Fourms

Bryan Long

When adding a fourm to a dashboard, is it possible to clone/copy the dashboard and have the fourms copy with it?

This one is hard to explain, but if you make a dashboard and you have 1 folder with 1 sheet and 5 reports in it you can copy it and all that data moves to the new folder etc... but it seems when you put a Fourm on a dashboard since you have to embed the "Link" or "URL" you cant do this.... anyone found a way to add a fourm to a dashboard and when you clone/copy it , you move the forum as well so you dont have to always remember to replace the url?

Paul Newcome

Unfortunately that isn't possible. You aren't exactly "linking" to a Smartsheet item. You are entering a URL which is the equivalent of a text string. While it may be a URL to a Smartsheet item, it is still just a URL.

Bryan Long

yes, but since its inside SS you would think they would have some way to embed it quickly and allow this since its not embedding something from and outside url , its embedding something from within SS

Paul Newcome

You aren't embedding something from within Smartsheet though. You are entering a text string that when typed into a web browser will take you to a specific location. Entering a URL into a Web Content widget is the same whether it is a YouTube URL, Weather Channel, Smartsheet, etc. They are all nothing more than text strings entered into a web browser.