# Creating an Smartsheet account


1. Sign up for a Smartsheet account by accessing [Smartsheet sing-up page](https://app.smartsheet.com/home). 

1. Choose **Create one** to create a new account, or sign in using your registered Google, Microsoft, or Apple account.

1.   Enter your work email address when prompted.   

1.   Choose **Continue** and if required, verify your identity.  

1. Open the confirmation email from Smartsheet, and choose the confirmation link to verify your account. 

   You will be subscribed to the Trial Plan by default. 

1. In the bottom-left corner, choose the **Account** icon and choose **Add Licenses/Upgrade** to upgrade your pricing plan.
**Note**  
This is required for accessing **Event Reporting**, which is an add-on in the **Enterprise** plan.

1. Under the **Enterprise** plan, choose **Contact Us** to request an account upgrade from the support team.

1. In the support request form, provide the required details and your requirements to upgrade the plan.

   This completes the upgrade to **Enterprise** plan.

**Creating `OAuth2.0` credentials**

1. After upgrading your account’s pricing plan to get access to the **Developer Tools**, access [Smartsheet developers](https://developers.smartsheet.com/). 

   You will receive an activation email.

1. Open an activation email from Smartsheet, and choose the activation link to activate developer tools on your account. 

   Developers tool allows you to create the app.

1. Open the home page of your Smartsheet account and choose **Account** to check for access.

1. Choose **Developer Tools** from the services list, and enter the **Developer Profile** details.

1. Choose **Create New App**.

1. Enter the following details into the app registration form:
   + **Name** – Name of the app.
   + **Description** – Description of the app.
   + **URL** – URL that allows you to launch your app or the URL of the landing page.
   + **Contact/support** – Contact information for the support team.
   + **Redirect URL** – URL (also known as a callback URL) within your application that will receive the [OAuth 2.0 ](https://.console.aws.amazon.com/appflow/oauth)credentials. 

1. Choose **Save**.

   Smartsheet assigns a client ID and client secret to your app. Record these values for the next steps. You can also look them up again later in the **Developer Tools** section.