# Macro says "Finish setting up this sheet"

**What you are seeing**

The macro says "Finish setting up this sheet"

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## 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.

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## 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.

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## 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 |

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## Limits that apply here

| **Limit**              | **Value** | **What happens** |
| ---------------------- | --------- | ---------------- |
| Sheet browsing         | \-        | \-               |
| Page usage counts      | \-        | \-               |
| Switch account timeout | \-        | \-               |

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## 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.

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## Related

[Macro says "This link can't be embedded"The URL is not a Smartsheet publish surface. Only https links to publish.smartsheet.com, p](https://help.gocapable.com/smartsheet/macro-says-this-link-can-t-be-embedded.html)

[Macro says "Smartsheet not configured"No URL and no sheet has been saved on the macro.](https://help.gocapable.com/smartsheet/macro-says-smartsheet-not-configured.html)

[Everything elseThe rest of this family.](https://help.gocapable.com/smartsheet/everything-else.html)

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