Mobile App - Help with viewing public dashboards and favoriting forms

Chris Armstrong
Chris Armstrong ✭✭
edited 06/14/22 inAdd Ons and Integrations

I've created a dashboard with several links to Smartsheet forms we use. I've published the dashboard and shared the published link. All of our employees have the Smartsheet app on their work phones. When they click on the published link to this dashboard though, it opens it up in their mobile browser, rather than the app. So then when they click on a link to a form, it also opens up in a browser. Yes they can 'pull down' on the screen to see the Smartsheet app button and then open the form in the app, but it's a bit convoluted for my liking, and that's not even an option for the dashboard page.

Also, apparently there's no way to favorite a form on the mobile app? I can favorite the sheet, but not the actual form, and most of our users will not have access to the sheet.

Should there be a way to view a public dashboard (and it's hyperlinks) from within a mobile app?

Is there a way to have users favorite a specific form in their mobile app?

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  • Genevieve P.
    Genevieve P. Employee Admin

    Hi@Chris Armstrong

    Published Links are unique URLs that allow collaborators to view the sheet, report, or dashboardwithoutaccessing Smartsheet at all. (See more in the Help Center:Publish a Sheet, Report, or Dashboard.)

    This means that clicking a published link will not direct users to the Smartsheet app, since it's essentially a web-page requiring a browser not a Smartsheet item... does that make sense? If you want your users to only open it in the mobile app, you will want toSharethe Dashboard with Viewer permissions instead (see:Share Sheets, Reports, or Dashboards).

    Form links are built in a similar way, and are not considered a Smartsheet "item" in the same way that a sheet, report, or dashboard is an item. This means that currently there is no way to favourite a Form URL in the app in the same way you can favourite a Smartsheet item.

    I would suggest sharing the Dashboard directly to your users so they can access it in the Mobile App, then have them mark theDashboardas a favourite, for easy-access. Form links from a Shared Dashboard inside the Mobile App should then open up from within the App as well.

    I hope that helps!

    Cheers,

    Genevieve

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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":566,"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":"2023-08-26T14:46:22+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":9,"countViews":438,"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":"2023-08-26T14:46:22+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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