Preserving Indents when running a Smartsheet Report

Bob Sawyer

Hi,

 

I currenlty have a smartsheet with a bunch of tasks broken out into different sections.  I separate the sections with different field values but to help with readability- I also do indenting in the task description field- this allows for the summary tasks to show as bolded.

 

My issue is when I run a report to show a portion or all of that smartsheet- the formatting I had, is lost in the report.  

 

Is there any way to preserve the formatting I had in there in the original smartsheet when I use it as part of a report?

 

Thanks.

Stephanie Taylor

I haven't found a way to do that.  It would be helpful to keep the formatting.

Kennedy Stomps

Hi Bob -- Currently we don't have a way to show hierarchy or parent information within Reports. This is on our enhancement list and I'll add your vote for it!

 

A workaround would be to add a new column and use the steps my colleague Mike describes here to create a "breadcrumb" trail to track hierarchy in your Report. Hope this helps!

J. Craig Williams

Kennedy,

 

Your link did not work for me.

Craig

@ScottDavis

I am having the same issue, which defeats the purpose of the report if I need to reformat it every time. The link provided for a work around does not work.