Easy way to add contacts to a drop down?

Samuel Mueller

I set up a workflow to add contacts listed in a sheet to a contact drop down of another sheet, however the workflow takes about 10 minutes to run since it is building an array with a child workflow. Does anyone have a cleaner way to take contacts listed on a sheet and update a contact dropdown?

Brian_Richardson

If you have Data Mesh, it can do this instead of having to custom setup a Bridge for it.

Andrée Starå

Hi @Samuel Mueller

I hope you're well and safe!

A solution that would be perfect for this use case is the premium add-on, Data Shuttle.

Is that an option?

More info: 

https://www.smartsheet.com/marketplace/premium-apps/data-uploader

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Samuel Mueller

@Andrée Starå So Data shuttle won't add the contact with the proper name. It will add email addresses correctly but I can't get it to show the proper display name. Does that make sense?

@Brian_Richardson I'm guessing you were also referring to data shuttle?

Brian_Richardson

@Samuel Mueller yes sorry, ignore what I said, I misunderstood.