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How to gather change orders within a project plan?
Our marketing agency uses a SmartSheet form to collect new projects (project intake sheet), then we create individual sheets for each sold project (project plan). We execute the project as laid out in the Project Plan. However, we also have a sheet to collect change orders for all sold projects (change order intake sheet).…
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Pulling Original Due Dates from updated Due Dates Cell
I am wanting to track, months into a project, where I originally had set the Due Dates. I have 300+ line items and I would prefer not to go in manually to update a new column with "Original Due Date". Is there a formula to pull that information from cell history so I don't have to manually do this? I sincerely appreciate…
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Timeline View - Printing
Would it be possible to have the printing option for the Timeline view?
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Automation template not working
I am trying to use the automation template in a work plan sheet, where when I change the project status column to "completed" the "% completed" changes to 100% on the row. I have even tried to reverse it, and say when % completed = 100% change project status to Completed. This seems like a very simple ask, and is a baked…
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Child row and Multi- contact cell selections
I am currently developing a portfolio management system in Smartsheet to centralize our work. To accommodate multiple project owners, we are utilizing a multi-select contact cell. When a user is assigned as an "owner," the initiative appears on their individual summary sheet. However, we have encountered a challenge: in…
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What’s Your Elevator Pitch for Smartsheet? 🚀
Hi Smartsheet Community! I’m curious—how do you sell the value of Smartsheet in 30 seconds or less? We all know Smartsheet can transform workflows, improve collaboration, and make life easier—but when you’re trying to gain buy-in from leadership or teammates, what’s your go-to elevator pitch? Here’s the challenge: Keep it…
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Post Dashboard Demo Questions
I always get the same question after I do a dashboard demonstration. 😂 "How do I export this to Excel?" What are some questions you get after demonstrating a Smartsheet dashboard's capabilities?
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Using Smartsheet for "Severity 1" project issue updates
Hello all: Brainstorming ideas here. Instead of sending multiple emails out to stakeholders throughout the day ('Reply all, Reply all, Reply all'), does anyone have any suggestions on how to use SS to update stakeholders regularly when there is a serious technical issue on a project? Keep in mind that I would only want the…
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How Do You Capture and Automate Meeting Notes in Smartsheet?
What are your best practices for capturing project meeting notes directly in Smartsheet and automating how those notes and action items flow into RAID logs or other project artifacts? Today, our team takes notes in OneNote, emails them out, and then PMs manually update the RAID log and other sheets in our project suite.…