Current user in dashboards

Chris Winfield
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edited 12/09/19 inSmartsheet Basics

Hi All,

我看到一个老信息on this topic, but I'm writing to see if there have been developments since (or any work-arounds) to getting "current user" to work in dashboards.

I love the new charts, and formulas for presenting summary information. However, for our organisation the real game-changer will be when a dashboard can show all of the tasks (from multiple project sheets), actions, risks and issues (from multiple other sheets) associated with the current user in one place. This dashboard then would become the "home sheet" for every project manager and other stakeholders associated with each of our programmes.

It seems that dashboards current set the current user as the person who created the dashboard - I really can't see why it would be designed this way, and it should be a straight-forward fix.

Has anyone found a way to do this? Is the ability to do this on the development team's work plan?

Many thanks,

Chris

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The individual URLs will not change. They are tied to the Sheet ID which is hard set to that sheet regardless of location.<\/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":265,"urlcode":"reports","name":"Reports"}]},{"discussionID":112251,"type":"question","name":"Compressing based on a column label different row data points in one cell","excerpt":"Hi all. I am trying to do a rather complex operation on Smartsheet, generally performed in programming. I have two different sheets: one for Departments and another one for teams. Both sheets can be linked through the interrelation they have, although the teams sheet have multiple times the department across rows (E-G:…","snippet":"Hi all. I am trying to do a rather complex operation on Smartsheet, generally performed in programming. I have two different sheets: one for Departments and another one for teams.…","categoryID":321,"dateInserted":"2023-10-27T12:05:54+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-10-27T16:03:56+00:00","insertUserID":163137,"insertUser":{"userID":163137,"name":"Adrià Termes","title":"Intelligent Automation","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Adri%C3%A0%20Termes","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-10-28T06:58:13+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":113581,"lastUser":{"userID":113581,"name":"Matthew J McAteer","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Matthew%20J%20McAteer","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!zDFUs7dXyHo!7bFXOzNnVPw!fm5dCHPC2D9","dateLastActive":"2023-10-27T20:02:26+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":3,"countViews":33,"score":null,"hot":3396832790,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/112251\/compressing-based-on-a-column-label-different-row-data-points-in-one-cell","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/112251\/compressing-based-on-a-column-label-different-row-data-points-in-one-cell","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[254],"lastPost":{"discussionID":112251,"commentID":402038,"name":"Re: Compressing based on a column label different row data points in one cell","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/402038#Comment_402038","dateInserted":"2023-10-27T16:03:56+00:00","insertUserID":113581,"insertUser":{"userID":113581,"name":"Matthew J McAteer","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Matthew%20J%20McAteer","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!zDFUs7dXyHo!7bFXOzNnVPw!fm5dCHPC2D9","dateLastActive":"2023-10-27T20:02:26+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\/QYFA2XRWG5PR\/image.png","urlSrcSet":{"10":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=scale-down,width=10\/https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/QYFA2XRWG5PR\/image.png","300":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=scale-down,width=300\/https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/QYFA2XRWG5PR\/image.png","800":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=scale-down,width=800\/https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/QYFA2XRWG5PR\/image.png","1200":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=scale-down,width=1200\/https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/QYFA2XRWG5PR\/image.png","1600":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=scale-down,width=1600\/https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/QYFA2XRWG5PR\/image.png"},"alt":"image.png"},"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-10-27T16:01:43+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-10-27T13:27:29+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":402001,"body":"

Hi @Adrià Termes<\/a> <\/p>

You can do this using a cross sheet reference.<\/p>

=JOIN(COLLECT({TeamTeam}, {TeamDepartment}, Department@row), \", \")<\/p>

TeamTeam references the Team column on the Team sheet, and TeamDepartment references the Department column on the Team sheet.<\/p>

Hope this helps.<\/p>

Matthew<\/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":254,"urlcode":"formulas","name":"Formulas"}]},{"discussionID":112256,"type":"question","name":"Dashboard Views","excerpt":"It would be helpful to know how many views a dashboard is getting to see if it's effective","snippet":"It would be helpful to know how many views a dashboard is getting to see if it's effective","categoryID":321,"dateInserted":"2023-10-27T13:16:00+00:00","dateUpdated":"2023-10-27T14:23:56+00:00","dateLastComment":"2023-10-27T14:24:23+00:00","insertUserID":153592,"insertUser":{"userID":153592,"name":"nancy.mina","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/nancy.mina","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!WTjeHghqMDQ!hHtd4ZRALXo!6Fyi9bnhkuz","dateLastActive":"2023-10-27T14:07:03+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"updateUserID":91566,"lastUserID":91566,"lastUser":{"userID":91566,"name":"Genevieve P.","title":"Community Manager","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Genevieve%20P.","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/KHY4Y67W0VRX\/nF76D5N9MFB28.png","dateLastActive":"2023-10-27T16:19:28+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"Employee Admin"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":3,"countViews":20,"score":1,"hot":3396831323,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/112256\/dashboard-views","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/112256\/dashboard-views","format":"Rich","lastPost":{"discussionID":112256,"commentID":402018,"name":"Re: Dashboard Views","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/402018#Comment_402018","dateInserted":"2023-10-27T14:24:23+00:00","insertUserID":91566,"insertUser":{"userID":91566,"name":"Genevieve P.","title":"Community Manager","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Genevieve%20P.","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/KHY4Y67W0VRX\/nF76D5N9MFB28.png","dateLastActive":"2023-10-27T16:19:28+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"Employee Admin"}},"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":"2023-10-27T14:24:11+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-10-27T13:38:24+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":402006,"body":"

Hey @nancy.mina<\/a> <\/p>

If you're either the Owner or the Admin of a Dashboard on a Business or Enterprise plan, you can see Views by going to the Activity Log<\/strong> of the Dashboard (File > Activity Log).<\/p>

Here you can add a Date Range and filter by the Views action:<\/p>

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

Can you clarify if this resolves your current request or if you had more specifics to your Idea?<\/p>

Thanks!<\/p>

Genevieve<\/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":1},{"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":5206,"limit":3},"title":"Trending in Smartsheet Basics","subtitle":null,"description":null,"noCheckboxes":true,"containerOptions":[],"discussionOptions":[]}">

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