Nico Röpnack · March 4, 2026 · 6 min. reading time
Every Monday morning, it's the same ritual: open the Smartsheet dashboard, take a screenshot, insert it into PowerPoint, reformat the slides, and manually check the data. Hours lost, data outdated, results mediocre. Lighthouse Consultings has fully automated this process—with one click, always up to date, always in your corporate design.
The problem
Why Smartsheet dashboards
don't appear in PowerPoint
Smartsheet dashboards are powerful, but they end at the meeting room door. What counts there is a PowerPoint slide. And getting there takes time that no PMO has to spare.
Problem 1
No native export
Smartsheet does not offer a feature to export dashboards directly as PowerPoint files.
Problem 2
screenshot culture
Pixelated screenshots, incorrect aspect ratios, illegible key figures. The result looks unprofessional.
Problem 3
Manual effort
PMOs spend 2 to 4 hours per reporting cycle manually transferring data into PowerPoint.
The solution
HowLHC automation works
Lighthouse Consultings has developed a solution that converts Smartsheet data directly into formatted PowerPoint slides, fully automatically, in your corporate design.
Smartsheet API reads data live. The connection accesses your sheets, reports, and dashboard metrics directly. Always up to date.
Data is mapped to your PowerPoint template. Your template with logo, fonts, and colors.
Charts, KPIs, and status indicators are rendered automatically. Vector graphics, sharp on any screen.
The finished PPTX file is delivered automatically. By email, Slack, or SharePoint.
The result
From 4 hours of manual work
to one click
95%
time saving
2 to 4 hours to less than 5 minutes.
100%
Current data
No outdated screenshots.
1x
setup
Once the template is defined, it runs automatically.
practical example
FEW Automotive Group
At FEW Automotive Group, project status data from Smartsheet is automatically transferred to standardized management reporting on a weekly basis.
All solutions at a glance: On our Solution Page, we show four ways to go from manual export to a fully automated self-service report generator.
Next step
Book a demo: Dashboard-to-PowerPoint in action
See how your Smartsheet data is automatically converted into formatted PowerPoint in 30 minutes.
