Request
Provide the ability to export or back up a Smartsheet along with its attachments while preserving the association between each attachment and the specific row it belongs to.
Use Case
We have a customer requirement to archive a RAID log containing hundreds of attachments associated with individual RAID items/rows. The customer needs to retain the sheet data and the corresponding attachments for long-term archival purposes, including after their access to the Smartsheet environment is no longer available.
Currently, a sheet backup retains the sheet data in a single Excel file and includes row-level attachments in a separate attachments folder. However, the backup does not provide a row-wise export or a clear mapping between the exported attachment files and their respective rows/RAID items.
With hundreds of rows and attachments, manually identifying and reorganizing each attachment against its corresponding RAID item is not practical.
Requested Enhancement
Provide an export/backup option that preserves the relationship between rows and their attachments. For example, the exported package could organize attachments by row/primary column value or provide a mapping that clearly identifies which attachment belongs to which row.
This would allow customers to maintain a complete and usable offline archive of their Smartsheet data and supporting attachments without relying on continued access to the original sheet.
