Applies to

Bridge by Smartsheet

Expose the Last Row Comment - Bridge

With Bridge you can find a row’s latest comment and bring that information into a cell in the same row in Smartsheet. 

PLANS

  • Bridge by Smartsheet

This can be useful when you use Smartsheet to roll up the overall status of active projects or jobs and want to make sure you are always looking at the latest status left in a comment.

  • Workflow trigger: Smartsheet - When Comments Are Added
  • Templates used: Bridge- Expose Last Row Comment

Steps to complete:

  1. Deploy the template.
  2. Set up the workflow trigger.
  3. Optional setup.

At the end of this article, you'll see an example sheet. Ensure that you have a text column titled Last Row Comment in your sheet, or you can follow the Optional Setup instructions to change which column the workflow updates. 

1. Deploy the template

  1. In the Solution Center, find the template Expose Last Row Comment and select it.
  2. Give your workflow a name.
  3. Select Deploy.

Your new workflow is now available in the list of workflows.

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Example sheet to Expose the last comment row worfklow

2. Set up the workflow trigger

  1. Select the Trigger element at the start of the workflow.
  2. Under the section Integrations, select the link to the Integrations Page.
  3. Find the Smartsheet integration and select the logo.
  4. Once authenticated, select the Triggers tab and expand the Triggers.
  5. Select Add to Triggers.
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Example sheet to Expose the last comment row worfklow
  1. In the field Sheet ID field, enter the unique sheet ID. If you know the sheet name is unique then you can simply type in the name.

    Find the sheet ID by navigating to your sheet and selecting File > Properties.
     

  2. Select the Event Type When Comments Are Added.
  3. Select the workflow that should be triggered in the dropdown.
  4. Select Save and go back to the designer in the original tab.

3. Optional Setup

Set the comment column name

If you’re not using the Smartsheet template, or you want to rename the comment column in the sheet you’re using, set the name of the column that should receive the comment text in the workflow:

  1. Select the Update Row element in the workflow.
  2. Expand the Cells section. 
  3. The Key #1 field is set to Last Row Comment by default. You can change this by typing in the name of the column that you want Bridge to expose the last comment in.

    Make sure to spell it exactly as in your sheet.

  4. Select Save.

Test the workflow by navigating to your sheet and enter a comment on any row of the sheet. The comment should appear in the specified column on the same row. 

You can also see the workflow trigger and the executed steps in the Run Log.

Reformat the last comment posted 

The workflow can also add information about the user who made the comment and the time they did so. If you don't want to show this information, or if you want to change it, select the Compose Text module in the workflow. In the text field, you can format what appears in the cell.

By default it references the comment text, the email of whoever made the comment, and the timestamp of when the comment was made. This data is brought into the workflow by the Get Comment module. If you run the workflow once, you can then copy references to any other information you would like to include via the Run Log module.

Change the date format in the posted comment

You can change the format of the timestamp by selecting the Format Date/Time module.


Example Sheet

The below screen shot shows the sheet that was used when building this example. 

The column Last Row Comment is used in this workflow, so if you want to create this example, make sure you have a column with the same title in your sheet, too.

Example Sheet Last Row Comment

 

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