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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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  1. NACHA file format option

    We have a vendor, Alliant Energy, that only accepts ACH payments if the format is CCD+ and CTX.

    Alliant Energy mentioned that they have a lot of schools that can't sent payments via ACH so we are all limited to sending paper checks.
    Could you please develop a CCD+ and CTX format for ACH payments?
    As a follow up from the last user group, this is a step we are trying to take to prevent fraud. There have been districts that have had paper checks white washed and cashed with zero recourse.
    Thanks!

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  2. Account Purge for Accounts Never Used

    Please consider adding a purge option for accounts that have never been used. The accounts are currently inactive in our system but have never been used and are set up with dimensions that were not set up.

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  3. It would be nice if there was a feature in history where you can edit your descriptions, especially if you have spelled something wrong.

    It would be nice if there was a feature in history where you can edit your descriptions, especially if you have spelled something wrong.

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  4. Cash Receipts-It would be nice on a generate recourring entry if once you cloned it and hit enter that quick edit feature was available

    Cash Receipts--It would be nice if on a generate reoccurring entry if once you cloned it and hit enter that quick edit feature was available, otherwise you have to select each line item and it takes longer

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  5. Under employee selection parameters, adding a date field would allow users to quickly see new or termed employee's in certain employee type

    Under employee selection parameters, adding a date field would allow users to quickly see new or termed employee's in certain employee type

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  6. Increase Receiving PO Line Item Dollar Amounts

    We need to receive large dollar amounts on blanket POs, the maximum amount of digits in the "Qty Received" field is 6. We need this to be increased to 9.

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  7. Inactivte vendor at any time

    I used to be able to inactivate a vendor at any time, but now I get a message telling me I cannot inactivate this vendor because they have activity in the current or previous year. This changed sometime in 2022. This makes it hard to stop using bad vendors or inactivate employee vendors who leave. I have a list of vendors from 2022, 2023 & 2024 that I need to inactivate. I was told I could inactivate the one from 2022 in January 2025. That is a long time to leave them active!

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  8. Entry Error - Invalid Transaction

    Entry Error - Invalid Transaction! A transaction record exists for WORTHJAC000 and class 527/1 on a later date.
    You must change the current Effective Date or update the existing transaction(s) before this transaction an be completed. And any date we enter won't work.

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  9. Adding new pay codes

    We use True Time and we are currently trying to be more descriptive with our Pay Codes. So we have added a number of Pay Codes for payroll purposes to make sense for staff when viewing their paycheck. We also have a number of True Time rule sets for our district. Right now when we add a pay code, it automatically adds that pay code to True Time rule sets. Can it not automatically be added to True Time rule sets?? The logic doesn't make sense and I'd rather be forced to add it as needed. It's a lot of…

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  10. Keyword Search in Vendor Names

    Add the ability to search for key words in vendor names. Some vendors have DBAs or abbreviations in their names. Searching for a vendor means you have to know the exact way it exists. We have many duplicate vendors that could have been prevented if there was a way to search for a portion of the name

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  11. check requests

    Add PO Number to Check Request so that the resulting invoice generated can be applied to an existing PO.

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  12. Have Auto Approval available for Credit Card transactions (similar to Requisition Auto Approval) so

    Create Auto Approval for Credit Card transactions (similar to Requisition Auto Approval) that would allow managers to automatically approve transactions under a specific dollar amount.

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  13. Separate SSO settings for True Time & Employee Access. We needs the option to remove the "Login using Google" SSO button for True Time only

    Mulvane USD 263 is a Google district which is working to use Google SSO as much as possible. We use kiosk machines for True Time. Having the Google SSO button on the True Time screen is creating issues because a variety of staff members use these kiosk machines, and many users have limited technology skills. Please make the needed programing changes to allow only the "Access Code" field/button on the True Time login/home screen. Certifies (salary) and classified (hourly) staff have different Skyward needs.

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  14. Background Checks

    Background Checks: Could there be a way to add an expiration on Skyward, as well as add dates to the teachers end? Teachers just see that they have one at some point in the system, whether or not it is expired they cannot see.

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  15. Mass Populate Parapro Cert

    There should be a way to mass populate the Parapro Cert screen with information from the Certification tab.

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  16. Field pertaining to certification status on service record.

    Would like a certification field in the Service Record Information data. With changes pertaining to Texas service records, we need to designate whether the employee was certified for the reported year.

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  17. Automatic Curser Prompt on Authenticator Screen

    Please consider adding a default cursor prompt in the Authenticator number field on the Authenticator screen. When logging in, one has to take their hands away from the keyboard/mouse to access the authentication code on the Authenticator app, and then reposition the mouse to the field when typing in the code.

    In my experience most authenticator apps automatically place the curser in the authenticator field. This will save time and hassle of repositioning the mouse to type in the 6 digit code.

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  18. Can you add the option of Auxillary Role from the new area that is pulled into ED-fi to be pulled into data mining?

    Can you add the option of Auxiliary Role from the new area that is pulled into ED-fi to be pulled into data mining?

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    Thank you for your suggestion! This is planned for development with PR 5328779 and will be implemented in the near future for the new fields - Auxiliary Role, ParaPro Cert, and Staff Type tabs


    You can reference this PR # as it progresses.


    Thank you!

    Erik O.

  19. PII access should be a separate security tier, prompt for elevation for PII, smartcard elevation for PII

    Part 1: As a skyward admin with all system access, I don't really need access to see social security numbers, the names of parents and guardians, their phone numbers, bank routing / account information for all staff and students, their birthdays, their addresses to do 99% of my job.

    It is an unnecessary hazard to the district for system admins like me to have this PII access on a routine basis every day as part of my job. I believe this also extends to HR Directors and Payroll / Accounting. 99% of the time we don't need to see any…

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  20. I think it would great if you could choose payrolls and not only dates on the payroll expense report

    I think it would great if you could choose payrolls and not only dates on the payroll expense report. You already do this on the deduction benefit history report. If you could choose specific payrolls on the payroll expense report it would be your best payroll report. Also is there any way to tie the Sequence ID to saved reports from payroll for example the check verification register. If I did 5 payrolls in July, I would love to not have run the report on each one in payroll expenses to see which one it is. I am attaching a…

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