When we’re developing our Smarter Apps we pay close attention to what the Smartsheet Community needs.

And our Smarter Dropdown List Manager is no exception.

5 Reasons to use Smarter Dropdown List Manager

Here’s 5 reason why Smarter Dropdown List Manager remains our most popular product year after year…  

1. Time Saving. Smarter Dropdown List Manager allows you to send a single list of options to multiple drop down lists and multiple sheets from one central point. You can specify individual sheets, or all of them, saving you time and energy.  

2.  Automation. Whether you are managing one project or one hundred, Smarter Dropdown List Manager gives you full control of your dropdown lists from one central point. Update the assigned to column on one sheet, and it will automatically update as many sheets as you need, without having to go into each sheet and manually make the changes. 

3. Manual Refresh. Normally the SDLM will update every ten minutes or so. But you can refresh manually any time you need by clicking on the manual refresh button on your Smarter Controls for Smartsheet console. 

4. Flexibility and Control. Use the Control Sheet to specify the source sheet and tell the system which column to use as the source data. Your destination sheet can represent an entire folder or workspace, giving you even greater control over your sheets.

5. SDLM is just the beginning. Our consultants can design and implement a range of enhancements to Smartsheet for less than you might think. Our support packages are tailored to your needs and support can be used in a range of ways to suit you.

Video demonstration of Smarter Dropdown List Manager

Watch our latest demo video from Smartsheet consultant David Bower below.

Alternatively, for more information contact us to arrange a free consultation today.

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The Popularity of Remote Working

According to the ONS, more than three quarters (78%) of those who worked from home in some capacity said that it gave them an improved work life balance. 

As well as the stress of commuting, employees also cite annoying and disruptive co-workers, unnecessary meetings and other distractions as reasons why the office environment is unproductive. 

A recent study by RingCentral also found that hybrid remains the preference for the majority, as one in five (20%) workers dread working from an office, and fewer than one in 10 (8%) want to be in an office every day.

Flexibility is so important to employees that more than half (58%) would change jobs or industries for hybrid or remote work.

But Remote Working Can Bring Challenges

At Smarter Business Processes, remote working is in our DNA. Our team of consultants work across multiple countries, developing and rolling out our Smarter Apps for clients around the globe. We identify some of the major remote working challenges faced by our customer, and outline our solutions below.

Collaboration

Even for the introverted, home working can be a lonely experience. Teams miss being able to bounce ideas off each other in a shared workspace. Many report feelings of isolation and difficulty communicating with colleagues, all of which takes its toll on our mental health and emotional well being. 

Our Smarter Apps work with cloud based storage and software which means they sync and update in real time. This makes sharing information and collaborating online effortless and extremely practical. 

Many of our Smarter Apps also allow you to select how much information each specific user sees, based on the permission granted by the system admin.

Lack of Support and Training

It’s no fun being stuck at home with a raft of incomprehensible software solutions and no one to turn to for support. 

According to Tech Republic.com, just over a fifth (21%) of respondents to an O2’s survey felt they’d missed out on coaching during the pandemic, while 33% said they’d missed out on development and training.

Many employees felt that training and infrastructure became overlooked during the scramble to implement home working during the pandemic. 

We can’t make Smarter apps that can turn back time (we’re working on it!) but we can offer you the expertise of a team who has been operating remotely for over a decade. Our Smartsheet training packages have been described as “excellent”, “incredibly beneficial” and “fun” . We can offer you 1 to 1 or group sessions, remotely, or on site, and tailor it to whichever aspect of Smartsheet you are looking to cover. 

Time Management

Advances in technology and communication got us through the pandemic, but one of the biggest challenges with hybrid working is the blurring of boundaries between work and home. Employees want time saving efficiencies that give them the freedom to switch off at the end of the work day. 

Our smarter apps, such as the Dropdown List Manager and the Formula Loader tool are designed to automate repetitive, laborious tasks. They save you time, ensuring accuracy and are among the best apps to gain knowledge about Smartsheets. Everything is kept uniform, cutting down on human error, and allowing you to switch off your PC and walk away at the end of the day.  

We can also work with clients on smarter apps and solutions that can help you and the team manage your time more efficiently. For example, we can help you design and create a Smartsheet webform to track and monitor productivity.

In Summary

The long term impact of hybrid work on productivity and wellbeing still remains to be seen. The development of home working, accelerated by the pandemic is now growing at an unprecedented pace. We listen to our clients and continue to develop the tools and solutions to keep your business on track, wherever you are working.  We have created a series of best free apps for knowledge on Smart sheets and the various features.

Further Reading

Watch our Smarter Apps demo below, or find more information here.

You can also view our webforms webinar over on our YouTube channel.

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These Apps stretch the functionality of Smartsheet and Appsheet to create some amazing new, low cost business automations and App Integrations.  Leading the launch is their much requested Smarter Dropdown List Manager solution.

As one of Smartsheet’s leading Consultants operating across North America, UK and Europe, Smarter Business Processes have shadowed Smartsheet’s phenomenal growth, with their own client base doubling year on year.

Since Listing on the Nasdaq Smartsheet Shares (SMAR) have doubled from $15 USD to @ $30 USD and the business and Investing world is watching and finding out what it is that is hot about Smartsheet.

SBP CEO Richard Rymill said;  Organisations are seeking more  Automation and App Integration. So using the latest Smartsheet APIs enables us to stretch the standard solution to achieve things which many ERP systems would love to do, providing real Time Dashboards and collaborative solutions previously not possible.”

Speaking at a time of great change in both the world and the workplace Smarter Business Processes CEO Richard Rymill had this advice for organisations; “Embrace the opportunities presented to gain competitive advantage.  Invest in your people and within your own workforce generate a culture of continuous innovation.  Your people will love it if you do it well!”

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Leading the launch is our much requested Smarter Dropdown List Manager solution.

Similar to Smartsheet.com who launched on the Nasdaq in April this year, we too have been doubling our client base year on year.  As one of their leading Consultants operating across North America,UK and Europe we are delighted with how Smartsheet have continued to develop their software solution, making it easier for businesses around the world to optimise their efficiencies.

Building intuitive user friendly Workflows that integrate with other popular Apps like Excel & Google is the mainstay of our work.

Using the latest APIs enables us to stretch the standard solution to achieve things which many ERP systems would love to do, providing real Time Dashboards and collaborative solutions previously not possible.

Smartsheet out of the box is great but organisations also seek more  Automation and Integration with other Apps so… we at Smarter Business Processes have listened to our hundreds of clients and the wider Smartsheet Community’s requests for a method of updating one Dropdown list in one place which then automagically updates all the other sheets that reference that same Dropdown.   Most importantly… at a very low monthly cost.   See more about  Smarter Dropdown List Manager

Our clients value the work of our team of expert consultants because of their deep knowledge and experience, not just with Smartsheet but in the real world of Business Processes and Work Management.

Speaking at a time of great change in both the world and the workplace Smarter Business Processes CEO Richard Rymill had this advice for organisations;

Embrace the opportunities presented to gain competitive advantage and within your own workforce generate a culture of continuous innovation.  Your people will love it if you do it well!

If you need help? That’s what we are here for, but you won’t need us for long because the software and our methodology is very easy to learn and use, so implementation soon sees an awesome ROI.

Enquire about our Smarter Dropdown List Manager  or Contact us arrange a free consultation to discuss your needs.

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These AppSheet Mobile App Solutions are game changers  for those Spreadsheet users that like to provide selected mobile access for reports and updates using spreadsheets to not only source but to capture data,  location,  signatures,  scan bar codes,  even work offline.

Implementing AppSheet alongside Smartsheet has allowed us to extend Smartsheet’s capability, providing you with the ability to;

• Slice and dice your data according to who needs to see or edit it.
• Create the effect of a relational database which uses conditional logic to modify your work activities
• Have Dynamic dropdown capability – maintain one dynamic dropdown list, accessed by numerous other sheets
• Manage time more precisely by hour, minutes and seconds
• Split Tasks so they can be completed by multiple users
• Scale up your data beyond 5000 rows with data partitioning
• Work offline

See our full range of Smarter App Solutions

Bearing in mind this new capability, our solutions open up all sorts of business efficiencies, improved user access and views on any device – so what would you like to achieve? Share your ideas with us.  

See sample Case Studies

Arrange your Free Initial Consultation to review your Team App requirements

OR

Do you have ideas on developing a more bespoke Mobile App solution?

if so,  please complete our detailed needs appraisal

We’re here to help

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