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How can I customize visibility of my LiveFlow reports
How can I customize visibility of my LiveFlow reports

Learn how to control who sees which tabs in your spreadsheets with LiveFlow

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Written by Alex Finn
Updated over a year ago

For any number of reasons, you may want to customize visibility of your spreadsheets. Here are some options with Google Sheets.

Method 1:

Use the IMPORTRANGE Formula - this formula replicates and updates data from one spreadsheet to another as you add, delete, and make any other changes to the original spreadsheet.

  • This option is useful if you don't want your client, department head, or various other individual to have access to your original spreadsheet.

  • Think of IMPORTRANGE as a mirror casting the same reflection of your own spreadsheet where no one can make any edits.

  • To learn how to use the IMPORTRANGE formula, read this guide or follow along in the video below.

Method 2:

Use Protect Sheets and Ranges - this option will protect content (complicated formulas, raw data resources, a series of calculations) in your spreadsheet by preventing intentional edits and unintentional changes by those who have access to your Google Sheet.

  • This option is useful is your client, department head, or various other individual needs access to a certain portion of a spreadsheet to collaborate, but doesn't need access to all tabs or cells.

  • Think of Protect Sheets and Ranges as a child-lock to formulas you don't want being altered or for certain tabs that have no use to your spreadsheet collaborator.

  • To learn how to use Protect Sheets and Ranges, read this guide or follow along in the video below.

Method 3:

Publish to Web - this option allows you to send a new URL to a client or stakeholder, and allows them to see specific or all of the contents of your spreadsheet - without being able to edit it.

  • This option is useful if you want to turn your spreadsheet into a live dashboard with only the metrics that matter to your client

  • To learn how to Publish to Web, read this guide or follow along in the video below

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