In our organization, Smartsheet sheets are more than collaborative tools — they act as data sources for integrated applications, dashboards, and automation workflows. These integrations rely on specific columns, rows, and cell references remaining consistent over time.
However, users with Admin rights can currently rename, delete, or move these structural elements. When this occurs, downstream integrations fail, leading to data disruption, manual recovery work, and loss of business continuity.
At the same time, we cannot simply remove Admin access, because these users legitimately need the flexibility to add new rows, columns, and content as their projects evolve.
Question:
Is there an existing way — or could Smartsheet consider introducing a new capability — to protect specific columns, rows, and cell links from being renamed, deleted, or moved if they are defined as integration-dependent structural components, while still allowing Admins to add new content?
