Macro says "Finish setting up this sheet"
What you are seeing
The macro says "Finish setting up this sheet"
#Why it happens
The stored link points at the sheet itself (app.smartsheet.com/sheets/…) rather than a publish link. Usually because it was pasted straight from the Smartsheet address bar. Sheet links cannot be framed.
#What to do
Open the macro settings, log in to Smartsheet, let it find the sheet (or press "Use this sheet"), choose a view and press Apply.
#Settings involved
Setting | Where | What it does |
|---|---|---|
Global settings → Smartsheet | Confluence settings → Apps → Smartsheet | There are no Smartsheet-specific admin settings. The page shows only the Introduction / getting-started section and help links. Every other section is switched off for this app: Capabilities (suite only), Features (nothi |
Get started page ("👋") | Confluence settings → Apps | A second global-settings entry that opens the get-started page. |
Smartsheet space page | A space's page list → "Smartsheet" ("Browse and embed your Smartsheet views") | Three tabs. Introduction carries the help links. Space sheets scans Confluence pages for Smartsheet macros and needs no Smartsheet connection; each card carries a "used on N pages" badge and a right-click menu to copy th |
#Limits that apply here
Limit | Value | What happens |
|---|---|---|
Sheet browsing | - | - |
Page usage counts | - | - |
Switch account timeout | - | - |
#A few things that catch people out
Picking a different sheet clears the stored publish link and signature, so the macro shows nothing until Apply is pressed again. This is deliberate but easy to miss.
Signature minting after Apply fails silently by design. The other two access checks still apply, but a macro copied to another page can lose viewer access with no visible cause.
Licensing wraps every surface in production. A missing or expired licence replaces the app with "License Not Found" or "License expired", including inside a macro on a public page seen by an anonymous reader; the macro's anonymous-access declaration does not exempt it.
#Related
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