How can I format a sheet or report to create a customer facing inspection signoff

Hi,

I work in construction and after our project managers inspect a project in the field I'd like them to have the ability to generate an inspection form for the property owner to sign on site using a tablet.

Right now they are using a sheet showing all measures that were inspected where they write down the quantity of each unit installed.

It would be great to be able to format that sheet to have a place for the customer to sign off and to be able to get a signature on site. We have docusign, so anyway that we could utilize that would be great.


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  • Andrée Starå
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    Hi Ian,

    I've added the answer here as well so others can go to the other post.

    Hi, <\/p>

    I work in construction and after our project managers inspect a project in the field I'd like them to have the ability to generate an inspection form for the property owner to sign on site using a tablet.<\/p>

    Right now they are using a sheet showing all measures that were inspected where they write down the quantity of each unit installed. <\/p>

    It would be great to be able to format that sheet to have a place for the customer to sign off and to be able to get a signature on site. We have docusign, so anyway that we could utilize that would be great.<\/p>

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    We could probably print/export to PDF and sign. (maybe we need to change the structure or use another sheet with a better structure for the export/print

    How much information is there in the sheet?

    Can you describe your process in more detail and maybe share the sheet(s)/copies of the sheet(s) or somescreenshots? (Delete/replace any confidential/sensitive information before sharing) That would make it easier to help. (share too,[email protected])

    Would that work?

    I hope that helps!

    Have a fantastic week!

    Best,

    Andrée Starå

    Workflow Consultant / CEO @WORK BOLD

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This cannot be set up through an Approval Automation. At his point you have a few options (each of which has its pros and cons).<\/p>


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You can just include a blurb that says that they are acknowledging by submitting within the Approval automation.<\/p>


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You can set up an update request automation as a reminder that they need to enter their initials if they submit but didn't the first time.<\/p>


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The last option I can think of that would truly make it required is a bit complex but possible. The first step is to create an \"approval sheet\". This sheet will have the same fields in it that you need to send in the approval request and a form created to match.<\/p>


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You would then take the base form URL and drop it into a formula on the original sheet that allows you to basically generate a custom form on each row that will have the row data prefilled when someone clicks on the URL in that row. Since you can make form fields required, this will give you the ability to require their acknowledgement prior to them submitting their approval.<\/p>


<\/p>

Send this custom form URL through an alert and instruct the users to click the link to open the approval form.<\/p>


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The form entry would populate the \"approval sheet\", but you can use formulas with cross sheet references to pull the appropriate data back over to your original sheet.<\/p>


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If that last option sounds like something you would be interested in, fell free to let me know, and I will try to pull together a few links to help you get started building the formula.<\/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":[{"tagID":300,"urlcode":"Email Notifications","name":"Email Notifications"}]},{"discussionID":108166,"type":"question","name":"Synchronization of Smart sheet and Outlook Calendar","excerpt":"I am trying to synchronize an appointment list created with Smart sheet with Outlook Calendar. I was able to get the date to reflect in Outlook Calendar, but is there any way to get the time and the content of the appointments on the Smart sheet to reflect in Outlook Calendar?","snippet":"I am trying to synchronize an appointment list created with Smart sheet with Outlook Calendar. I was able to get the date to reflect in Outlook Calendar, but is there any way to…","categoryID":321,"dateInserted":"2023-07-27T07:37:41+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-07-28T00:35:35+00:00","insertUserID":144305,"insertUser":{"userID":144305,"name":"Kenji","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Kenji","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!A2lcx_I5Ojw!m8kqn54NZSs!obOvPtLS1JT","dateLastActive":"2023-07-28T01:52:05+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"updateUserID":null,"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":"2023-07-28T00:53:33+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":3,"countViews":28,"score":null,"hot":3380949796,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108166\/synchronization-of-smart-sheet-and-outlook-calendar","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108166\/synchronization-of-smart-sheet-and-outlook-calendar","format":"Rich","lastPost":{"discussionID":108166,"commentID":387721,"name":"Re: Synchronization of Smart sheet and Outlook Calendar","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/387721#Comment_387721","dateInserted":"2023-07-28T00:35:35+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":"2023-07-28T00:53:33+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":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"image":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/9CM5AMI8BDNA\/02.png","urlSrcSet":{"10":"","300":"","800":"","1200":"","1600":""},"alt":"02.png"},"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-07-27T21:02:03+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-07-27T08:24:09+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":387453,"body":"

Hi @Kenji<\/a> <\/p>

I hope you're well and safe!<\/p>

Unfortunately, it's not possible now, but it's an excellent idea!<\/p>

Please submit this as a Product Feedback or Idea <\/strong>(If it hasn't been added already)<\/em><\/strong> when you have a moment.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

Here's a possible workaround or workarounds <\/strong><\/p>