Multi-Select Dropdown Update

Cyra Benedict

I'm loving the multi-select dropdown column type! But am I correct that this makes card view not work? I had assumed it would have just made the card for that task appear in the lines for all selected groups, but that appears to not be the case...

Wei Dai

I wish there could be delimiters inserted between multiple selected values by default...

Currently, if there are "Value1" "Value2" "Value3" within a dropdown menu and a user selects them all, the Smartsheet UI correctly shows separate gray boxes for those selected values. However, when the sheet is exported into Excel or called by an API, the exported value will be "Value1Value2Value3" instead of "Value1, Value2, Value3". This makes downstream analytics extremely difficult if those values are text in phrases (i.e. has spaces within values) or plain numbers since there are no other means (space, slash, etc.) to use to separate values.

A workaround would be adding commas at end of all values to make them "Value1," "Value2," "Value3,", but they don't look good, especially when we show the form to our clients who are going to share their input with us.

Andrée Starå

Hi Wei,

Great idea! That would be a great addition to Smartsheet features.

Please submit an Enhancement Request when you have a moment.

I hope that helps!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

Tessa Calahan

The new feature is great, but the multi-selection is not working on my android phone's form.

Does anyone else have this problem?

Andrée Starå

Hi @Tessa Calahan,

I haven't heard anything! Which phone do yo have?

If you haven’t already, I would recommend that you reach out to the Smartsheet Support Team. Smartsheet Support Team

I hope that helps!

Have a fantastic weekend & Happy Holidays!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD