Can I auto-tab to a new field in forms when scanning barcodes

Bethany Cotton
Bethany Cotton ✭
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我是信息技术mpting to use barcode 128 with a control code to tab into the next field. When I scan the barcodes I am being pushed out into the address bar, instead of the next field. I've tried the Codes for Horizontal Tab, Vertical Tab, Line Feed and Form Feed. Is there a special code for smartsheet? I'm not super savvy, but I'm trying to make an Equipment checkout system and it would make it alot easier if it automatically goes to the next line instead of the user having to tab on a keyboard or click in each box. They have a tendency to forget and overwrite the information.


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Bethany

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  • David Joyeuse
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    Hi@Bethany Cotton

    I wish there ws, I've worked on this for my company and reached the same problem. Education of the users is the best thing I've come up so far, but if somewhat has a better advice, I'm up for it.

    But I'm not sure it would happen, except if your codebar scanner have some kind of button that can send the "ENTER" keymap code to Smartsheet. Because to Smartsheet, the codebar scanner is just some kind of keyboard.

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Feel free to submit a Product Idea!<\/p>

There's nothing we can do as users. It would require a rebuild of that system. I'm pretty sure it's resource intensive, and runs on a schedule performing the automations.<\/p>"},{"commentID":388346,"body":"

No problem. Sorry I didn't have a way to help solve your problem. <\/p>

Having to wait is especially frustrating for me when I'm giving a demo, but that's not the only time I'd like them to execute faster. <\/p>

Consider submitting a Product Idea here (if a search for an already made suggestion isn't available for you to upvote. <\/p>

\n \n https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/post\/idea\n <\/a>\n<\/div>

All the best,<\/p>

-Ray<\/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":[]},{"discussionID":107839,"type":"question","name":"Extract List of Unique Values","excerpt":"Hi Is it possible to use Bridge to extract from a column a list of values, run a JS to extract an array of unique values, and then pass this to another sheet and update another column with this unique list?","snippet":"Hi Is it possible to use Bridge to extract from a column a list of values, run a JS to extract an array of unique values, and then pass this to another sheet and update another…","categoryID":320,"dateInserted":"2023-07-20T06:57:54+00:00","dateUpdated":"2023-07-20T07:09:25+00:00","dateLastComment":"2023-07-23T23:46:17+00:00","insertUserID":125212,"insertUser":{"userID":125212,"name":"Neil Watson","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Neil%20Watson","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!pglbKXXltro!HIFbX6W_ivo!Lnqe5-nvNY5","dateLastActive":"2023-07-31T20:39:40+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"updateUserID":125212,"lastUserID":45516,"lastUser":{"userID":45516,"name":"Paul Newcome","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Paul%20Newcome","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/082\/nQPUTVFKKWDJ2.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-08-02T18:22:33+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":8,"countViews":104,"score":null,"hot":3379997051,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/107839\/extract-list-of-unique-values","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/107839\/extract-list-of-unique-values","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[369],"lastPost":{"discussionID":107839,"commentID":386578,"name":"Re: Extract List of Unique Values","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/386578#Comment_386578","dateInserted":"2023-07-23T23:46:17+00:00","insertUserID":45516,"insertUser":{"userID":45516,"name":"Paul Newcome","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Paul%20Newcome","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/082\/nQPUTVFKKWDJ2.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-08-02T18:22:33+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":"API & Developers","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/api-developers"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-07-23T08:22:10+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-07-21T12:06:06+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":386363,"body":"

@Neil Watson<\/a> You should be able to use the LOWER function for evaluation but still output the version that includes caps.<\/p>

=IFERROR(INDEX(DISTINCT(LOWER(<\/strong>COLLECT(.....................))<\/strong>), 1), \"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/72670/\")<\/p>


<\/p>

I haven't tested it yet, but I feel like it should work.<\/p>"},{"commentID":386435,"body":"

Right. There are already a number of posts here in the community detailing how to pull a distinct or unique list from another sheet via formula. It usually involves the formula above without the LOWER function. The number 1 would output the first distinct value. Changing that to a 2 will output the second distinct value, so on and so forth. I usually use a helper column with the numbers manually entered so I can apply it as a column formula.<\/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":369,"urlcode":"bridge-by-smartsheet","name":"Bridge"}]},{"discussionID":107674,"type":"question","name":"API PUT and Body help for Cell link from a cell in sheet \"a\" to sheet \"b\"","excerpt":"I am having trouble linking a cell from sheet a to b. I am new to using API and possibly just getting the call wrong? or the body. Any help would be appreciated. PUT: https:\/\/api.smartsheet.com\/2.0\/sheets\/4098048888098692\/rows\/1370574824361860\/cells\/259016080 Body: { \"cells\": [ { \"linkinFromCell\": {…","snippet":"I am having trouble linking a cell from sheet a to b. I am new to using API and possibly just getting the call wrong? or the body. Any help would be appreciated. PUT:…","categoryID":320,"dateInserted":"2023-07-17T16:23:24+00:00","dateUpdated":"2023-07-18T10:24:44+00:00","dateLastComment":"2023-07-18T16:45:05+00:00","insertUserID":135530,"insertUser":{"userID":135530,"name":"Carlo Rodriguez","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Carlo%20Rodriguez","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-07-21T15:50:31+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"updateUserID":91566,"lastUserID":135530,"lastUser":{"userID":135530,"name":"Carlo Rodriguez","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Carlo%20Rodriguez","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-07-21T15:50:31+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":2,"countViews":64,"score":null,"hot":3379310909,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/107674\/api-put-and-body-help-for-cell-link-from-a-cell-in-sheet-a-to-sheet-b","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/107674\/api-put-and-body-help-for-cell-link-from-a-cell-in-sheet-a-to-sheet-b","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[227,472],"lastPost":{"discussionID":107674,"commentID":385785,"name":"Re: API PUT and Body help for Cell link from a cell in sheet \"a\" to sheet \"b\"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/385785#Comment_385785","dateInserted":"2023-07-18T16:45:05+00:00","insertUserID":135530,"insertUser":{"userID":135530,"name":"Carlo Rodriguez","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Carlo%20Rodriguez","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-07-21T15:50:31+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":"API & Developers","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/api-developers"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-07-18T16:45:08+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-07-18T11:38:00+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":385713,"body":"

Hey @Carlo Rodriguez<\/a> <\/p>

This is how I've successfully added a cell-link using the API:<\/p>


<\/p>

PUT (with the destination sheet data): <\/p>

https:\/\/api.smartsheet.com\/2.0\/sheets\/XXXX\/rows\/X<\/a>XXX<\/p>


<\/p>

Body (with the source sheet data, but the initial ColumnID from the destination sheet to show where to put the link):<\/p>

{\n  \"cells\": [\n    {\n      \"columnId\": 11111,\n            \"value\": null,\n            \"linkInFromCell\": {\n                \"sheetId\": 22222,\n                \"rowId\": 33333,\n                \"columnId\": 44444\n            }\n    }\n     ]\n}\n<\/pre>

<\/p>
Let me know if this works 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":472,"urlcode":"cell-linking","name":"Cell linking"}]}],"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":208,"limit":3},"title":"Trending in API & Developers","subtitle":null,"description":null,"noCheckboxes":true,"containerOptions":[],"discussionOptions":[]}">
             

               

                
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