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I have a sheet where I have all my projects and then sub categories indented underneath it. Is there a way I can easily add a new project that will create automatically add the sub categories?
No, at least not inherently within Smartsheets. To circumvent this we keep a template at the top of our sheets that we can copy to create new "projects." You would just have a blank project with no dates and all the durations and dependencies set up. Then you can just highlight and copy the rows to create a new project.
I add a column with the sub tasks listed as a multi select drop down. Then use that to track the status of the sub tasks. It's an easy way to track deliverables for each row but does not enable all the features of a true sub task…
Smartsheet just started adding date stamps when fields are blank. As far as I can tell, this started around August 3, 2026. I have several sheets set to date stamp based on when another field is changed to any value. For example, on one sheet the Trigger is "When rows are added or changed", when BPO# changes to any value.…
Hello Community! My team experienced the following issue in the past 2 weeks: in Calendar View we can't anymore open Forms from the upper menu. We can only open Forms from the side menu, clicking on the Workpace icon. Anyone else experiencing the same problem?
I was wondering if this was actually happening or if something weird was going on with my automation. But, after 3 days, my approval requests will auto-deny and wreck my workflow, marking things as denied, even when I haven't gotten to them yet. I have a formula and a helper column that documents when an approval has gone…
