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  1. Print Commodity Codes on Purchase Orders (EDGAR "Like-Type" Items)

    The TEA letter from November 2018 regarding micro purchase thresholds under EDGAR have made it more important than ever to accurately measure our purchasing levels in like-type categories. Because of this, more districts will begin utilizing the Commodity Code feature in Skyward. Having the ability to print commodity codes on POs will greatly assist our end users with determining which commodity code to use on new requisitions.

    4 votes

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  2. W4 and WT4 fillable PDFs in Employee Access

    Similar to being able to change your direct deposit, allow the ability to change your withholdings, even if it is just a fillable pdf.

    10 votes

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    Thank you for submitting the product idea!  We have some additional information we would like to know about this -


    1. How does your district currently handle the adjusting of W4s and WT4s?

    2. Are custom forms utilized at all for this where you can link documents?

    3. How often are users changing their withholdings?

    4. Is there an approval process involved before these changes can be made on the Employee Profile?


    This idea will remain open for the Skyward Community to continue voting and commenting on.


    Thank you!


    Erik O.

  3. Add User ID to the "blue bar" at the top of reports

    We share a printer between 8-12 people in our office. We could be printing anything from GL lines in Data Mining to Check Registers in AP to Journal Entries or Cash Receipts, etc. When we print, if we don't make it to the printer in the next 5 seconds, our 'job' might end up mixed with someone else's. It would be helpful if there was a "User ID", much like there is a Date, Page number, Time, etc in the blue area at the top of the report. If we use the "Print Title Page" option in Data Mining, we're…

    2 votes

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  4. 1099 State Listing

    It would be nice if Skyward would create a list of state that requires combines or individual reporting.

    1 vote

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  5. add the cytd to the 1099 report

    Would be nice if the calendar year to date column in the 100 vendor filter report

    3 votes

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  6. We would like the ability to create a True Time report that allows us to see total hours WORKED (not paid/unpaid Time Off or Holidays) based

    We would like the ability to create a True Time report that allows us to see total hours WORKED (not paid/unpaid Time Off or Holidays) based on a particular Pay Code. Right now the True Time Detail Transaction Report does not allow us to total by Pay Code or filter for just hours worked.

    2 votes

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  7. Reformat our Personnel Dates Section in Skyward Web

    Our District would like to reformat our Personnel Dates Section to meet our tenure tracking. Attached is the how we would like to have it formatted. Would these fields still meet EIS and ACA reports? Thank you so much! Chris Martin, Danville CCSD 118

    2 votes

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  8. Export Individual Staff Member

    Allow for Individual export in case you have to make updates to only one staff member. Similar function to the Student Database.

    3 votes

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    Thank you for submitting and voting on this idea. We need your feedback!

    Would you tell us more about this individual export option? Please explain your current process and how this individual export option would be beneficial.

    We would like to better understand this request.

    Thank you!
    Ashley Prinsen
    Product Owner

  9. Email Customization of Submitted Time Sheets

    Ability to customize the email that gets sent to supervisors when employees submit their time sheet for approval so it would include link to log into Skyward.

    5 votes

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  10. Payroll Description on Pay Stub

    Our district pays out Extra Duty pay 3 times each year (November, March, June) for coaching and advisors. There may be a staff person that has multiple positions to be paid Extra Duty pay. An example might be a Senior Class Advisor and Student Council Advisor. It would be very helpful if we could input additional descriptions while processing Payroll that would flow through to the check stub for each position they are being paid Extra Duty pay for. To take the example above, Pay Code EXP $200 with a check stub description of Senior Class Advisor, Pay Code EXP…

    13 votes

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  11. Sub Tracking

    Our district uses Sub Tracking and recently I was working with staff to view the Substitute Transactions detailed in Employee Access. Right now in Employee Access each transaction has a "Paid Date" and I believe that date is the period ending date that is being used when that transaction was imported into payroll. Can that pull the actual "paid date" or "check date"? Period ending date doesn't seem super helpful when we have the transaction date already reflected.

    6 votes

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  12. Internet Explorer Vs Chrome

    With Internet Explorer not being supported for many applications. Please review why when running Skyward financial in Chrome no X is available to clear a field. I have included a sample of what i am referring to.

    1 vote

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  13. Add Name ID to the Application Information in Employee Access|FastTrack Screener|Open Applications|View Application Information

    Add Name ID to the Application Information in Employee Access|FastTrack Screener|Open Applications|View Application Information and Employee Access|FastTrack Screener|Applications by Position|View Applications|View Application Information. We are currently usingFileBound's Connect to store all of our HR documentation. We integrate on the Employee ID. This would allow our hiring managers to review current employee applicants' HR records without having to make a trip to the central office.
    This has already been added to Human Resources|Employee Administration|FastTrack|Applicants|Application Information, but our Hiring Managers do not have rights to this area. Please see attached.

    2 votes

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    Thank you for submitting this idea to the Ideas Portal.

    This is the platform for Skyward users to show support for ideas they like. It’s also the perfect place to share your thoughts and start a conversation about the idea.

    If you like this idea, and you want it considered for development, then we need to see your support!

    If you like this idea, please vote and comment. You can track it as it rises to the top of the list.

    Thank you,
    Ashley Prinsen
    Product Owner

  14. ACA 1095-C Tracker

    When the 1095-C tracker is run, changes are highlighted. However, once the report is exported to excel these highlights do not export. Please add the settings to export the highlighted fields as they appear in Skyward.

    2 votes

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  15. Credit card report based on date of final approval

    We would like to be able to run a credit card report based on the date that the transaction is fully approved, regardless of when the transaction, import or post date is. For instance, a report of all transactions that were fully approved during October, even if the transaction date is in September.

    1 vote

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  16. Preferred Name in FastTrack

    Add a field for preferred name to FastTrack.

    2 votes

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  17. TRS Reports

    We need a report that we can run to tell us how many days & hours have been reported for any employee(s) per month or school year to TRS. TRS has identified some of our employees that had no days or hours reported for several months. I don't have a way to run a report to check on all employees. These hours are reported on RP20 & RP25 reports in different months. The days/hours are not in one single place.
    This is a new problem, but one that I have always been concerned about with that first year since the…

    3 votes

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  18. 6 votes

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  19. 15 votes

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  20. 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!

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