples per entry form and they want to attach a photo of each specific samples. It would be handy to attach a photo/file to a entry cell or it's own cell which I can tie to the specific sample.

mate_szekeres

Dear Smartsheet Product Team,

We are requesting the ability to embed images directly into text fields within Smartsheet forms. This feature is critical for workflows where users need to provide detailed visual context alongside their textual descriptions, such as:

Detailed Issue Reporting: Embedding annotated screenshots directly alongside explanations to ensure clarity and avoid misunderstandings.
Project Collaboration: Incorporating visual references into planning processes, enabling cohesive communication across teams.

Currently, while images can be attached separately, this approach often results in disjointed context and inefficiencies in reviewing submissions. Embedding images directly within text fields would provide:

Enhanced Clarity: Contextualized visual references alongside textual descriptions.
Improved Efficiency: Faster processing and review of requests.
Broader Applicability: Expanded use cases for industries where visual content is essential (e.g., design, engineering, customer support).

We also request retaining the ability to attach multiple file types, such as Excel documents, separately to ensure flexibility in form submissions.

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