If you have Bridge, what are you using it for?

Joe Goetschel
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edited 08/07/23 inAdd Ons and Integrations

We just got Bridge, as I try and learn it, I am trying to think of all the use cases. Also, has anyone done anything with Bridge and Data Tables together?

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  • Julie Fortney
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    Following. We are upgrading to Advance with our next renewal, and I am already building my Bridge wish list.

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  • Neil Watson
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    @Joe有关的great thread to start as I too am keen to learn how people are using Bridge.

    I am only just beginning to use Bridge, a few use cases below:

    • Since Smartsheet has no inherent way to filter on a dashboard, we have connected Smartsheet to PowerBI and have built dashboards in PBI with filters, complex charts etc. These PBI dashboards are in turn embedded in a Smartsheet dashboard for consistency. However, there are times when team members want to click on a link in PBI and be taken to the appropriate Smartsheet row/item. So I use Bridge to add a row link when a row is created in Smartsheet. That row link is then pulled into PBI so that users can click on the link which opens Smartsheet.
    • I have used Bridge for daily "Today" updates as perthisHelp article
    • I use Bridge to update dropdown columns as perthisHelp article, although I switch between Bridge and Data Shuttle when doing this (I find the latter is quicker to set up)
    • Using Bridge for Row Autosort as perthisHelp article

    I am not a programmer and don't have much knowledge around API usage etc. so a lot of trial & error and internet searching!

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    @Neil沃森Thank you this was super helpful!

    I have a lot of uses cases I plan to use Bridge for, but I need to learn how to use it first!

    • I plan to link it to NetSuite to pull data into Smartsheet for bidirectional updates, (Netsuite isn't as user friendly as Smartsheet.)
    • We are going to link in our Service Platform (MIS Service Pro) to be able to use Smartsheet to send notifications, as well as get all service-related items on customer dashboards
    • Everything you stated above, I want to do :)
    • I have to come up with a workaround to get data into data tables from other systems. This one will be complicated but I think I can take it into a sheet and trigger data shuttle to put into datatable and then delete the rows once complete? (Idea right now but I'll get there)
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Hi @Matthew Drake<\/a> <\/p>

There currently isn't a way to overlay an Outlook Calendar on top of a Smartsheet Calendar; you can do the reverse, publish dates from Smartsheet into Outlook.<\/a><\/p>

Please provide your feedback to the Product team through this form, here.<\/a><\/p>

Thanks,<\/p>

Genevieve<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":343,"name":"Add Ons and Integrations","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/apps-and-integrations","allowedDiscussionTypes":["discussion","question"]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[]},{"discussionID":91824,"type":"question","name":"Dynamic View - Dropdown Lists","excerpt":"I have certain single and multiple select list columns that do not have the \"restrict to dropdown values only\" checked on the source sheet but in Dynamic View we are unable to add in our own values if they don't exist in the dropdown. This has been extremely frustrating especially when trying to capture new values and…","snippet":"I have certain single and multiple select list columns that do not have the \"restrict to dropdown values only\" checked on the source sheet but in Dynamic View we are unable to add…","categoryID":343,"dateInserted":"2022-06-06T17:24:20+00:00","dateUpdated":"2022-06-14T14:39:36+00:00","dateLastComment":"2023-08-25T19:03:11+00:00","insertUserID":113932,"insertUser":{"userID":113932,"name":"Emmy Anderson","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Emmy%20Anderson","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!jplUI_CI3bw!8o9VN1d3-no!6TkM7ozjpN6","dateLastActive":"2023-05-04T14:55:16+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭"},"updateUserID":91566,"lastUserID":156788,"lastUser":{"userID":156788,"name":"Chris Broughton","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Chris%20Broughton","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!p0HeqRqVoXw!8_nRN9ijwLw!lUie_n6pld_","dateLastActive":"2023-08-25T18:59:04+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":7,"countViews":569,"score":null,"hot":3347530651,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/91824\/dynamic-view-dropdown-lists","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/91824\/dynamic-view-dropdown-lists","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[319],"lastPost":{"discussionID":91824,"commentID":392652,"name":"Re: Dynamic View - Dropdown Lists","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/392652#Comment_392652","dateInserted":"2023-08-25T19:03:11+00:00","insertUserID":156788,"insertUser":{"userID":156788,"name":"Chris Broughton","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Chris%20Broughton","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!p0HeqRqVoXw!8_nRN9ijwLw!lUie_n6pld_","dateLastActive":"2023-08-25T18:59:04+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Get Help","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/get-help"},{"name":"Add Ons and Integrations","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/apps-and-integrations"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2022-06-08T12:36:40+00:00","dateAnswered":"2022-06-06T18:38:56+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":332119,"body":"

Hi @Emmy Anderson<\/a> <\/p>

You are not missing anything. This is how DV works with dropdowns unfortunately. My work around in the past is to create an other option in the drop down, user chooses save. Then have logic built for a text field that appears so the user can input the values not present in dropdown. <\/p>

Hope this helps<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":343,"name":"Add Ons and Integrations","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/apps-and-integrations","allowedDiscussionTypes":["discussion","question"]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[{"tagID":319,"urlcode":"functionality","name":"functionality"}]},{"discussionID":66594,"type":"question","name":"Is there a way to use OR in a Dynamic View filter condition?","excerpt":"In a View, I can create a custom filter that selects where the Project Lead is \"Mike\" but I want to also say \"OR Debbie.\" Is that possible? It looks like I can only choose AND.","snippet":"In a View, I can create a custom filter that selects where the Project Lead is \"Mike\" but I want to also say \"OR Debbie.\" Is that possible? It looks like I can only choose AND.","categoryID":343,"dateInserted":"2020-03-09T22:27:57+00:00","dateUpdated":"2022-06-14T14:36:49+00:00","dateLastComment":"2023-08-23T08:56:50+00:00","insertUserID":34501,"insertUser":{"userID":34501,"name":"MikeChambers","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/MikeChambers","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/CT5AV825MQ3E\/nG12D47VYRO8A.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-03-05T01:19:05+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"updateUserID":91566,"lastUserID":8888,"lastUser":{"userID":8888,"name":"Andrée Starå","title":"Smartsheet Expert Consultant & Partner | Workflow Consultant \/ CEO @ WORK BOLD","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Andr%C3%A9e%20Star%C3%A5","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/0PAU3GBYQLBT\/nXWM7QXGD6464.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-08-26T17:06:33+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":9,"countViews":441,"score":null,"hot":3276579287,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/66594\/is-there-a-way-to-use-or-in-a-dynamic-view-filter-condition","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/66594\/is-there-a-way-to-use-or-in-a-dynamic-view-filter-condition","format":"rich","lastPost":{"discussionID":66594,"commentID":392055,"name":"Re: Is there a way to use OR in a Dynamic View filter condition?","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/392055#Comment_392055","dateInserted":"2023-08-23T08:56:50+00:00","insertUserID":8888,"insertUser":{"userID":8888,"name":"Andrée Starå","title":"Smartsheet Expert Consultant & Partner | Workflow Consultant \/ CEO @ WORK BOLD","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Andr%C3%A9e%20Star%C3%A5","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/0PAU3GBYQLBT\/nXWM7QXGD6464.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-08-26T17:06:33+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Get Help","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/get-help"},{"name":"Add Ons and Integrations","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/apps-and-integrations"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"image":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/814\/KBHVAAPJ5RYA.jpg","urlSrcSet":{"10":"","300":"","800":"","1200":"","1600":""},"alt":"OR.jpg"},"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2020-03-12T17:06:46+00:00","dateAnswered":"2020-03-12T13:01:18+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":242817,"body":"

You are more than welcome!<\/p>

Glad to hear that it worked for your present use-case. <\/p>

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