Automation from 15 smartsheets to 1 Master sheet

c.welden
c.welden
edited 12/09/19 inAPI & Developers

I tried Zapier but ran into two issues.

1. all the sheets must be active all the time.. Zaps will not Zap unless a sheet is inactive.

2. I need the rows added to the master sheet added per division NOT at the top or bottom..

What am I missing?

I know that I can copy and paste the rows which is ok.. Just wondering if the automation is available.

Thank you

Comments

  • I am trying to do this as well. I am also looking to make sure that if any changes are made to the individual smart sheets, that they would carry over into the master (for example, changing start and end dates).

  • J. Craig Williams
    J. Craig Williams ✭✭✭✭✭✭

    I believe I can do this with Zapier, depending on your exact use-case, if the number of children in a specific parent is fixed (even if that number is more than a few dozen)

    Alternatively, AppSheet may be a better solution. 15 sheets means likely 15 parents in the main sheet -- so 30 Zaps at a minimum.

    The problem with dates is that if Dependencies are enabled, your options become limited. To skirt this issue, I advocate setting up two versions of the project sheet - one with dependencies and when the schedule is approved, a version without. This limits the effort required if you need to make a new baseline (and also aides in what-if scenarios if it looks like you might)

    Contact Richard Rymill at Smarter Business Processes ([email protected]) to be my time (or if AppSheet turns out to be part of the solution, to have someone else lead)

    Craig

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@BKing<\/a> <\/p>

\n \n https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/56711545\/is-it-possible-to-change-widget-data-of-dashboards-through-the-smartsheet-api\n <\/a>\n<\/div>


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Hey @cabbsman<\/a> <\/p>

I'm not sure why you're getting the Authentication error, however I don't believe you need to connect to the developer account to track your FedEx parcel! 🙂<\/span><\/p>

Try disconnecting from the developer account and simply click Connect in the Extension:<\/p>

\n
\n \n \"Screenshot<\/img><\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Hopefully this helps bypass the error. Let me know if that worked for you!<\/p>

Cheers,<\/p>

Genevieve<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":320,"name":"API & Developers","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/api-developers","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"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":227,"urlcode":"api-and-developers","name":"API and Developers"},{"tagID":369,"urlcode":"bridge-by-smartsheet","name":"Bridge"}]},{"discussionID":109267,"type":"question","name":"Is there any way to get a sheetID from the KEY retrieved from a sheet access report?","excerpt":"I am a system admin, and we recently had to let go of our other system admin. I am trying to find out what sheets he had access to that I didn't, so I could could access to those sheets. The only way I can compare what I have access to versus was he had access to was a sheet access report, which has a sheet Key, not the…","snippet":"I am a system admin, and we recently had to let go of our other system admin. I am trying to find out what sheets he had access to that I didn't, so I could could access to those…","categoryID":320,"dateInserted":"2023-08-22T15:06:55+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-08-23T14:06:57+00:00","insertUserID":137019,"insertUser":{"userID":137019,"name":"Samuel Mueller","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Samuel%20Mueller","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/B9G8B70WXQWC\/nKTI46EH9WQOM.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-08-25T18:19:58+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"Overachievers"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":137019,"lastUser":{"userID":137019,"name":"Samuel Mueller","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Samuel%20Mueller","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/B9G8B70WXQWC\/nKTI46EH9WQOM.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-08-25T18:19:58+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"Overachievers"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":3,"countViews":41,"score":null,"hot":3385518232,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/109267\/is-there-any-way-to-get-a-sheetid-from-the-key-retrieved-from-a-sheet-access-report","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/109267\/is-there-any-way-to-get-a-sheetid-from-the-key-retrieved-from-a-sheet-access-report","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[227,526],"lastPost":{"discussionID":109267,"commentID":392110,"name":"Re: Is there any way to get a sheetID from the KEY retrieved from a sheet access report?","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/392110#Comment_392110","dateInserted":"2023-08-23T14:06:57+00:00","insertUserID":137019,"insertUser":{"userID":137019,"name":"Samuel Mueller","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Samuel%20Mueller","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/B9G8B70WXQWC\/nKTI46EH9WQOM.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-08-25T18:19:58+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"Overachievers"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Get Help","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/get-help"},{"name":"API & Developers","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/api-developers"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-08-23T14:05:46+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-08-23T13:36:46+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":392096,"body":"

Hey @Samuel Mueller<\/a> <\/p>

They key is something you can provide to Support to help them find the specific sheet down the line, if needed. For your purposes, it can help identify different sheets when they have the same name. <\/p>

Here's more information:<\/p>

\n \n https:\/\/help.smartsheet.com\/articles\/2482665-sheet-access-report\n <\/a>\n<\/div>

Cheers,<\/p>

Genevieve<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":320,"name":"API & Developers","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/api-developers","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"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":227,"urlcode":"api-and-developers","name":"API and Developers"},{"tagID":526,"urlcode":"system-admin","name":"system admin"}]}],"initialPaging":{"nextURL":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/api\/v2\/discussions?page=2&categoryID=320&includeChildCategories=1&type%5B0%5D=Question&excludeHiddenCategories=1&sort=-hot&limit=3&expand%5B0%5D=all&expand%5B1%5D=-body&expand%5B2%5D=insertUser&expand%5B3%5D=lastUser&status=accepted","prevURL":null,"currentPage":1,"total":216,"limit":3},"title":"Trending in API & Developers","subtitle":null,"description":null,"noCheckboxes":true,"containerOptions":[],"discussionOptions":[]}">

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