System Admin

System Admin

Configure the application and manage accounts for others.

Replace a licensed user when all licenses are allocated

This article applies only to plans using the Legacy Collaborator Model....

Consolidate two accounts

If you're on a Pro or Business plan, you can merge two (or more) plans into one.

Manage global account settings

In Admin Center, select the Menu icon at the upper left corner. Go to Settings and select the item you want to update....

Control personal profile details for users

As a System Admin, you can manage user profile visibility in Smartsheet.

Automatically add users with User Auto-Provisioning (UAP)

User Auto Provisioning (UAP) automates the process of adding users to an Enterprise account in Smartsheet.

Create a custom welcome message, help page, or upgrade screen

There are multiple ways to create custom content to help your team get up to speed on using Smartsheet: A welcome screen that displays a message to us...

Remove, deactivate, or reactivate users

This article discusses information relevant to both the Legacy Collaborator Model and the User Subscription Model....

View login history

You can see the last six months of user's login history. To view the Log in history, you need to Log in to Admin Center....

Grant or decline a license request for your plan

This article applies only to plans using the Legacy Collaborator Model....

Event Reporting: Monitor how your organization uses data

A few examples of how you can benefit from Event Reporting: Enforce your organization’s data usage policies and minimize data loss by retrieving an au...

Prepare your IdP for IdP-role based groups

IdP-managed access requires domain-level SAML SSO already set up....

Safe sharing policy overview

As a System Admin, you can configure the safe sharing policy in your governance controls to manage how users work in Smartsheet.

Troubleshooting: Email-based TOTP

Email-based TOTP is currently not supported on the mobile app. Sometimes, TOTP emails may mistakenly get flagged as spam....

Email-based TOTP overview

We plan to remove the ability for users to log in to Smartsheet through the password-based login method later this year....

Configure single sign-out (SLO) for Smartsheet and your IdP

To limit security risks, you can configure SAML so when your users log out of Smartsheet, they also log out of your SAML IdP at the same

Sync Okta Groups to Smartsheet

You must also hold Admin permissions in Okta to complete the configuration....

Domain management

The domain management page is where a SysAdmin has the ability to add, validate, and activate your domain in Smartsheet and to enable pol

FAQ: Some unlicensed users can buy a plan after their trial expires

Explore frequently asked questions about trial periods and plan purchases for unlicensed users in Smartsheet, including insights on user

Use Smartsheet authentication for Resource Management

Smartsheet Authentication allows users to sign in to Resource Management (RM) with their Smartsheet credentials.

Customer Managed Encryption Keys

With Customer Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK), you can add an additional layer of encryption to your Smartsheet data contained in cells and columns of ...

Azure Active Directory

Manage Smartsheet users through Azure Active Directory

This article discusses information relevant to both the Legacy Collaborator Model and the User Subscription Model....

Configure Azure for domain-level SAML single sign-on to Smartsheet

The Azure configuration at the domain level allows you to implement a unified SAML single sign-on (SSO) for your domain across plans.

Configure Azure for plan-level OIDC or SAML with Smartsheet

In both configurations, Azure controls your Azure's authentication settings....

Account Management

Create a quality logo to brand your Smartsheet items

In the Admin Center, System Admins can set the default color settings and logo branding for everyone in the plan....

Sign in or sign out of Smartsheet

Signing in and out of Smartsheet: direct, SSO, third-parties, and enterprise methods. 

Access and organize your work

Hover over an icon on the navigation bar to see what the icon means; select the icon to go there....

System requirements and guidelines for using Smartsheet

Understanding Smartsheet's system requirements: browser compatibility, file size limits, and advanced features

Access the Smartsheet trial plan

If you're an unpaid user on your company's plan, you have limited access to Smartsheet's full capabilities....

Advanced Okta setup for Premium connectors and additional supported Smartsheet roles

In addition to the default roles, the Okta integration supports Smartsheet Premium Connectors, which are listed below....

Configure Smartsheet roles for Okta groups

Use Okta groups to assign Smartsheet roles to users.

Use Okta SCIM with Smartsheet

This article discusses information relevant to both the Legacy Collaborator Model and the User Subscription Model....

Access the Smartsheet support portal

Learn how to connect with support for Smartsheet, Brandfolder by Smartsheet, Smartsheet Gov, and billing.

Free plan details

Free plans are a legacy capability with limited functionality....

Issue: Smartsheet is continuously loading, not responding, or not displaying certain items

If Smartsheet is not loading, not responding, or failing to display certain items, the cause may be related to your browser, browser version, or brows...

Personalize your Home experience

Home recommends sheets, reports, dashboards, workspaces, WorkApps based on your Smartsheet activity....

Unable to log in: "Your browser is not supported..."

You can use a different browser or update to a supported version. 

Issue: Email not received from Smartsheet

Your email provider's configuration and anti-spam practices could improperly mark emails sent from Smartsheet as spam or block them altogether....

Generate a log for troubleshooting

When troubleshooting complex issues, support often requires more information than a screenshot or a problem description.

Smartsheet access blocked and message about Prohibited locations

When you attempt to access Smartsheet from certain locations, you may receive the following message: You are attempting to access Smartsheet from a pr...

Issue: Didn't receive email confirming trial

This article lists a few reasons the trial e-mail confirmation message doesn’t always make it through and offers some things you can do to get your tr...

Admin Center

Admin Center overview

The Admin Center homepage displays a summary of your plan and users....

Admin Center: Set security controls for your account

Use Security & Controls to control permissions for global notifications and requests, group memberships, form permissions, Account Discovery, offl...

Admin Center: Combine accounts with User Merge

With User Merge, you can update email addresses in bulk or merge two user accounts.

Admin Center: Add, edit, or deactivate users

Log in to Admin CenterIn the Admin Center, select User Management (Legacy Collaborator Model) or User Roles and Reports (User Subscription Model)....

Admin Center: Manage users, define roles, and more

Add and edit users individually or in bulk.

Admin Center: Manage Smartsheet contact groups

Group Admins and System Admins have the ability to organize contacts into groups.

Admin Center: Download a report from the WorkApps Collaborator Pack Monthly Usage tile

For more information on all the paid collaborators that have accessed at least one app in the current or prior months, you can download a report of pa...

Set up a custom email domain

Customers are able to specify custom subdomains without the need to use smartsheetmail or smartsheet.customdomain.com, e.g....

Configure a data retention policy

Use the Governance Data Policy Control to set your data retention policy, governing what data to keep and what data to purge....

Configure a safe sharing policy

Set up an allow list to ensure that others can share Smartsheet items only with people with a company email address.

Admin Center: Manage IdP role-based groups

System Admins of Enterprise plans where the domain is activated and validated can view, create, edit, and delete IdP role-based groups for validated a...

Admin Center: Configure IdP-managed access

Integrating role-based access management with an IdP allows for automatic updates to permissions when roles change within your company....

Admin Center: Apply security settings to forms

By default, all forms are anonymous and available to anyone with a link to them....

Admin Center: Manage authentication options

All Smartsheet customers can log in using their email address and password or choose from a number of single-sign-on options....

Governance policies for external collaborators

What's an external collaborator?...

Configure access token expiration time

System Admins can activate this feature in the Admin Center....

Sheet access and published items reports

There are two versions of the Sheet Access and Published Items reports. The version you receive depends on the amount of items in your plan....

Admin Center: Plan Insights

Plan Insights allows System Admins to see account metrics and usage data.

Transfer Owner permissions

You can transfer Owner permissions of sheets, reports, dashboards, and workspaces.

Configure a data egress policy

Customizing restrictions and exceptions for varied user groups

Set a user movement policy for use with Enterprise Plan Manager (SAML only)

If you've set up SAML as your authentication method in the main plan, you can define policies to assign users to the appropriate managed plan automati...

Set up and configure Enterprise Plan Manager

Use Enterprise Plan Manager (EPM) to set security and governance policies for all plans across your organization’s validated domains. 

Enterprise Plan Manager overview

Centralizing control with Enterprise Plan Manager

Remove a custom email domain

Log into Admin Center. Go to Branding & Personalization. On the Custom email domain tile, select Edit....

SAML and Single Sign-on

SAML and SSO for Smartsheet overview (Enterprise only)

By using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) and single sign-on (SSO), you can apply your organization’s security settings to an En

Configure SAML for plan-level single sign-on to Smartsheet

System Admins with an IT Administrator can set up SAML for SSO with Smartsheet....

SAML assertion: Supported claims examples in Smartsheet

For successful sign in authentication, both the Persistent ID and Email Address claims need to be passed to Smartsheet....

Frequently asked questions when setting up SAML

As you set up SAML for your organization, you can use this as a resource if you have any configuration questions....

SAML FAQs

Find out more about the process for setting up and maintaining SAML....

SAML: Replace an expired IdP certificate

When a security certificate is about to expire, your Smartsheet SAML configuration may become disabled....

Identify issues in a SAML assertion

Use the instructions in this article to identify potential issues in your SAML assertion.

SAML troubleshooting: Capture an assertion

During a SAML sign-in, the browser, the service provider (SP, also known as Smartsheet), and the identity provider (IdP, which could be Okta, Azure, O...

IdP setups for multiple plans with the same domain

The default path for setting up SAML. Most organizations use this configuration....

Compare Azure AD work account SSO to SAML SSO with an Azure AD IdP

The following chart covers the differences between Microsoft Azure AD SSO or SAML SSO. Use it to decide which one you should configure....

Error: SAML authentication not supported

Plan account doesn't have SAML enabledUser isn't attached to the planOld login dataEmail attribute in SAML assertion does not match an existing Smarts...

Fatal Profile Exception Errors

FatalProfile Exception Errors are typically given during the authentication process (before it gets back to Smartsheet)....

Error: Google SSO failed 403

403 Error: app_not_enabled_for_userAfter setting up SAML with Google as the IdP, users may receive the following error message: Brandfolder Ima...

SAML SSO error: opensaml::BindingException

SAML SSO error: opensaml::BindingException at (https://sso.smartsheet.com/Shibboleth.sso/SAML/POST) Request missing SAMLResponse or TARGET form parame...

Login error: ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED

Login error definition and status.

Smartsheet SAML error: IdP metadata

The error states the following: "The IdP metadata URL you provided cannot be used because it is pointing at a server with an untrusted SSL certificate...