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  1. Visual for Check Request approval

    Please allow for a visual in the check request approval that views the same as the visual for the PO/req approval. This would greatly increase the speed of approving check requests as currently you have to click into each check request to see the account number. It would be much more efficient to have a visual displayed like the PO/req system approval.

    8 votes

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  2. Re-print damaged checks without having to update accounting

    After printing paper checks but prior to Accounting update, include a question if all checks printed correctly. If the answer is yes, the accounting update proceeds as normal. If the answer is no, populate the list of checks that were printed with a checkbox next to each one. Checks that did not print properly would have the box(es) marked, along with a new print range for blank checks. This process repeats itself until all checks print properly.

    4 votes

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    Thank you for submitting this idea. At this time, we will not consider it for development.

    Skyward does allow the reprint of checks prior to the Update option.

    It is our recommended best practice for all districts to review the checks to confirm they have printed correctly prior to running the update.

    During the update process Skyward provides a “triple confirmation”. When updating: you have to click Update, which brings you to the Update screen, then you have to click Update again, and then you receive a final window prompt to confirm you want to update.

    The ability to choose to print only certain pages exist through standard printer options.

    This idea will remain open for continued voting and commenting by the Skyward user community.

    Thank you!

  3. Ability to submit time off requests to mulitple supervisors at one time

    When an employee has an assignment at more than one building they have the option to choose which supervisor to submit the time off request to, however, at this time they can only choose one or the other. They do not have the option to submit the time off request to both supervisors at one time. I think the option to submit to both supervisors at one time for each of the buildings would be a nice add-in.

    1 vote

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  4. 1 vote

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  5. Allow Spreadsheet Style editing on Invoice Entry Screen

    To makes edits on the invoice entry screen you currently have to edit each individual invoice. It would speed things up greatly if you could make edits down the columns just like a spreadsheet. For example, you enter 20 invoices and then realize that the due date needs to be changed. Instead of having to go to each individual invoice you could make a mass edit button that allows you to edit anything in the Invoice Entry grid and just hit enter to be able to move on to the next invoice to edit.

    9 votes

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  6. 34 votes

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    Planned  ·  Caitlin Barton responded

    Hello! This idea is planned to be worked on. Stay tuned for more updates on this idea. Thank you and have a great day!

  7. Add additional colums to the view.

    In using the Status Code view when looking at applications, the system will only allow you to view 10 columns. In addition, it will only allow you to dump into Excel 10 columns. Several of our applications have as many as 16 status codes assigned. We need either to see it in the view or at least be able to dump it to see the overall picture of the workflow processes on a grand scale.

    2 votes

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  8. Option to make note mandatory when adjusting time in Truetime

    Option for making a note mandatory when making an adjustment in Truetime.

    5 votes

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  9. Data Mining - Report Templates Sharing Repository

    While participating in the Skyward User Group online training webinars last week, I was made aware that we can "Import" custom created report(s) templated into our own Skyward install. This allows sharing with other districts. There are many creative and strong SW users creating many beneficial custom reports. I think it would be a great idea to have an online "file repository" to allow sharing of report templates with all SW users from all districts if they are willing to share.

    The repository could be setup to separate states and avoid issues with different state laws, etc. and perhaps by…

    7 votes

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  10. Add the amount for 4c amount in the W4 information tab

    In addition to ordering the steps 1-4b like someone else requested add the amount that is calculated for 4c to add the federal deduction amount right there. It makes sense to do all of that on the one screen since we may be adding other values there as well.

    13 votes

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  11. Task Manager on the Finance side

    Our district would like to be able to use Task Manager on the Finance side. It is very popular on the Human Resources side.

    4 votes

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  12. HR, Utilities, Mass Add Transactions

    It would be extremely helpful to be able to Mass Add Transactions by a date range not just one day at a time for groups of employees. If you would please add this it would save us a lot of time entering time off allocations and used time off.

    8 votes

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  13. 1 vote

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  14. Would it be possible to have a Purchase Order filter option based on "Received" purchase orders?

    Would it be possible to create a Purchase Order viewing filter based on "Received" Purchase Orders? Otherwise a lot of time is wasted going through each and every open P.O. to see if it has been "Received" in Skyward. Thanks!

    3 votes

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  15. TrueTime Future Dates

    When you use TrueTime future dates (ie need to submit timesheets before the week is complete) there is an error that comes up. It will allow employees to put in a complete day, but it will not let them edit it the day of. For example I opened up 11/19/20 and 11/20/2020 so they could submit their timesheet and I would be able to prepare the payroll early due to Thanksgiving.
    An employee entered the "complete day" but needed to make changes to 11/19, because it was the current day it gave them a warning that "The record can not…

    1 vote

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  16. Add a date range selection to the Credit Card Transaction Board Report

    The format of the Credit Card Transaction Board Report is a much cleaner report to give to our Board, but I am not able to pull the report for just the transactions that need approval at the monthly board meeting. There needs to be a date range selection, import date range selection, or batch number selection.

    2 votes

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  17. Add lockout warning to log in page

    Add a warning to the login page so employees know they will be locked out after 3 failed attempts. I get multiple requests to unlock accounts each day, because people don't know they will be locked out. They just keep trying over and over again. It would be nice if they were instructed to click the Forgot Password link.

    2 votes

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  18. Rolling Monthly Report

    The current "Ranges" option under the field parameters in data mining only allows the ability to give the total of the monthly range and display in one column. It would he helpful to expand this option so we can select a month range, but have the report give us individual monthly totals in separate columns. This would be different than the auto-generate since that is limited by the fiscal year. This enhancement would allow us to easily create a rolling monthly history report without having to add multiple fields because we could now define the monthly range for the report.

    5 votes

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  19. Default requisition/po group

    It would be nice to be able to set a default requisition/po group in the Requisition Entry Options/Data Retention on add. (WF\PU\MR\UP\RE)

    3 votes

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  20. Data Mining Reports to Print Balances for More Than a 12 Month Span

    Currently all data mining reports allow you to ask it to print an unencumbered or unencumbered remaining balance. However, the remaining balance is only for the final year that you are asking the report to print for. So if you have a fund (which most of us do have funds that run more than 12 months) that runs July 1, 2018 and ends December 2019 (or later), your available balance will never be correct since your fund runs beyond the 12 month period. It will give you the available balance based upon January 2019 through December 2019 but won't include…

    2 votes

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