How to attach notes to a line item

mlondon
mlondon ✭✭
edited 12/09/19 inSmartsheet Basics

Hi,

I need to attach notes to my line items.

Setting a column as a Note Field is not practical, as I have too much informaiton than can fit on a short line.

Using Comments is not practical, as I need to be able to easily access and edit the notes, not scroll thru a list of Comments.

How to achieve this in Smartsheet?

Thank you.

Comments

You use the inbuilt system one:<\/p>
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This will auto-populate itself with the date (and time) of submission of the row (whether by form or sheet), nothing extra required.<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":321,"name":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B","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":[]},{"discussionID":112011,"type":"question","name":"Automation: any change but blank","excerpt":"How do I specify that a cell value should change only if the trigger cell has changed to anything but blank. In this case there are 4 cells which can trigger the cell change. Currently I have it that if any of them change to any value that triggers a different cell change but I want that to occur for any value except a…","snippet":"How do I specify that a cell value should change only if the trigger cell has changed to anything but blank. In this case there are 4 cells which can trigger the cell change.…","categoryID":321,"dateInserted":"2023-10-23T14:13:51+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-10-23T15:34:41+00:00","insertUserID":146968,"insertUser":{"userID":146968,"name":"Alta","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Alta","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-10-23T15:31:30+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":151203,"lastUser":{"userID":151203,"name":"Nick Korna","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Nick%20Korna","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-10-24T08:28:36+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":3,"countViews":23,"score":null,"hot":3396147512,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/112011\/automation-any-change-but-blank","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/112011\/automation-any-change-but-blank","format":"Rich","lastPost":{"discussionID":112011,"commentID":401186,"name":"Re: Automation: any change but blank","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/401186#Comment_401186","dateInserted":"2023-10-23T15:34:41+00:00","insertUserID":151203,"insertUser":{"userID":151203,"name":"Nick Korna","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Nick%20Korna","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-10-24T08:28:36+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":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-10-23T20:28:41+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-10-23T15:08:30+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":401166,"body":"

Hi @Alta<\/a>,<\/p>

You could set your conditions as OR for the 4 cells (add the extra cells and click on the \"and\" when you add the first one to change it to \"or\"):<\/p>

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If the different cells cause different outputs, then you would do something more like this with additional condition paths (selected by clicking the + button and selecting this option):<\/p>

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Hope this helps, but if you've any problems\/questions then just post!<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":321,"name":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B","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":[]},{"discussionID":111889,"type":"question","name":"recurring annual reminder - contract renewal","excerpt":"I am trying to setup an automatic workflow to send me an annual reminder based on a date column that has a contract renewal date in it. When I do a custom automation I can allow it to recognize the date field on my sheet. seems like a simple task but I can't figure it out.","snippet":"I am trying to setup an automatic workflow to send me an annual reminder based on a date column that has a contract renewal date in it. When I do a custom automation I can allow…","categoryID":321,"dateInserted":"2023-10-19T00:00:19+00:00","dateUpdated":"2023-10-19T17:40:52+00:00","dateLastComment":"2023-10-23T15:58:23+00:00","insertUserID":164580,"insertUser":{"userID":164580,"name":"Dhoke","title":"Director of Talent Acquisition","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Dhoke","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-10-23T15:58:28+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"updateUserID":166028,"lastUserID":164580,"lastUser":{"userID":164580,"name":"Dhoke","title":"Director of Talent Acquisition","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Dhoke","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-10-23T15:58:28+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":4,"countViews":40,"score":null,"hot":3395752722,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/111889\/recurring-annual-reminder-contract-renewal","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/111889\/recurring-annual-reminder-contract-renewal","format":"Rich","lastPost":{"discussionID":111889,"commentID":401189,"name":"Re: recurring annual reminder - contract renewal","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/401189#Comment_401189","dateInserted":"2023-10-23T15:58:23+00:00","insertUserID":164580,"insertUser":{"userID":164580,"name":"Dhoke","title":"Director of Talent Acquisition","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Dhoke","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-10-23T15:58:28+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":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-10-23T15:58:26+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-10-19T21:56:55+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":400860,"body":"

@Dhoke<\/a> you can use that automation for the column you want to run it in. Just build a formula for the date in that column. For instance, if you have an Initial Date column and a Run Date column being the execution. You can put the following formula in the Run Date<\/p>

=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()), MONTH([Initial Date]@row), DAY([Initial Date]@row))<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":321,"name":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B","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":[]}],"initialPaging":{"nextURL":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/api\/v2\/discussions?page=2&categoryID=321&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":5187,"limit":3},"title":"Trending in Smartsheet Basics","subtitle":null,"description":null,"noCheckboxes":true,"containerOptions":[],"discussionOptions":[]}">

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