Admin Center: Configure publishing controls

Configure controls on what type of items can be published and what sources of data are allowed in Smartsheet.

Who can use this?

Plans:

  • Business
  • Enterprise

Permissions:

  • System Admin

Find out if this capability is included in Smartsheet Regions or Smartsheet Gov.

The Security & Controls page in Admin Center allows you to manage the publishing of reports, sheets, dashboards, and calendars, including setting access restrictions and toggling publishing capabilities on or off. Read on to learn who can use these features and how they are affected by plan types and permissions.

Report publishing

You can toggle off Report Publishing to immediately unpublish all published reports. Based on your organization’s security requirements, you can also control whether published reports can be viewed by anyone or only by people in your own organization. For more information, see Report publishing.


Sheet publishing

Toggle off Sheet Publishing to immediately unpublish all published sheets. Based on your organization's security requirements, you can also control whether published sheets can be viewed by anyone or only by people in your own organization. For more information, see Sheet publishing.


Dashboard publishing

Toggle off Dashboard Publishing to immediately unpublish all published dashboards. Based on your organization's security requirements, you can also control whether anyone or only people in your own organization can view published dashboards. For more information, see Dashboard publishing.


Calendar publishing

Calendar publishing offers two separate toggles:

Toggle off iCal Publishing to remove the ability to publish a sheet's calendar view to iCal format. Calendars already published will be unpublished immediately. For more information about this feature, see Publishing a Smartsheet calendar to iCal format.

Toggle off Calendar App Publishing to remove the ability to publish calendars in the Calendar App. Previously published calendars will be unpublished immediately. For more information, see Calendar App publishing.

The Security & Controls page in Admin Center allows you to manage the publishing of reports, sheets, dashboards, and calendars, including setting access restrictions and toggling publishing capabilities on or off. Read on to learn who can use these features and how they are affected by plan types and permissions.

If you have multiple plans and one is the main plan under Enterprise Plan Manager, you can set publishing controls for reports, sheets, and dashboards in the main plan. Those controls will be inherited by all managed plans. You can change these settings on the managed plan if you are an administrator on the main plan.

Report publishing

You can toggle off Report Publishing to immediately unpublish all published reports. Based on your organization’s security requirements, you can also control whether published reports can be viewed by anyone or only by people in your own organization. For more information, see Report publishing.


Sheet publishing

Toggle off Sheet Publishing to immediately unpublish all published sheets. Based on your organization's security requirements, you can also control whether published sheets can be viewed by anyone or only by people in your own organization. For more information, see Sheet publishing.


Dashboard publishing

Toggle off Dashboard Publishing to immediately unpublish all published dashboards. Based on your organization's security requirements, you can also control whether anyone or only people in your own organization can view published dashboards. For more information, see Dashboard publishing.


Calendar publishing

Calendar publishing offers two separate toggles:

Toggle off iCal Publishing to remove the ability to publish a sheet's calendar view to iCal format. Calendars already published will be unpublished immediately. For more information about this feature, see Publishing a Smartsheet calendar to iCal format.

Toggle off Calendar App Publishing to remove the ability to publish calendars in the Calendar App. Previously published calendars will be unpublished immediately. For more information, see Calendar App publishing.