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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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  1. Time Off Liability Report

    There is not a report that calculates the financial liability related to accumulated time off balances. If the Employee Data Mining available fields included the accumulated time off hours by code, users could add the appropriate pay code, export to Excel and do a quick calculation of the accrued financial obligation per employee.

    1 vote

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    0 comments  ·  Time Off  ·  Admin →
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  2. In Fast Track: Once application and reference checks are complete there is no email/notification prompting applicants to log in and submit

    In Fast Track: Once application and reference checks are complete there is no email/notification prompting applicants to log in and submit their application.

    2 votes

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  3. Combine Employee Contact Information

    Format employee data so that address and phone/email can be viewed on one "contact information" page. Clicking from one area to the other to get this information is very cumbersome.

    3 votes

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    Thank you for submitting the product idea!


    On the Employee Profile screen, towards the top of the screen there is a customize button - with this you can choose to have specific employee information pinned onto the screen for easier viewing of the data you wish to see.

    I have included an attachment of the button on Employee Profile with the options available to you.

    I hope this helps and is an alternative you can use!


    Erik O.

  4. Why, Why, Why is there not a way to save the adjustments that we make

    Why, why ,why can we not save the adjustments that we make to get our columns the size and stuff that we want (like the clone option)??!! I make the adjustments to the columns to fit my needs and then as soon as you leave the page they disappear. The idea that I have to redo it EVERYTIME I come back to that page is RIDICULOUS! I know it can happen because I have them saved in some areas (they say "clone). Why not offer that on all the pages that we can already make adjustments...ie the add requisition accounts…

    5 votes

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  5. Data Mine for Detail Item in an invoice

    It would be nice to be able to Data Mine for a Detail Line Item on an invoice rather just an account code. Example Carpet.
    Or be able to data mine for like a catalog item.

    2 votes

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  6. 'Unselect All' is needed in Clone/Replace Securities utility

    When cloning/replacing securities, an 'Unselect All' option is needed in the Budgetary Data Mining area. The default is to have every BDM report selected. Some employees have hundreds of BDM reports, and each one has to be unselected if they aren't wanted to be cloned.

    8 votes

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  7. Position Filter added to CRDC parameters

    Our Employee Management setup uses the assignment of SpEd for both teachers and paraprofessionals, so the CRDC extract pulls in paras as well as teachers. We could prevent this problem by adding Positions to the selections parameters in STAF-1, STAF-2. I could then select the EM Plan, Position "Teacher" Assignment "SpEd" and it would not populate with paras.

    1 vote

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  8. Account Groups

    Would be great if we could delete account groups that we do not/ have NEVER/ will NEVER use. Right now they all have a Z in front of their name - but I'd like to eliminate them altogether.

    2 votes

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  9. Allow certain users full access to budget transfers when "stop if funds not available" is selected

    When you set the budget transfer/PO option to "stop if funds not available", we would like to allow the finance director and many members of the finance department to be able to make these transactions without the stop. It would be helpful and time saving if there was a way that we could set that up.

    1 vote

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  10. Use assignment start/end dates for absentee reports

    When using the assignment calendar for an absentee report, hours are pulled from all assignments the employee has had during the year. Can the assignment start/end dates not be coded in so only the current assignment is used when calculating hours present?

    1 vote

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  11. Automatically print attachments when printing requisitions

    When printing a requisition, is there any way that the attachment could print with it? Or at least a pop up window asking if you wanted to print it?

    2 votes

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  12. Not Translate Names

    We have had several parents request not to translate the Student's names and Street names on addresses. The translation is being done by the browser.

    According to Google instructions, please try:
    <span translate="no"> </span>
    <span class="notranslate"> </span>
    For example:
    Welcome everyone my name is <span class="notranslate">Felipe</span>

    We would do this ourselves using SkyCode however SkyCode is not available in Family/Employee Access.

    1 vote

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  13. A report or data mining option to see if any active profiles do not have a time off approver

    A report or data mining option that would show if any active profile did not have a time off approver

    1 vote

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  14. Vendor Report, $25,000+ in payments for Federal Grant tracking

    Could Skyward create a canned Vendor Report that would show all payments made to a vendor within a specific date range? All payments meaning, all checks, all ACH, all p-card payments. Federal fund guidance requires districts to keep additional documentation for vendors who receive $25,000 or more in federal funds annually, so being able to pull this report monthly, or quarterly would be helpful.

    2 votes

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  15. Keep Data Mining report name/title when you save to excel.

    I would like to suggest that the name that you call your data mining reports, should also appear when you download/save your report to excel. Every time you run your report and then go to save it to your computer, the file name is gibberish. It would be great if the report name auto-populated in the file name when you go to save it. Screenshot attached.

    8 votes

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  16. Pay Records Tab

    It would be great when viewing Pay Codes in the Pay Records Tab if we could see Start/Stop Dates instead of "Editing" the pay record to view Start/Stop Dates.

    4 votes

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  17. Batch Reports

    Include Combined B/S and O/S Detail and Combined B/S and O/S Summary in Batch Reports

    2 votes

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  18. Mass Inactivate Employees Utility (WH\EP\PS\UT\MI)

    We move our inactive staff to a building location named "Inactive Employees". It would be helpful to have a feature that would mass change the building locations and check locations.

    2 votes

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  19. Ability to login as applicant

    In Employee Administration/Applications screen, it would be helpful to be able to login as an applicant to walk them through the application process. This would allow me to view the actual screen the applicant it on so that I can resolve the issue.

    It could be set up similar to the Skyward Access/Employee Access in SMS.

    1 vote

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  20. Ability to have URL links in FastTrack benefits section

    I would like to be able to have an active link in the benefits maintenance screen in FastTrack/Position Processing/Codes/Benefits.

    This would enable applicants to see the benefit package for insurances,links to leave allocations, and/or employee handbooks.

    1 vote

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