diff --git a/app/src/App.vue b/app/src/App.vue
index a4159366..ee6d1cb7 100644
--- a/app/src/App.vue
+++ b/app/src/App.vue
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 <template>
   <div id="app" class="page-container">
     <router-view />
+    <Snackbar/>
   </div>
 </template>
 
+<script>
+import Snackbar from '@/components/Snackbar.vue'
+export default {
+  components: {
+    Snackbar
+  }
+}
+</script>
+
 <style lang="scss">
   @import 'assets/css/style.scss';
 </style>
diff --git a/app/src/components/Snackbar.vue b/app/src/components/Snackbar.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b85c16a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/components/Snackbar.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<template>
+  <div>
+    <md-snackbar :md-position="position" :md-active.sync="show">
+      {{message}}
+      <span>
+        <md-button v-if="action" id="snackbarAction" class="md-primary" @click.native="callAction">Retry</md-button>
+        <md-button v-else id="snackbarRefresh" class="md-primary" @click.native="refresh">Refresh</md-button>
+        <md-button id="snackbarClose" class="md-primary" @click.native="show = false">Close</md-button>
+      </span>
+    </md-snackbar>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import { mapGetters } from 'vuex'
+export default {
+  name: 'Snackbar',
+  props: {
+    position: {
+      type: String,
+      required: false,
+      default: 'center'
+    }
+  },
+  data () {
+    return {
+      show: false,
+      message: '',
+      action: null
+    }
+  },
+  computed: {
+    ...mapGetters({
+      snackbar: 'getSnackbar'
+    })
+  },
+  methods: {
+    refresh () {
+      this.$router.go(0)
+    },
+    // If an action has been passed through vuex as a callback, call it
+    callAction () {
+      if (this.action) {
+        this.action()
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  watch: {
+    snackbar (val, oldVal) {
+      if (val.message) {
+        this.show = true
+        this.message = this.snackbar.message
+        this.action = this.snackbar.action || null
+        // Reset
+        this.$store.commit('setSnackbar', '')
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/app/src/pages/explorer/curate/spreadsheet/SpreadsheetBase.vue b/app/src/pages/explorer/curate/spreadsheet/SpreadsheetBase.vue
index 603357a8..21940cba 100644
--- a/app/src/pages/explorer/curate/spreadsheet/SpreadsheetBase.vue
+++ b/app/src/pages/explorer/curate/spreadsheet/SpreadsheetBase.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
                 <div class="md-layout md-layout-responsive md-gutter">
                     <div class="md-layout-item md-small-hide">&nbsp;</div>
                     <div class="md-layout-item">
-                        <div class="teams_container explorer_page-nav-card md-layout-item_card" @click="createDatsetIdVuex">
+                        <div class="teams_container explorer_page-nav-card md-layout-item_card" @click="createDatasetIdVuex">
                                 <md-icon class="explorer_page-nav-card_icon">note_add</md-icon>
                                 <span class="explorer_page-nav-card_text">Create new</span>
                                 <p class="md-layout-item_para md-layout-item_para_fl">
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export default {
     }
   },
   methods: {
-    ...mapActions('explorer/curation', ['createDatsetIdVuex'])
+    ...mapActions('explorer/curation', ['createDatasetIdVuex'])
   }
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/app/src/store/modules/explorer/curation/actions.js b/app/src/store/modules/explorer/curation/actions.js
index 5d8ded60..af094e73 100644
--- a/app/src/store/modules/explorer/curation/actions.js
+++ b/app/src/store/modules/explorer/curation/actions.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import router from '@/router'
 import apollo from '@/modules/gql/apolloClient'
 
 export default {
-  async createDatsetIdVuex ({ commit }) {
+  async createDatasetIdVuex ({ commit, dispatch }) {
     await apollo.mutate({
       mutation: CREATE_DATASET_ID_MUTATION
     }).then((result) => {
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ export default {
         const datasetId = error.message.split('-')[1]?.split(' ')[1]
         commit('setDatasetId', datasetId)
         router.push({ name: 'CurateSpreadsheet', params: { datasetId } })
-      } else return error
+      } else {
+        // Show error in snackbar and pass current function as callback
+        commit('setSnackbar', {
+          message: error.message,
+          action: () => { dispatch('createDatasetIdVuex') }
+        }, { root: true })
+      }
     })
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/store/modules/misc/getters.js b/app/src/store/modules/misc/getters.js
index ea0b3b32..06209ede 100644
--- a/app/src/store/modules/misc/getters.js
+++ b/app/src/store/modules/misc/getters.js
@@ -4,5 +4,8 @@ export default {
   },
   dialogBox (state) {
     return state.dialogBox
+  },
+  getSnackbar (state) {
+    return state.snackbar
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/store/modules/misc/index.js b/app/src/store/modules/misc/index.js
index 3e165af1..94e2f2d4 100644
--- a/app/src/store/modules/misc/index.js
+++ b/app/src/store/modules/misc/index.js
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ export default {
         name: 'MaterialsMine',
         subtitle: 'An open source repository for nanocomposite data (NanoMine), and mechanical metamaterials data (MetaMine)'
       },
-      dialogBox: false
+      dialogBox: false,
+      snackbar: {
+        message: '',
+        action: null
+      }
     }
   },
   mutations,
diff --git a/app/src/store/modules/misc/mutations.js b/app/src/store/modules/misc/mutations.js
index 4c8cf003..b10de594 100644
--- a/app/src/store/modules/misc/mutations.js
+++ b/app/src/store/modules/misc/mutations.js
@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@ export default {
   },
   setDialogBox (state) {
     state.dialogBox = !state.dialogBox
+  },
+  setSnackbar (state, { message, action = null }) {
+    state.snackbar = {
+      message,
+      action
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/tests/unit/components/snackbar.spec.js b/app/tests/unit/components/snackbar.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85dde962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/tests/unit/components/snackbar.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import createWrapper from '../../jest/script/wrapper'
+import { enableAutoDestroy } from '@vue/test-utils'
+import Snackbar from '@/components/Snackbar.vue'
+
+describe('@/components/Snackbar.vue', () => {
+  const testMessage = 'Test snack message'
+  let wrapper
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    wrapper = createWrapper(Snackbar, { }, false)
+    wrapper.setData({ show: true })
+  })
+
+  enableAutoDestroy(afterEach)
+
+  it('exists', () => {
+    expect.assertions(1)
+    expect(wrapper.exists()).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('contains a close button', async () => {
+    expect.assertions(4)
+    const close = wrapper.find('#snackbarClose')
+    expect(close.exists()).toBe(true)
+    expect(close.text()).toContain('Close')
+    expect(wrapper.vm.show).toBe(true)
+    await close.trigger('click')
+    expect(wrapper.vm.show).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('contains a refresh button by default', async () => {
+    expect.assertions(2)
+    const refresh = wrapper.find('#snackbarRefresh')
+    expect(refresh.exists()).toBe(true)
+    expect(refresh.text()).toContain('Refresh')
+  })
+
+  it('renders snackbar message from Vuex', async () => {
+    expect.assertions(1)
+    await wrapper.vm.$store.commit('setSnackbar', {
+      message: testMessage
+    })
+    wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+    expect(wrapper.text()).toContain(testMessage)
+  })
+
+  it('changes available action when passed from Vuex', async () => {
+    expect.assertions(3)
+    const mockFn = jest.fn()
+    await wrapper.vm.$store.commit('setSnackbar', {
+      message: testMessage,
+      action: mockFn
+    })
+    wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
+    const action = wrapper.find('#snackbarAction')
+    expect(action.exists()).toBe(true)
+    expect(action.text()).toContain('Retry')
+    await action.trigger('click')
+    expect(mockFn).toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})