View access only to a "set of rows" ?

George Thomas Irimben

Hi,

When I share a Smartsheet,  Is it possible to give view access only to a "set of rows" ?

 

I have a sheet with hundreds of rows. But I want to select/define the rows collaborators can view and edit. Is it possible now?

 

Thanks

-George

Richard Rymill SBP

Hi George

Try using a combination of Update Requests on selected rows for editor and Reports that are issued as View Only to show your collaborators a "through the letter box" view of just the data that is appropriate to them and not all the rest. 

Hope that helps RichardR

Jeremy Michels

George,

 

The reporting method is an easy way that you dont have to update or create as much as you would with other methods. If the user is view only on one sheet and is editor on another sheet. The report will only allow them to view those rows that are view only and make changes to rows that are editor level rows. Also note that if you have the person listed as the assigned to person for that row then you can be very specific to the person and have a tool that each person can access that shows them the rows that they are responsible for. It is live data and every time it is opened it is the most current list. 

Travis

To clarify what Jeremy is saying, the report can be set to only show certain rows but in order to see the rows in the report, you have to be shared to the underlying sheets (which gives the user access to all the data in that sheet). If view only access is sufficient then you could build a report, publish it, then share the published report (the user will not need to be shared to the underlying sheets, but it is a read only view)

George Thomas Irimben

Thanks. I will explore your suggestions for my requirement.  -George