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Actual Goodfella 31 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Actual Goodfella 11/01/19Formulas and Functions

First post 11/01/19,Last post 11/01/19
This seems so basic, but I cant get this formula to work. I have a flag colum that I want the flag to be 'flagged' if the Issue status column has an issue listed as "Open" This is what I'm using and getting an unparseable =IF(…
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Actual Goodfella
Weather icon on calendar view

jcmoras 51 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Andrée Starå 10/30/19Using Smartsheet

First post 10/30/19,Last post 10/30/19
I have been using smartsheet for several years, and I would love to see on calendar view a weather icon for, al least, one week. Just like Microsoft Calendar. My projects depends on weather, so its pretty important knowing the forecast. …
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jcmoras
Issue in sending update request

Bharti Sharma 41 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Andrée Starå 10/30/19Using Smartsheet

First post 10/30/19,Last post 10/30/19
Dear Sir, My company has a Business account with Smartsheet with 3 licensed users. The other employees of the company also working with a smartsheet account as a free user. Earlier they are able to send update request from their smarts…
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Bharti Sharma
Disable email notifications from Update Requests

Closed Brittany Lambertus 304 views 18 comments 0 points Most recent by LMAIL109286 10/29/19Archived 2016 Posts

First post 06/03/16,Last post 10/29/19
I am the owner of all sheets for my company, and I regularily send out update requests to confirm if tasks are completed. It was brought to my attention that the task managers to whom I am sending the requests are receiving "Update Co…
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Brittany Lambertus
Update Request Automation

jc98596 93 views 10 comments 0 points Most recent by Genevieve P 10/29/19Using Smartsheet

First post 08/02/19,Last post 10/29/19
Hi there, I need help please, is it possible to edit a update request? When the update request automation is send, is it possible to only select some of the columns so that the sales personnel not get the whole line's columns but just…
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jc98596
Update a line via form without rights to view the sheet

Joachim Mund 21 views 8 comments 0 points Most recent by Andrée Starå 10/28/19Using Smartsheet

First post 10/07/19,Last post 10/28/19
Hi, I have a list of adresses and would like to send an update request but without giving this person the rights to view the whole sheet. Any ideas how to make this? Thanks, Joachim
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Joachim Mund
How to Set My Weekly Update Request Form to Blank Cells before the Weekly Update Request?

YM_Nor Cal Moving Services 51 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Andrée Starå 10/28/19Formulas and Functions

First post 10/04/19,Last post 10/28/19
Hello, I would like for this form to go completely blank on ALL cell-rows before the update request gets sent to the collaborators (not licensed users) every week. I already have the update request set to send every Friday at 9AM to reque…
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YM_Nor Cal Moving Services
Preserving Approval Date

aschneiderheinze74206 386 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Andrée Starå 10/26/19Formulas and Functions

First post 02/23/19,Last post 10/26/19
I heard in an ENGAGE 2018 video on alerts is that you can set an alert to request approval based on the values of one of the cells in the row. You can choose a column with drop-down properties to indicate that the alert was Submitted, Decl…
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aschneiderheinze74206
Text in Update Request splits in the middle of a sentence and moves to new row.

wiltd 42 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Andrée Starå 10/25/19Using Smartsheet

First post 10/23/19,Last post 10/25/19
Hello: I have an Update Request that contains a message. For some reason, SmartSheet is causing a break in the text and moving a portion of a sentence to a new row. No matter what I do with it, I can't get it to flow the way it should in …
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wiltd
Can you sort rows or filter in the iOS app?

Closed Jerry Darko 145 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by mjohnson1108696 10/23/19Archived 2016 Posts

First post 02/26/16,Last post 10/23/19
I am trying to sort a list from ascending to descending in the iOS app. Or filter out values less than a certain number. Seems like this would be very standard functionality for a spreadsheet. Am I missing something? Any help would be …
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Jerry Darko
find and replace text in an already created update request.

MB 32 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Scott Willeke 10/21/19Using Smartsheet

First post 10/16/19,Last post 10/21/19
I have update requests set for each employee's annual review. I would like to change one bit of text in the preformatted email. Is there a way to do this? Specifically, the line reads: Contact Mary Beth or Jesse. I would like to remove …
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MB
Card View multiple perspectives

Closed Chris Mast 173 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Ramsay Zaki 10/21/19Archived 2016 Posts

First post 06/29/16,Last post 10/21/19
The Card View is awesome, creates verticle swimlanes for each value in a drop-down field. I'm wondering if there is a way to add a second perspective to the Card View from a second drop-down field. The secondary values would render as…
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Chris Mast
Automation - Request Update

Sandra Dye 41 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Scott Willeke 10/19/19Using Smartsheet

First post 10/17/19,Last post 10/19/19
Hi. I'm looking for help troubleshooting an issue I"m having with Automation in smartsheet. I set up a recurring request for updates to run each Friday at 8:00 AM PST to all Assigned To users in the sheet. The problem I'm having i…
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Sandra Dye
Generate reference after box ticking

Jose da Silva 11 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Andrée Starå 10/18/19Formulas and Functions

First post 10/18/19,Last post 10/18/19
Hi all, Been trying to look for my solution here, but i can't seem to find it. Hopefully someone can help me. I have a supplier approval database with supplier info, several checkboxes for required docs, etc. Also have an approval colum…
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Jose da Silva
Can a Viewer Respond to an Update Request?

dskpetersen 32 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by Andrée Starå 10/16/19Using Smartsheet

First post 10/10/19,Last post 10/16/19
Can''t find an answer to this. I need people to be able to respond to update requests and enter info there, BUT NOT enter anything at the sheet level. Can a viewer do this? Thank you!!
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dskpetersen
Workflow Question - Decline with An Attachment

BryanLin 142 views 10 comments 0 points Most recent by Scott Willeke 10/15/19Using Smartsheet

First post 10/10/19,Last post 10/15/19
Wondering if anybody encountered the same situation here. I have a very simple mechanical drawing approval workflow that works fine if the approver only click on "Approve" or "Decline" button. The approval column w…
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BryanLin
Importing\Uploading Information

MikeCorvin 53 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Andrée Starå 10/14/19Formulas and Functions

First post 10/14/19,Last post 10/14/19
I know you can create a sheet by importing a document into SmartSheet and having it auto-create around the information; however, how do you continue this? IE You take a sheet from Excel, that will continue to be used, and import it into S…
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MikeCorvin
Recording the date of a specific update and locking that date?

Closed Evan Meyers 971 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by J. Craig Williams 10/11/19Archived 2015 Posts

First post 12/04/15,Last post 10/11/19
Greetings SMARTsheeters... Not sure if what I'd like to do is possible in SMARTsheet, but here goes... I'm working on a SMARTsheet that receives data adds and modifications from SMARTforms and autoupdate email requests. There will…
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Evan Meyers
Enhanced Color Options?

Closed Mike Wilday 43 views 4 comments 1 point Most recent by Gwyneth C 10/10/19Archived 2017 Posts

First post 03/02/17,Last post 10/10/19
It would be really great to have more color options for formatting our Smartsheets. Having a color picker that presents a broader range of colors or allows us to enter Hex codes or RGB codes would be a really helpful enhancement as some of…
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Mike Wilday
Report Builder Problems

patrick.schexnailder106616 32 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Andrée Starå 10/10/19Using Smartsheet

First post 10/07/19,Last post 10/10/19
With the recent (Sept 19, 2019) update, non-licensed users no longer have the ability to update their Report Builder within SmartSheet. This poses a significant problem for my company, as we have multiple licensed users and ~100 (non-lice…
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patrick.schexnailder106616
Update Requests - Comments & Attachments

Nicky_Wood 51 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Andrée Starå 10/09/19Using Smartsheet

First post 10/08/19,Last post 10/09/19
Hi I would like to include comments and attachments fields in my update request as i would like these fields updating, but I do not want the receiver of the update request to be able to see previous comments or current attachments. Is this…
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Nicky_Wood
Request update only if no recent update exists?

smartsweet 21 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Ella 10/08/19Using Smartsheet

First post 10/07/19,Last post 10/08/19
Am I being dense? I can see ways to automate a reminder based on conditions, but in a sheet with multiple submissions from one person, if I want to remind them ONLY if I haven’t received a recent update, I can’t say “don’t send if.” ? I c…
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smartsweet
Use "Created By" auto generated field as a "contact list" for use with approval workflow

hletson 41 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Paul Newcome 10/07/19Formulas and Functions

First post 10/03/19,Last post 10/07/19
I have a form that is use to submit travel requests. I would like to set-up an auto-field that captures who the form was "created by", rather than having them enter their name into the "contact list". I was hoping to us…
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hletson
Add attachment to multiple sheets and respond?

i_cooper 32 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Andrée Starå 10/04/19Using Smartsheet

First post 10/03/19,Last post 10/04/19
I have a form where my customer can request certification documentation. The form logs in a Smartsheet for tracking requests. The automation sends an update alert out to my team, requesting a response. When they respond to the update alert…
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i_cooper
Leveling Up Update Requests

Doug Winenger 21 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by Doug Winenger 10/03/19Using Smartsheet

First post 10/03/19,Last post 10/03/19
One of the features of forms that I use frequently is the ability to add a "hidden field" with a value that is written to the sheet upon submission. This is really useful when performing a simple evaluation of form submission co…
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Doug Winenger
What is the easiest way to view all of the outstanding update requests, across all sheets, that I ha

Closed Tim Williamson 71 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Marc Shecter 10/02/19Archived 2015 Posts

First post 05/03/15,Last post 10/02/19
I am using Smartsheet for a lot of different applications within our organization. I have a number of outstanding update requests - across a dozen sheets - but have no easy way of seeing the status of them all at once. Is there an easy w…
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Tim Williamson
Comments - Keep important ones on top

nmazardw 11 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Andrée Starå 09/27/19Using Smartsheet

First post 09/27/19,Last post 09/27/19
Hello, Are we able to lock comments on rows or sheets do that they stay to the top?
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nmazardw
Update Requests

@JC 41 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Gwyneth C 09/25/19Using Smartsheet

First post 09/25/19,Last post 09/25/19
HELP / VERY ANNOYED Today my Business Administrator was going about her business and Smartsheets without any communication to me as admin and paid user license or prior notice, seems to think it was ok to commercialise the update request …
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@JC
Open To Today's Date for Viewer and Editors

Chrissie Smith 11 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Andrée Starå 09/24/19Using Smartsheet

First post 09/24/19,Last post 09/24/19
The "Open To Today's Date" feature works for the sheet owner/admin, but if the user just has "editing" or "viewing" rights, they are forced to scroll on the x-axis to get to today's date. Is there a way to ma…
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Chrissie Smith
Auto fill information in sheet when a check box is checked in a different sheet

Olivia.Intern 51 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Paul Newcome 09/24/19API & Developers

First post 05/08/19,Last post 09/24/19
Hello All! I am trying to figure out how to auto fill information into my sheet, when I check a box in a different sheet. I am keeping track of different invoices and sponsorships in the original sheet. When I check a box in the column &…
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