Do group admins have to be in a group?

Hey there,

I have made groups that I want to continue to manage, but I do not want to be a member of the group. Smartsheet seems to add the group admin by default and when I delete myself from a group, I reappear.

For example, I want to make and manage an HR group, but I am not in HR. However, since I am the group admin, I appear by default even if I delete my name from the list.

Answers

  • Genevieve P.
    Genevieve P. Employee Admin

    Hi@DylBlake

    You will be initially added in the Group by defaultas the Group Admin,but you should be able to then remove yourself from that specific Group. You'll still show up as the老板on the Group Management page, but you won't be in that Group.

    If this isn't working for you, can you explain what you mean by your contact "reappearing"? It would be useful to see screen captures, but please block out sensitive data.

    Cheers,

    Genevieve

  • I went to create those screenshots and the issue resolved itself. I would "View Group", highlight my name, and "Remove from Group". Then, when I would "View Group" again, my name would be listed in the group.

    This may have been a cached version of the URL for the group. Anyway, the issue is now resolved!

  • Genevieve P.
    Genevieve P. Employee Admin

    Glad to hear it's resolved! Thanks for posting your update.

  • It would be super helpful if you could choose to not become a member upon creation of the group. This is a lot of clicking to remove yourself as a member but stay as group owner. But I'm relieved to figure out how to do this!

@Steve_Mitchell<\/a>, thank you! I just filed a ticket. i appreciate your help.<\/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":207,"urlcode":"Sales","name":"Sales"},{"tagID":281,"urlcode":"Support","name":"Support"},{"tagID":446,"urlcode":"update-requests","name":"Update Requests"}]},{"discussionID":106894,"type":"question","name":"How to Count a value in a drop down \/ multi-selection list?","excerpt":"Hi, I'm wanting to count the total amount time this value \"VAVE\" is being assigned to a drop down column. I'm using a summary sheet to collect this data using formulas. So in the request type column(drop down list) I want the total in this sheet. I also want a total by the Brand. I keep getting an incorrect number, like 48…","categoryID":321,"dateInserted":"2023-06-26T15:09:07+00:00","dateUpdated":"2023-06-26T15:09:27+00:00","dateLastComment":"2023-06-26T20:54:24+00:00","insertUserID":162246,"insertUser":{"userID":162246,"name":"Shawn_K2","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Shawn_K2","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!nPFlXyflhuI!uj8vZ9JIm_o!1axowkoO9t8","dateLastActive":"2023-06-26T20:56:17+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"updateUserID":162246,"lastUserID":116407,"lastUser":{"userID":116407,"name":"Darren Mullen","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Darren%20Mullen","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/9WIC1TB7AJQT\/nP1GU5H4ITA1P.png","dateLastActive":"2023-06-27T04:13:24+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":7,"countViews":58,"score":null,"hot":3375609211,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/106894\/how-to-count-a-value-in-a-drop-down-multi-selection-list","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/106894\/how-to-count-a-value-in-a-drop-down-multi-selection-list","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[254],"lastPost":{"discussionID":106894,"commentID":382446,"name":"Re: How to Count a value in a drop down \/ multi-selection list?","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/382446#Comment_382446","dateInserted":"2023-06-26T20:54:24+00:00","insertUserID":116407,"insertUser":{"userID":116407,"name":"Darren Mullen","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Darren%20Mullen","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/9WIC1TB7AJQT\/nP1GU5H4ITA1P.png","dateLastActive":"2023-06-27T04:13:24+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Using Smartsheet","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/using-smartsheet"},{"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\/LKT88AUTSMAT\/image.png","urlSrcSet":{"10":"","300":"","800":"","1200":"","1600":""},"alt":"image.png"},"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-06-26T16:54:33+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-06-26T16:44:18+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":382355,"body":"

@Shawn_K2<\/a> UGH I make a mistake. I copied your formula without looking at it close enough 😜<\/span><\/p>


<\/p>

try =COUNTIFS({CPR Request Type}, HAS(@cell, \"VAVE\"))<\/p>"},{"commentID":382446,"body":"

@Shawn_K2<\/a> <\/p>

=COUNTIFS({CPR Request Type}, HAS(@cell, \"VAVE\"), {CPR Brand}, HAS(@cell, \"ING\"))<\/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":106847,"type":"question","name":"Missing drop-down options in my filter selections. Where did they go?","excerpt":"I have been creating filters and for some reason a couple of my drop-down options are not showing up as filter selections, even though they are correctly showing up as drop-down options in the sheet. To illustrate, here are the drop-down options I have for a column in my sheet, which are working correctly: but when I try…","categoryID":321,"dateInserted":"2023-06-23T18:16:31+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-06-26T16:54:06+00:00","insertUserID":162342,"insertUser":{"userID":162342,"name":"mgreenwalt","title":"coordinator","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/mgreenwalt","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-06-26T17:20:03+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":"2023-06-27T06:21:56+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":10,"countViews":65,"score":null,"hot":3375348637,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/106847\/missing-drop-down-options-in-my-filter-selections-where-did-they-go","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/106847\/missing-drop-down-options-in-my-filter-selections-where-did-they-go","format":"Rich","lastPost":{"discussionID":106847,"commentID":382360,"name":"Re: Missing drop-down options in my filter selections. Where did they go?","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/382360#Comment_382360","dateInserted":"2023-06-26T16:54:06+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":"2023-06-27T06:21:56+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Using Smartsheet","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/using-smartsheet"},{"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\/2JV6OYUHWHZT\/image.png","urlSrcSet":{"10":"","300":"","800":"","1200":"","1600":""},"alt":"image.png"},"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-06-26T16:04:32+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-06-26T15:48:56+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":382315,"body":"

Thanks @topazfae<\/a> for your time and efforts and I'm happy to announce that @Genevieve P.<\/a> solved this challenge 😃<\/span> - <\/p>

\"I can see that your two selections have 135 and 142 characters each. When I cut the character count under 100<\/strong>, they appear as options to filter by.\"<\/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=341&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":5410,"limit":3},"title":"Trending in Using Smartsheet","subtitle":null,"description":null,"noCheckboxes":true,"containerOptions":[],"discussionOptions":[]}">

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