Multiple users editing a sheet at the same time

I noticed that Smartsheet allows 2 (and maybe more) people to open a sheet in EDIT mode at the same time. It looses the changes made by one of them based on who hits the SAVE button first.

Is there is an option which doesn't allow a sheet to be open in EDIT mode if someone else has already opened it in EDIT mode?

Thanks.

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Imrose

I just got some information on it at following location:-

http://help.smartsheet.com/customer/portal/articles/522069-working-with-multiple-collaborators

Travis

Hi Imrose, there is not a way to prevent users from editing a sheet if another user is currently editing the same sheet. I would recommend that if you are working with multiple collaborators, save often and refresh the sheet when prompted, to avoid any problems.

If you do both of these, you shouldn’t have any issues when working with other users. The only issue would be if you both edit the same cell, who ever saves second will have their data displayed in the cell but you can right click on the cell and select View History to see all changes that were made to the cell.

Naveen Mata

Travis,

Any plans for showing the multiple editors? Similar to what Google sheet does i.e. showing who are current editors and which cell they are working on.

Travis

Naveen, you can see who is working in the sheet by clicking the collaborator icon on the sheet's tab:

It's not on our near term roadmap to show each user's position within the sheet (similar to Google Docs) but I will add your vote for this enhancement request!

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Imrose

Thank you Travis

jhetterle84651

Hi Travis, Please add my vote to this feature! This is critical when you wish to have multiple people editing without stepping on each other.