Blueprints

Build the perfect project once. Stamp out the rest.

Save any project you own as a named, versioned blueprint, then provision governed copies in under a minute: formulas, conditional formatting, views, automations, and dashboards all land working, with typed profile fields on every instance. Let a form provision the next one for you, roll up all of them in one living report, and export the whole blueprint as a JSON file you own.

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blueprints · library
Client Onboardingv3
Instances12 projects
Profile fieldsClient · Region · Budget · Kickoff
ProvisionExport .jsonVersion history

Save the project you already perfected as a blueprint, then stamp out the next twelve from it.

save as blueprint

One click on the project you already perfected

Open the project that took you weeks to get right and choose Save as Blueprint. Wisegrid serializes the structure: sheets, columns, column formulas, conditional formatting, view configurations, automations, and the dashboard. Before you confirm, a fidelity receipt shows exactly what is captured and what is not, so you are never surprised later.

A real snapshot
Versions are immutable. Editing the source project later never mutates a saved blueprint; saving again creates an explicit new version.
Nothing silently dropped
The receipt lists the not-captured side too (rows, attachments, comments, forms, reports), plus warnings like formulas that reference sheets outside the project.
save as blueprint · receipt
Sheets, columns & formulas
Conditional formatting
Views (Gantt / kanban / calendar)
Automations & dashboard
Profile field definitions
Row data & attachmentslisted, never silently dropped
Comments & historylisted, never silently dropped
shown before you confirm
provision · profile fields

A governed new project in under a minute

Pick a blueprint, name the instance, fill in the profile fields you defined: Client, Region, Budget, Kickoff, up to 20 typed fields (text, number, date, dropdown). Values flow into a Project Info sheet inside the new project, one typed column per field, so Reports can aggregate a Budget across projects as a number, not a string. Name patterns with {{tokens}} keep the fleet consistently named without typing.

Everything lands wired
Formulas bind to the new sheets by name, conditional formatting applies, views are configured, automations are live, the dashboard is populated.
Safe to retry
Provisioning is idempotent: a double click or a retry after a failure cannot leave you with a half-built duplicate.
provision · new instance
Client · textAcme Corp
Region · dropdownEMEA
Budget · number48,000
Kickoff · date2026-07-14
Onboarding - Acme Corp
Named from the pattern Onboarding - {{Client}}, previewed live as you type.
typed fields, required enforcedlands in a Project Info sheet
the registry

Every instance, tracked from the blueprint

The blueprint detail page lists every project provisioned from it: which version, when, and its current status, honestly labeled even when an instance was deleted or errored. Archiving a blueprint hides it from the create flows without touching a single instance, and even deleting one never deletes a provisioned project.

The registry earns its keep
Each instance records exactly which sheets and columns were provisioned. Portfolio rollups resolve through that registry (real ids, never name-matching), and the upcoming fleet updates will target it the same way.
Your projects stay yours
Provisioned projects are normal projects. No lock, no dependency on the blueprint staying around.
blueprint · instances
Project
Version
Status
Provisioned
Onboarding - Acme Corp
v3
active
Jul 3
Onboarding - Globex
v3
active
Jul 3
Onboarding - Initech
v2
active
Jun 30
Onboarding - Umbrella
v2
detached
Jun 28
every instance recorded, honestly labeleddelete never touches instances
portable by design

Your factory is a file, not a hostage

Export any blueprint as a JSON file and it is genuinely portable: no internal ids, nothing coupled to our servers. Re-import it into the same account or hand it to a peer on another Wisegrid account, and it provisions an equivalent project. If you ever leave Wisegrid, your project templates leave with you.

Round-trip verified
Export then import yields a blueprint that provisions the same sheets, formulas, formatting, views, automations, dashboard, and profile fields.
Imports are checked, not trusted
An imported file is fully validated before anything is created; a bad file gets a clear rejection, never a broken half-import.
client-onboarding.wisegrid-blueprint.json
{
  "format": "wisegrid.blueprint",
  "format_version": 1,
  "name": "Client Onboarding",
  "version": 3,
  "spec": { "sheets": [...], "automations": [...],
            "dashboard": {...}, "profile_fields": [...] }
}
Re-importable: round-trips into an equivalent project
No internal ids, no account coupling: a file you own
today · in build

What ships today, and what we are building next

Everything above is live right now, and so are the two phases this page used to list as in build: intake auto-provisioning (a form submission becomes a project, held in an owner approval queue by default, with auto mode as an opt-in capped at 20 per day) and portfolio rollups that report across up to 200 projects from one living source, including a one-click portfolio dashboard and scheduled digests. One piece remains in build: fleet updates that push a blueprint change to existing projects. We do not sell futures, so until it ships it lives on the public roadmap, not in the feature list.

Pricing, plainly
Blueprints, provisioning, intake, and authoring portfolio rollups (blueprint report sources, Create Portfolio, scheduled digests) are all included in the one plan at $19 per editor per month. No add-on, no sales call, no minimum seats.
Honest by policy
If a capability is not shipped, this page says so. Fleet updates are exactly that: in build, no committed dates.
blueprints · today vs in build
Shipped today
Save any project as a blueprint
Provision instances with profile fields
Versioned library, archive & delete
Export / import as JSON
Intake auto-provisioning + approval queue
Portfolio rollups across up to 200 projects
In build
Fleet updates to existing instances
no committed datesfollow the public roadmap
Frequently asked
What is a Wisegrid blueprint?
A blueprint is a saved, reusable mold of a project you own. Open any project, choose Save as Blueprint, give it a name, and Wisegrid serializes the structure: sheets, columns, column formulas, conditional formatting, view configurations (Gantt, kanban, calendar), automations, and the dashboard. From then on you can stamp out new projects from it, each one landing fully wired and ready to work.
What does a blueprint capture, and what does it leave out?
Captured: sheets, columns and their types, column formulas, conditional formatting rules, view configurations, automations, dashboard widgets, and your profile field definitions. Not captured: row data (beyond an optional small sample you choose to include), attachments, comments, forms, reports, saved views, memberships, and history. Before you confirm a save, a fidelity receipt lists both sides explicitly, so nothing is ever silently dropped.
How fast can I create a new project from a blueprint?
Under a minute. Pick the blueprint, name the instance, fill in the profile fields, confirm. The build runs the same engine that powers Wisegrid project creation, and you land in the new project when it finishes: formulas working, conditional formatting applied, views configured, automations live, dashboard populated.
What are profile fields?
Typed per-project metadata you define once on the blueprint: Client, Region, Budget, Kickoff date, up to 20 fields of type text, number, date, or dropdown, each optionally required. At provision time the wizard collects a value for each field, and the values are written into a "Project Info" sheet inside the new project, one typed column per field. Because it is a normal sheet with real column types, the existing Reports engine can aggregate profile data across projects, numbers as numbers and dates as dates.
Can I export a blueprint?
Yes, and this is deliberate. Export downloads the blueprint as a JSON file (format "wisegrid.blueprint") with no internal ids, so it is portable: re-import it into the same account or hand it to a peer on another Wisegrid account, and it provisions an equivalent project. Your project factory is a file you own, not configuration trapped inside our platform.
Does provisioning copy my rows and attachments?
No. A blueprint is a structural mold, not a backup. When you save one, you can optionally include a small sample of rows per sheet (handy for demo data), but production rows and attachments stay in the source project. Each provisioned instance starts clean.
What happens to provisioned projects if I archive or delete a blueprint?
Nothing happens to them. Archiving hides the blueprint from the provision flows but keeps it and its instance list visible. Deleting removes the blueprint and its versions, and the confirm dialog states the live instance count before you do it. Provisioned projects are normal projects: they keep working, they just lose their link back to the blueprint.
How is this different from Smartsheet Control Center?
Control Center is a "premium capability" gated to Smartsheet's Business, Enterprise, and Advanced Work Management plans, with pricing that is not published: its marketplace page routes you to "Contact our team," alongside links to Smartsheet Professional Services. Its blueprints are live folders of sheets in your account, with a config sheet its own FAQ says you must "never edit, add info, or remove anything" from, and its Global Updates FAQ answers "Can Global Updates be undone?" with "No." (Quotes: Smartsheet Help articles 2476701, 2478821, and 2483382, and the Control Center marketplace page, retrieved July 2026; sources are footnoted on our full comparison page at /vs/smartsheet.) Wisegrid blueprints are self-serve, included in the one plan at $19 per editor per month, saved as immutable versions your live sheets cannot corrupt, and exportable as a JSON file you own.
Can a form submission automatically provision a project? Can I roll up data across all instances?
Yes to both, shipped. Point a blueprint at an intake sheet (or create the sheet plus a public form in one click), map its columns to your profile fields, and every submission becomes a provisioning request. By default requests wait in an approval queue: you approve or decline from the queue or straight from the notification email, and nothing builds without you. Auto-provisioning is an opt-in mode with a cap of 20 projects per blueprint per day. Rollups shipped too: build one report over all instances of a blueprint and it stays current automatically, covering up to 200 projects, including instances provisioned after you built it. Intake and portfolio rollups are both included in the one plan. The one piece still in build is fleet-wide updates to existing instances; follow that on the public roadmap.
What plan do I need for blueprints?
There is one Wisegrid plan at $19 per editor per month, and blueprints are fully included. Saving, the library, provisioning, profile fields, export, import, intake auto-provisioning with the approval queue, and portfolio rollups (authoring blueprint report sources, one-click Create Portfolio, and scheduled report delivery) are all in that one plan. Viewing a portfolio report or dashboard someone shares with you is free for view-only collaborators. There is no add-on, no sales call, no minimum seats.
Keep exploring

Automations

The workflows a blueprint carries into every provisioned project.

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Dashboards

Each instance lands with its dashboard already populated.

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Reports

Aggregate typed profile data across your provisioned projects.

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