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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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  1. Years of Experience

    We would like to make the years of service automatically update when a person hits their anniversary date. Example: Katie's first day is 7/1/22 we want the system to automatically update me to 1 year on 7/1/23. Or if my first day is 12/15/22 on 12/15/23 we want the system to automatically roll me to 1 year of service. This way we do not have to do the years of service roll every year.

    1 vote

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  2. Add an inactive box on paycodes

    Could you add an inactive box on paycodes so they do not appear in other areas of the software? I have many codes in history that are no longer being used and I don't want staff to use them and I don't want to see them in other areas of the software. I would like to still be able to run a report with the option to select inactive paycodes if needed.

    9 votes

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  3. annual allocation description

    It would be nice if the annual allocation descriptions could be edited when allocating time off at the beginning of the year. Right now, it reads as "Annual Allocation - supplemental" but it's not supplemental time. I would rather the description say "Annual Allocation"

    1 vote

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  4. Timesheets and pay code approvers

    When submitting timesheets and the employee has multiple approvers, the employee needs to select an approver for all Pay codes that are associated with the employee. Could the program be updated so that the employee only needs to choose an approver for the pay codes that are associated with that timesheet?

    10 votes

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  5. It would be very nice to be able to add new zip codes in Web

    It would be very nice to be able to add new zip codes in Web under AM>Codes

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    Thank you for submitting the product idea!


    While zip codes cannot be added through WF/AM, you can add them through Web Financial Management under Vendor > Codes > Zip Codes.  This will bring up the zip codes tables where you can freely add.  You will need at least level 3 security access for the add button to appear.


    I hope this helps!


    Erik O.

  6. survey reporting

    Could we update the system to recognize employee termination dates so employees not active in the current fiscal year DON'T get pulled for survey reporting? Many employees receive a bonus, sick pay or vacation leave in the fiscal year after they've retired/resigned, etc. Currently, these employees are pulling for survey when they don't need to be reported.

    2 votes

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  7. Summer payroll payouts

    Can we get access to a test system to run our summer payroll for July and August in June since we have to submit all earnings for teachers to TRS by the end of June instead of having to run these two months payrolls in June and then canceling them out just to run them again the correct months.

    2 votes

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    Thank you for your input.


    It sounds like you are looking for access to a test database with a copy of your data?


    This would be a hardware call in this case rather than a product idea.  You can submit those requests through the ? button in Web > Customer Access > and then submit the service call to our Customer Success team to help point you in the right direction!


    If this is not the case, feel free to respond back.


    Thank you!

    Erik O.

  8. Modify screens in SBAA and Purchasing

    It would be great if we could modify our screens to better fit our needs. LIke deleting rows that aren't fitting our needs. Currenlty in purchasing you can modify and find your modifications under CLONES but there is no ability in SBAA to do the same. And rather than cloning I just want to remove columns

    1 vote

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    Thank you for submitting the product idea!


    We are looking for more information on this:


    1. Are you referring to the ability to modify the view of the browse and what information displays?

    2. What information are you looking to adjust, and under which menu paths? (Check Requests, Cash Receipts, Journal Entries, Purchase Orders?)

    3. How does this change affect your day to day duties?


    This idea will remain open for further input from the Skyward Community.


    Thank you!


    Erik O.

  9. Allow credit memo#s/negative amounts on check requests and/or multiple invoice #s per request

    It would be nice to be able to enter multiple invoices for one vendor check request, including credit memo#'s with negative amounts. Instead of having to enter a seperate check request for every invoice#. Also, the system doesn't allow a negative check request, for a credit memo, so those still have to be submitted on paper (unless there is another way, please share :) Thanks!

    5 votes

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  10. Multiple building available on profile under personel

    On the employee profile it would be a great benefit to security access if there were multiple buildings available. Currently we have one "Other Building". Please add two more. This would allow us to restrict security groups to an employees building(s) without opening and setting their ranges. We have a considerable amount of employees that are assigned to a building but also need access to others. Managing ranges is our only option and presents a security risk.

    1 vote

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  11. Make the Font larger for addresses

    Please increase the Font on the address for the Food Service Report for Payor Balance Reports. The font is so small and hard to read. I have had several complaints from numerous people including from mail carriers.

    1 vote

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  12. Multiple Remit To's for one Order From

    There is currently the option to have multiple Order From's for One Remit To and we would like to also have the option to have multiple Remit To's for one Order From.

    1 vote

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    Tell us More  ·  Caitlin Barton responded

    Hello! Please tell us more on your use cases for this. What are your processes and policies in place for an option for multiple Remit To's from One Order From Vendor? Could you share some examples where this comes into play? Thank you!

  13. Person Count Report by Building-all together

    In the Employee Administration, Reports, Person Count Report- I'd like an option to have the report tell me how many of each staff type (teacher/support staff/admin/food service, etc) there are by building without having to run each building separately. Sort by? How many staff, by type, are at each building. (see attached - each building could be displayed like this, one right after the other with a total at the end.) Also, when you run this report for one building, the parameters (building name) are not shown on the report - that would also be helpful to indicate what information…

    1 vote

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  14. Add Vendor Phone # to Vendor Info on Profile

    Add Vendor Phone # to Vendor Info on Profile - this will eliminate the need to open a new window or get out of Invoices and going to General Tab to get the phone number while working with vendor on AP Invoice issues

    3 votes

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    Thank you for submitting the product idea!


    We have reviewed it and would like to offer a suggestion on how to get the information you are looking for.


    In Vendor Browse (Web Financial Management > Vendor > Vendor Browse), you do also have the ability to create a custom filter which would allow you to see the phone number easily and re-arrange the fields to fit your needs.


    Thank you!

  15. Change default Auto FastTrack status 100 Code "Resume Submitted to HR" to "Application Submitted to HR"

    Current default auto 100 status code description for HR should be changed to Application not Resume submitted because it is the application not resume actually submitted.

    5 votes

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  16. add change history to data mining

    Data mining in HR really needs the option to pull employee change history. We are trying to find a way to know when employees change their name, move to another department and terminate. Running a data mining with this information as a scheduled task would greatly assist with this.

    5 votes

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  17. Add Quick Key function to Journal Entry screen.

    Self-explanatory. It defeats the purpose of a quick key if you have to go to another screen to access it.

    2 votes

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  18. FastTrack Applicant Reference Update

    Would like an update for applicants to be able to change their references. The 1 year configuration in position set up is not working. We have applicants that originally applied for Aide positions 3-4 years ago that now have teacher certifications. They would like to update reference for their teaching experience. Even after purging the application the references still came back after their social was reentered. The old references are not valid for the position currently applying for. Please consider adding an update for applicants to change their references.

    3 votes

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  19. In vendor information the 2nd Name needs more characters. Some vendors need 2 names listed for the 1099s and the 2nd name field is to small

    Need more characters in the 2nd Name field. Some vendors need 2 names listed for the 1099 reporting and the 2nd Name field is too small to fit most vendor names.

    2 votes

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  20. add Hospitalized and Homebound fields to datamining

    It would be extremely helpful to be able to datamine the homebound and hospitalized radial fields on the Special Prgrms>Hmbnd/Hosp tab. All other fields are available but with these two options missing the data isn't very informative.

    1 vote

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