-
Roundup of top timeline view enhancements (January - August 2025)
Hello Community, If you’ve used timeline view, you already know it helps teams visualize and manage date-based work in real time. It reimagines how work is managed in Smartsheet, allowing users to easily track tasks and milestones, group information by theme, and adjust plans with clarity and speed. Whether you're building…
-
Sheet Summary data use on reports and dashboards
Want Sheet Summary Data on a dashboard….but understand I cannot utilize Global Update if I use a Metric widget in an attempt to display it. Was told I can write a report that calls up that Sheet Summary data and then use the Report Widget Created the report…no problem, updated the blueprint with the report as "required"…no…
-
Display all series in the legend for Pie & Donut Charts even when the value is 0
Currently the legends for Pie & Donut Charts will not display a series in the legend if the value is 0. All other chart types do, but Pie & Donut do not for some reason. This is really frustrating when creating dashboards, because if/when the value updates to a non-zero amount the series colors get all wonky & you have to…
-
Automatic Unalignment of Dashboard Widgets
Is anyone experiencing their dashboard widgets automatically being unaligned or they have moved a bit from your last save? I am the type where I like things clean and aligned. Some may say it's OCD. In Dashboard, this can mean the edges of my widget line up, each section is centered or same purposed widgets are the same…
-
Chart Dashboard Widget using Sheet Summary data fields
It would be great to be able to use the chart widget with data held at Sheet Summary level. Appreciate that there are 2 ways around this : Create a report and chart against that Add "helper columns" to the sheet itself However, I'd prefer to reduce the number of new reports I'm creating, and keep sheet complexity lower…
-
Auto adjust Report Widget height
Currently, if the report widget height is set to display 20 rows without scrolling then when the report has only 10 rows the dashboard displays blank space for remainder of 10 rows. The white space in the dashboard, in this scenario, is often complained by our users. It will be great if Smartsheet can auto adjust the…
-
Bringing Smartsheet to K-12
I have been using Smartsheet for a few years primarily focused on a I.T. PMO scope, however I recently changed into the education space supporting a K-12 environment. Though I am in the I.T. department, the project support extends to the entire campus and all departments. For those that have been in education with a longer…
-
Monthly feedback from multiple individuals
Hello community, I need help figuring out how to set up a sheet to collect monthly comments on several projects. Each project is assigned to a different person who need to provide monthly feedback on its progress. Ideally, I would like them to receive a reminder notification on the report due date, followed by reminders if…
-
Published Dashboard link stops working
Hello, I have a published dashboard that contains important information and links to required documents. I have re-published the dashboard, probably 50 times. It stays published for a while, but then the link stops working and I have to re-publish the dashboard. Is there a possible explanation for this, or way to prevent…
-
NEW! Timeline view widget in dashboards
We’re excited to announce that the highly requested timeline view widget in dashboards is now generally available! With this new widget, you can easily bring timelines from large-scale projects into a single, centralized dashboard, giving stakeholders a clear, at-a-glance view of key initiatives and milestones. When adding…