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Hi
I am currently running reports which summarise an individual's outstanding actions across different smartsheets. The idea is that they can update the report rather than having to look at multiple reports however when trying to add in comments they cant - am I correct in thinking that they can only add comments for people that the report is shared with?
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Abbie
Hi Abbie,
No, it should work?
Are you using the comment function or is it a column dedicated for comments? Can the users edit other cells in the report?
Hope that helps!
Have a fantastic day!
Best,
Andrée Starå
Workflow Consultant @ Get Done Consulting
Its the comment section rather than a column. Trying to @ someone and will only come up with the people the report has been shared with?
User can edit other cells its just purely the commenting we are having issues with.
Thanks
You may not have shared all of the source sheets with that person.A report doesn't give access to sheets that haven't already been shared to a user.
Not sure if this helps
Ok.
Are the users you're trying to @mention shared to the sheet that the report is showing?
If I remember correctly, you'll see the people shared with the report and the people on the account.
Hope that helps!
Anyone with access to the sheet will be able to view or print comments.
Other actions with comments require additional permissions:
So the sheet is shared with all the contacts, the report is only shared by myself (creator and licensed user) and one other person. We can only comment to each other via the report - noone else?
Very confused as can comment in the Sheet to everyone just not the report?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Happy to help!
You can comment to users that are shared to the report and those that are part of your account. Unfortunately, as far as I know, you can't comment to users shared to the underlining sheets without adding them to the report either thru @mention or sharing the report.
Please submit an Enhancement Request when you have a moment.
Thanks - its because we are on different accounts which we are in the middle of trying to fix.
Sounds like it will work after you've migrated the accounts.
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