Frequently Asked Questions
How is AnyDB different from Smartsheet?
Smartsheet is centered on sheets, projects, reports, dashboards, and work management. AnyDB is centered on connected business objects such as customers, orders, inventory items, projects, assets, vendors, and the workflows between them. This makes AnyDB better suited to building complete operational systems rather than coordinating work across a collection of sheets.
Can AnyDB replace an existing Smartsheet setup?
Yes. You can begin with one Smartsheet process, import its records, rebuild the related workflow, and expand from there. AnyDB lets you move one operational area at a time instead of replacing everything at once.
Can I import data from Smartsheet?
Yes. Smartsheet data can be exported and imported into AnyDB. We can also help map sheets, attachments, relationships, formulas, and workflows into an object-based structure that is easier to maintain as the system grows.
What are object-based systems?
Object-based systems organize data around real business records. An order can contain line items, a project can contain tasks, a product can contain components, and an asset can contain inspections and maintenance history. These records can also connect to customers, vendors, files, approvals, and workflows.
Does AnyDB support project and task management?
Yes. AnyDB supports projects, tasks, assignments, due dates, calendars, views, reminders, approvals, and automation. Project work can also connect directly to customers, sites, inventory, assets, documents, vendors, and other operational records.
Does AnyDB support linked records and child records?
Yes. AnyDB supports both linked records and parent-child structures. You can create structured hierarchies for orders and line items, projects and tasks, products and components, inspections and findings, and many other operational relationships.
Can external users access AnyDB?
Yes. AnyDB includes secure portals for customers, vendors, partners, contractors, and other external users. You can control which records, files, forms, and actions each user can access without exposing the rest of your internal system.
Can AnyDB generate documents from records?
Yes. AnyDB can generate PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets, reports, invoices, purchase orders, certificates, and other business documents directly from live record data.
Does AnyDB support forms, views, reports, and automations?
Yes. AnyDB includes forms, list and table views, cards, calendars, charts, reports, assignments, reminders, workflows, and automation. These capabilities operate on the same connected records instead of requiring separate sheets or duplicated data.
Can AnyDB help us design and migrate our system?
Yes. Share your current Smartsheet setup, spreadsheets, or workflow, and the AnyDB team can help model the records, relationships, permissions, and processes for your first working system.