Update Requests
Hello, I am beginning a project that requires a very large smartsheet document. I am tracking everything in this sheet and was wondering about an easier way to send out update requests. Instead of going line by line and sending a request, is there a way to send out automatic update requests to coworkers that the task is assigned to? Also, these coworkers do not have access to the smartsheet.. Thanks.
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Hello Mark,
As far as I know it has to be done one line at a time. You can however filter the sheet or make a report for every coworker. This way typing in the request-recipient is a matter of copy-once / paste-many. Not the answer you were waiting for I guess ;-)
What we do at 4EF is making use of the Smartsheet API quite often for such 'problems'. Please refer to http://smartsheet-platform.github.io/api-docs/#create-update-request or if possible we can make a solution for you.
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Hi Mark, update requests can include multiple rows. There are two ways to select multiple rows:
If they are successive:
-Single left click on the row number of the first row
-Hold shift
-Single left click on the row number of the last row
-Right click in highlighted area and select Send Update Request
If they are not successive:
-Hold CTRL
-Single left click on each row number you want included
-Right click in highlighted area and select Send Update Request
You could also filter to show only rows assigned to a certain user, then use the first method above to select all the rows they are assigned to.
There wont be a way to send these automatically but they can bet set up to send on a recurring basis.
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Does the update request have the option to include an image from the cells?
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Hi Tony-- If any of the cells included in the Update Request contain an image, this image will be included in the Update Request!
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Thanks Kennedy!
