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  1. Having a utility to mass change how staff receive W2 to be cleared out and not hang onto historical selections

    Currently skyward hangs onto what an employee has selected for receiving their W2 (electronic vs. paper copy) Staff seem very confused about when they may have selected electronic vs. paper copy. For that reason, I would love the option to run a utility to clear this our so each year staff are required to choose electronic vs. paper and historical selections are not part of this.

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  2. Enable importing data for bulk check requests and vendor adds/changes

    Enable importing data for bulk check requests and vendor adds/changes to expedite data entry when a large batch of checks for individual vendors (families) needs to be entered. Every year we have transportation contracts that require check requests for hundreds of private school families. They've had to be entered one at a time, along with vendor creation and updating, usually in a rush timeframe. Every year, this feature will create a huge time/labor cost savings and make it more reliable for us and Fiscal Services to meet the end of fiscal year deadline. The business need isn't going away. We…

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    Tell us More  ·  Admineriko (Product Owner, Skyward SMS 2.0) responded

    Thank you for submitting the product idea -


    We do have the vendor import which is located through Web Financial Management > Vendor > Product Setup > Utilities > Vendor Import where you can setup a .csv file.


    As for the check requests, would it be expected that there are multiple detail lines on a single check request or a check request for each vendor?


    Thank you for your additional input!

  3. Auto fill wufar code for vendors when paying bills

    When paying bills it would be nice if previous Wufar codes would automatically load, since so many codes stay the same...at least for smaller schools.

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  4. Vendors browse

    Vendor browse should include the contract tab for employees to easily see employee contact information & Cooperative to reference all in one location.

    1 vote
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    Try this Instead  ·  Admineriko (Product Owner, Skyward SMS 2.0) responded

    Thank you for submitting the product idea!


    The Contract Information tab is currently available through the Vendor Browse, it is located under the drop down arrow next to the vendor name. I have included a screenshot below for you to view where this is accessible from.


    Please let us know if this isn't the option you are looking for.

  5. User Backup Options

    In other systems (like ASCENDER) when you run "major" processes the system will prompt the user to create and download a backup. If a user made a mistake or the system did not perform a process as intended the user could import the backup through a system utility and it would only revert that specific user's data. The user could then re-attempt the process. Currently, if a backup is needed it reverts all users data back to a specific point and time. Because our organization is so massive and there's lots of daily data entry/processes run, we could not expect…

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  6. Employee Access / Address / Request Changes

    Could there be an option to select which addresses employees would like to change when an Address Request Change is entered? Possibly check boxes beside all available Addresses for them to select the ones to update upon approval? Thanks!

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    Tell us More  ·  Admineriko (Product Owner, Skyward SMS 2.0) responded

    Thank you for submitting the product idea!


    We would like some additional clarification on this


    Currently, employees can request to change their primary or their mailing address and they can be requested to be changed independently. It may depend on how your request changes configuration is setup.


    Or would you expect 1 request for an address change instead of 2?


    Thank you!

  7. Would love the ability to mass add add-ons by individual names as an option to choosing, for us, generic parameters.

    We use the mass add of add-ons utility every year. It's quite cumbersome to get a preview and have to go and delete every record off the preview that should not receive the particular add-on. It would be nice to have the option to choose specific names to receive the add-on.

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  8. Add a place on the Standard Report card to add a name instead of all the same "Standard Report Card" with the date they were posted.

    Add a place on the Standard Report card to add a name instead of all the same "Standard Report Card" with the date they were posted. Example 2025 1st 6 weeks report card.

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    Deferred  ·  Admineriko (Product Owner, Skyward SMS 2.0) responded

    Thank you for submitting the product idea! This seems to be aimed at the Student Management Suite and not the Business Suite. I would suggest re-posting the idea to the Student Suite Portal for our product owners to review.


    Thank you!

    Erik O.

  9. Text Messaging Authentication

    Staff are upset about installing an authenticator app on their personal devices. Could text messaging be set up as an option?

    2 votes
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    Deferred  ·  Admineriko (Product Owner, Skyward SMS 2.0) responded

    Thank you for submitting the product idea!


    At this time text messaging is not being considered for SMS due to security concerns with text message authentication and spoofing.


    We have found the Authenticator apps are the more secure way to handle MFA logins.


    Thanks!

    Erik O.

  10. Empoyee Acess Code viewable in Employee Access

    We would like to our employees to be able to view their Employee Access Code for TrueTime in Employee Access. Currently the only way to view the Employee Access code is in HR/Employee Profile/TrueTime/Setup. Employees are not able to view that themselves. They have to contact someone with securities to that screen to find out what their code is. It would be much easier if employees had the ability to see the code in Employee Access.

    9 votes
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    In Discovery  ·  Admineriko (Product Owner, Skyward SMS 2.0) responded

    Thank you for submitting the product idea!


    Where do you envision this would be available for users in Employee Access?


    Is this a fairly common occurrence that users are needing to reach out to get these codes?


    Thank you for additional information you can provide!


  11. AP attached to Payroll Check

    Currently if you have an employee who is being reimbursed for anything it goes through AP, to post through payroll it would need to do a negative reimbursement. You lose history and there is no place to enter what that reimbursement is. In SMART you are able to attach and AP reimbursement to a paycheck. I know in my past job I had a lot of reimbursement's and they were added to my paycheck as well.

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  12. Time Off Requests - No more than 1 day per request

    We use calendars on employee profiles and would like the option to turn off the Time Off Date Range so employees could not ask for more than one day per request.

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    Try this Instead  ·  Admineriko (Product Owner, Skyward SMS 2.0) responded

    Thank you for submitting the product idea! This is actually already a feature - the option you are looking for is located through Web Product Setup > Employee Access > Configurations > Time Off Setup.


    Under the Request options tab there is a checkbox option "Prevent Employees from requesting more than one day off with a single Time Off transaction" which you will just want to make sure is checked.

  13. Time Off Requests - Sub Needed

    When teachers enter a time off request it would be beneficial that the box for Sub Needed be automatically checked (with no option to uncheck it) and once saved would take them to Aesop to enter the sub request.

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  14. Enlarge the lookup table available on custom forms to 50 instead of 35

    Enlarge the lookup table available on custom forms to 50 instead of 35 as this could be used for more options to force users to make correct selection as opposed to an entry where they can enter what they want. For example to select an assignment so it matches exactly in position control and such

    1 vote
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  15. timesheet submission

    Timesheet Submission Exception Reasons by Timekeeping Rule.

    There should be the ability to assign or to be able to create unique Exception Reasons to specific Timekeeping Rules. Not all reasons make sense for the different work staff.

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  16. sales tax

    I would like to propose the addition of a "Taxable Sales" button in our system to automatically calculate and post tax to the liability account. Currently, our bookkeepers have that and now that we will be migrating to Q they will have to manually back out tax and post revenues separately, which is time-consuming and prone to errors.

    Implementing this feature will streamline operations, ensure accuracy, and reduce the workload on our bookkeepers by eliminating multiple steps in the tax reporting process.

    I believe this enhancement will greatly improve our operational efficiency and accuracy. I look forward to your feedback.

    1 vote
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  17. taxable sales

    I would like to propose the addition of a "Taxable Sales" button in our system to automatically calculate and post tax to the liability account. Currently, our bookkeepers have that and now that we will be migrating to Q they will have to manually back out tax and post revenues separately, which is time-consuming and prone to errors.

    Implementing this feature will streamline operations, ensure accuracy, and reduce the workload on our bookkeepers by eliminating multiple steps in the tax reporting process.

    I believe this enhancement will greatly improve our operational efficiency and accuracy. I look forward to your feedback.

    2 votes
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  18. Utility to Mass Delete ACH Information for Inactive Employees

    In the interest of security, and minimizing impacts of a possible data breach, we would like to have a utility that will mass delete ACH information for all employees once they have been inactive for a period of time. It would be great to have the option to run the utility based on the length of time the employee has been inactive, e.g. 6 months or 1 year.

    7 votes
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  19. True Time Submission Exception Reasons

    We are wanting to utilize the exception reasons for when Employees submit their timesheet with less or extra scheduled hours. However, we have noticed that when we create the reasons, then it takes away the note field that allows them to type their own comment when they submit. We were hoping to have an option that is "Other-leave comment" as it would be hard to capture everything that could happen as an individual reason. Is there a way to have both?

    1 vote
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  20. Employee Cost by Account Report

    Please, please, please add this report to current plans so it is not only available in Salary Negotiations. This is an amazing, incredible report and not being able to pull it from our current plan is so frustrating. I am having to keep up the current plan with new changes of course, but then have to keep my sal neg plan up to date all year so that we can pull that report.

    1 vote
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