Smartsheet: Stop Alerting me! The task is complete!

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UPDATE 2017-03-23: Smartsheet release yesterday (2017-03-22) may have made this work-around moo. I hope so, but won’t know for sure until I have updated a bunch of sheets. If you find something that still requires this work-around, let me know. Smartsheet has two types of Alerts: Notifications and Reminders. A common request is how toRead more

Smartsheet: Referencing a cell that doesn’t exist yet

When I saw the post on the Smartsheet Community, I didn’t think there was an answer. The question (paraphrased) was: How do I reference a cell that does not exist yet? The use case is a sheet is populated via a WebForm and adds new rows to the sheet at the top. A certain columnRead more

Smartsheet: Fixed date upon completion

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One of the FAQ’s in the Smartsheet Community is a asking for a way to have a “Completion Date” cell be updated automatically when a user sets a status to ‘completed’, a percent complete to 100%, checking a “Done” checkbox, or dozens of other ways a task can be marked as finished. For example, a userRead more

Smartsheet: Budget month starts on a particular day

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Despite (or because of) being active on the Smartsheet Community (when I have time),  occasionally I get emails to one of the several emails I have added to my profile there. Here’s one I got recently. Hi Craig,  Can you please help me figure out a formula for this situation: I have a ‘Start Date’ columnRead more

Smartsheet: Looking for #REF

The #REF error appears when Smartsheet gets confused. This shows up in the Predecessor column. The most likely cause is a row deletion. When this happens, the dependencies in the project sheet may no longer be accurate. You can find the #REF  errors easily using the Search feature I sometimes forget to check – or the #REF showsRead more

To Automate or Not to Automate, that is the Question

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Apologies to the Bard. New Stuff Yesterday (May 7, 2016), Smartsheet and Zapier rolled out an update. Go here for Smartsheet’s release notes and while I couldn’t find a page for Zapier’s release notes (looks like they blog them), their documentation has been updated too. In all fairness, I’ve been lukewarm to Zapier. I have a free accountRead more