Applies to

Smartsheet
  • Pro
  • Business
  • Enterprise

Capabilities

Who can use this capability

Licensed users with an Owner or Admin permissions can use this capability. 

View your assigned tasks

Filters can show you all tasks assigned to you or someone else on a single sheet, and reports can show you tasks across multiple sheets. 

PLANS

  • Smartsheet
  • Pro
  • Business
  • Enterprise

Permissions

Licensed users with an Owner or Admin permissions can use this capability. 

The steps in this article assume that tasks are assigned in columns using a Contact List column type. Learn more about column types.


View assigned tasks on a single sheet

To view assigned tasks on a single sheet:

  1. Open the sheet that contains the tasks you want to display.
  2. From the menu bar click the filter menu and then click New Filter.
  3. Name the filter (for example, name the filter “My Tasks”).
  4. In the Create New Filter form, under Show rows that match, select the following criteria:
    • Assigned To
    • Has any of
  5. In the Select Values box, select the name of the person whose tasks you want to view.

    To create a filter that finds tasks for the collaborator currently viewing the sheet, select Current User. This can be handy if you’re creating a shared filter.
     
  6. Click Apply.

The data in the sheet will be filtered to show only tasks assigned to the person whose name you selected in the Select Values box.

Learn more about creating filters, including how to save and share them. 

View assigned tasks from multiple sheets

If you are tracking projects in multiple sheets and you want to find items assigned to you or someone else in all of them, you’ll use a report.

To create a report that displays all tasks assigned to you or to someone else:

  1. On the Navigation Bar, click Solution Center (plus icon) > Create > Report
  2. Select Row Report.
  3. Name the report (for example, name the report My Tasks).

Learn more about building a row report.

When you’re configuring the filter criteria, select the contact column you want to validate (e.g. Assigned To) and choose the person whose tasks you wish to see.

You can also select Current User in the filter criteria to display tasks assigned to the person viewing the report (Contact Column > Has Any Of > Current User). This is useful if you want to share a report that others can use to see tasks assigned to them because you won’t have to create a separate report for each collaborator.

Time can be tracked against projects, phases, and categories, but tracking time against tasks is currently not supported.

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