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Dynamic View does not "honor" the drop down selections
I have a Dynamic View built off of a sheet, which has - say 200 names as potential contacts to select from. I have confirmed that in the intake form, and in the sheet itself, the choices are selectable. However, in Dynamic View, the names selecting seem to be selecting from a master list of users, and not just the list of…
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Contact List Functionality in Forms
I've noticed this request a few times over the years, but still don't see that Smartsheet has addressed this. When using sheets, the "Contact List" column works wonderfully and will populate any user within our Smartsheet account when you begin typing a name. However, when attempting to use this within a form, it DOES NOT…
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Combine emails into a multiple-contact column / multi-contact column
Multiple-contact columns can be problematic to use in Smartsheet. Namely, they cannot be "put together" with a formula. There's many use cases where you need to build multiple contacts into a cell based on criteria/lookups, but there isn't a way to do that in native core Smartsheet. There is, however, a couple of methods…
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Manage contacts in the Smartsheet Contacts list Company Wide
Hi, is there a way that we can create contact list groups for all users that automatically show in the users contact list?
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How do I fix contact names not appearing in the cells of a sheet?
When selecting a contact from the dropdown list in a 'Contact list' type column (used to assign leads for tasks), only the email address appears in the cell when a contact is selected, but in the address book the name + surname and email address is listed for each person. How can this be fixed? Thanks
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Help Article updates January 2026
Hello Community, We’ve published new videos on these topics: Smartsheet contacts in Manage contacts in the My Smartsheet Contacts list Brandfolder user permissions in User permissions How to use Brandfolder asset automations in Brandfolder asset automation How to use Data Shuttle to upload data in Create an upload workflow…
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Dynamic contact list using reference sheets and Data Shuttle
I have several sheets (>20) that utilize a contact field for which I need to update the options whenever there are changes to our roster. I have difficult contact fields depending on someone's role in the department. My solution, based on suggestions here, is using a regular dropdown as my "contact" field that users…
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Get Email from Contact Name
Formula or some option to get the email address associated with the Contact name. A name can be anything a user chooses (variable), but an email is not variable and can be used to do lookups more accurately than a name. (Relying on someone to type it in correctly is asking for trouble.) I currently use DataMesh to get the…
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Syntax: Add Row via API for Multi Select Contact Column, MULTI_CONTACT
Dropping this here in the hopes Google picks it up for future developers. At times when you cannot use the SDKs for adding rows via the API with multi-select contact columns (i.e. Bridge), the following body payload syntax is correct for posting new rows to a sheet. [ { "cells": [ { "columnId": 4532552246972292, "value":…
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How to find a missing contact
I have a multi-contact column where I assign users to a task [Assigned To]. I have another column where one of the assigned users selects their contact once they have completed their portion of the task [Completed By]. I want an automation that sends a reminder/Update request to Assigned Users that have not Completed their…