How do I add multiple people to 'assigned to' field in project plan cell ?

Eric Polston

Trying to add more than one person to a task

J. Craig Williams

Short answer: you can't.

 

See this very long thread for more details:

 

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/it-possible-assign-task-multiple-people

 

There are several other threads on the topic as it is a popular request.

 

Craig

Eric Polston

Thankyou sir 

Kennedy Stomps

Hi Eric-- I've gone ahead and added your vote for this to our enhancement request list to be considered for future development. Thanks for the input!

Andrée Starå

Hi,

Yes, assigning multiple people to a task is now available.

Please see the attached link/screenshot for more information.

https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/518335-assigning-people-to-a-task

I hope this helps you!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant @ Get Done Consulting

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Hi all,

We're pleased to announce that you can now quickly & easily assign tasks to multiple people. To do so, check the new "Allow multiple contacts per cell" checkbox in any contact column. The cells in that column will then allow up to 20 people to be added.

You can still leave that option unchecked when you only want a single person to be assigned to a task at a time.

Adding multiple contacts to a cell is useful not only for assigning people, but also for other scenarios where you want to associate multiple stakeholders with a row. For example, you might want those people to receive notifications when the row changes, or you may want them to appear in reports and filters.

For some projects, you may want to add 2 contact columns: one for the primary owner, and another for additional team members.

We welcome you to try it out and let us know what you think.

- Daniel