View Only Access to Subset of Columns

James Parry

I'm looking for way to allow a restricted view (sub set of columns) to and an external organization (I've set up a View Only user group).

1st try: Create a report with just the columns - FAIL. I still need to grant the view only permission to the source sheet

2nd: Create a 'query sheet' that 'VLOOKUPS' just the columns - FAIL same reason as above

3rd: Automation to copy the query sheet or report to a ViewOnly permissioned workspace - FAIL - Automation doesn't exist

4th: Automate copying each from the query sheet to the ViewOnly sheet - PASS (kinda) - FAIL - because there's no automation to delete rows....DESPITE being able to automate Moving them

PLEASE can someone help with ANY of the above workarounds? (especially no.4)

(just posted in https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/66496/auto-deletion-from-the-smart-sheet-based-on-workflow but thought probably best to create a separate thread).

Andrée Starå

Hi @James Parry

I hope you're well and safe!

Here's a possible workaround or workarounds

• Premium App, Dynamic View
• Premium App, WorkApps (If you have Enterprise or higher)
• I recently developed a (what I call), Dynamic View Light. It's quite advanced, but in short, it's using cross-sheet formulas and INDEX/MATCH and a specific structure and method, so it's only possible to show data that should be available.

Would any of those options work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Andrée Starå

Hi @James Parry

I hope you're well and safe!

Here's a possible workaround or workarounds

• Premium App, Dynamic View
• Premium App, WorkApps (If you have Enterprise or higher)
• I recently developed a (what I call), Dynamic View Light. It's quite advanced, but in short, it's using cross-sheet formulas and INDEX/MATCH and a specific structure and method, so it's only possible to show data that should be available.

Would any of those options work/help?

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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James Parry

Hi Andrée

Thank you for the super quick response. VLOOKUP has gone and replaced with below

=IFERROR(INDEX({Pipeline Summary Range 3}, MATCH(Date@row, {Pipeline Summary Range 1}, 0), 1), "")

Now to repeat for the next 23 columns

Thanks Again !

Andrée Starå

@James Parry

Excellent!

Happy to help!

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