Alphabetisation

Hi, does anyone have any ideas to achieve consistent results in alphabetisation?

The example I have is that I have taken over a number of projects and I am trying to add in links to set-up automation etc.

I have a list of folders, eg

Pama...

Pamb...

PAM che..

In the Browse view they are in this order, yet when adding links to sheets within these folders PAM Che.. is the first result under P

It's as if Smartsheets is arguing with itself. Any ideas?

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  • Andrée Starå
    Andrée Starå ✭✭✭✭✭✭
    edited 10/31/23

    Hi@PM_Reeves

    I hope you're well and safe!

    You could add 01, 001, or similar to ensure it shows in the correct order.

    Would that work/help?

    I hope that helps!

    Be safe, and have a fantastic week!

    Best,

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  • Thanks for the tip@Andrée Starå

    I've completed the task now, but it just seemed odd that the two views treated alphabetisation differently within the same application.

    I've got numbers used to designate sub-sub-folders, and I've picked up what someone else had started, so didn't want to change too much at first go - ease them in gently type of scenario.

    Thanks again for your answer, and have a great day.

    Kind regards

    Paul

  • Andrée Starå
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    @PM_Reeves

    Excellent!

    Happy to help!

    Yes, it's strange that it isn't consistent.

    @Genevieve P.Do you know why?

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  • Genevieve P.
    Genevieve P. Employee Admin

    Thanks for the tag!

    I was unaware that the alphabetization was different from the Cell Link view vs. the Browse view. It looks like spaces are being read differently. Thanks for pointing this out, we appreciate your feedback!

@Miriam<\/a> You can use reports to bring in data from multiple sheets into one view. While this is a solution, it can have risks. <\/p>
  1. If you have columns that exist on one sheet but not the other and they need to be updated, the report will show the columns, but for the rows where that column does not exist on the corresponding sheet, the cells will be blank. This may cause some confusion to the end user.<\/li>
  2. If you have tasks that are similar, then the end user needs to pay close attention to the sheet name column in the report to make sure they are updating the correct data. You can mitigate this in the report by using the grouping option to group by sheet name.<\/li><\/ol>"}]}},"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":["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":112424,"type":"question","name":"How can I get my change notification automation to NOT notify me if I made the change?","excerpt":"I have automation in place to notify me of changes in a document but I'm getting those notifications if I'm the one making the change which is useless since I clearly know the change was made since I made it. Is there a way for it to exclude notifications if the person to be notified is the one that made the change?","snippet":"I have automation in place to notify me of changes in a document but I'm getting those notifications if I'm the one making the change which is useless since I clearly know the…","categoryID":321,"dateInserted":"2023-11-01T13:25:39+00:00","dateUpdated":"2023-11-01T13:26:17+00:00","dateLastComment":"2023-11-02T14:03:06+00:00","insertUserID":147818,"insertUser":{"userID":147818,"name":"KimTDSYN","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/KimTDSYN","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-11-02T14:01:01+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"updateUserID":91566,"lastUserID":147818,"lastUser":{"userID":147818,"name":"KimTDSYN","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/KimTDSYN","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-11-02T14:01:01+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":4,"countViews":31,"score":0,"hot":3397781325,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/112424\/how-can-i-get-my-change-notification-automation-to-not-notify-me-if-i-made-the-change","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/112424\/how-can-i-get-my-change-notification-automation-to-not-notify-me-if-i-made-the-change","format":"Rich","lastPost":{"discussionID":112424,"commentID":402788,"name":"Re: How can I get my change notification automation to NOT notify me if I made the change?","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/402788#Comment_402788","dateInserted":"2023-11-02T14:03:06+00:00","insertUserID":147818,"insertUser":{"userID":147818,"name":"KimTDSYN","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/KimTDSYN","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-11-02T14:01:01+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,"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-11-02T14:04:11+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-11-02T13:55:48+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":402786,"body":"

    Hey @KimTDSYN<\/a> <\/p>

    These are personal notification settings that you can adjust from your profile \/ account in Smartsheet 🙂<\/span><\/p>

    See: Configure how you receive notifications from Smartsheet<\/a><\/p>

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

    Cheers,<\/p>

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    Hi @Michael Batt<\/a> <\/p>

    I hope you're well and safe!<\/p>

    Strange!<\/p>

    Have you reviewed the Activity Log for clues? What does it show?<\/p>

    I hope that helps!<\/p>

    Be safe, and have a fantastic week!<\/p>

    Best,<\/p>

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