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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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School Business Suite

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  1. Signatures on Employee Letters from signature file

    It would be really great to be able to apply an on file signature (board administrator) to an employee letter. We have specific board and administrator signatures on file for check printing and purchase orders. This would be a great feature on employee letters. With out an authorized signature on the document it really serves very little purpose to create and retain an unsigned document.

    10 votes

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  2. Ability to see job code on pay record view

    Our district requires a job code on all pay records. It would we great to be able to see what the job codes are when you are looking at the pay records. You have the ability to show the account distribution, which is great, but if we could also see the job code too would be the BEST. When someone changes jobs our payroll department needs jto go in and update most pay records that don't get changed with the assignment import to match the new job code. If they could see the ones they have missed we wouldn't have…

    9 votes

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  3. 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.

    9 votes

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  4. 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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  5. Allow us to see if an emloyee has the true time button when setting them up

    There are so many things that need to be set up before an employee can see their True Time module. Even though we can see that employees appear in a Timekeeping rule it doesn't mean they have the ability to see/use the TT button . If we could see if they have it when we are in their profile under the blue circled i like we can use check estimator it would avoid having to log in as the employee and ensuring they have the button open to them. There are too many variables that need to align and often…

    9 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this idea.

    We would like to see more support from the Skyward user community. We’d like to see user collaboration prior to considering it for development.

    Thank you!

  6. Add column to the time-off transactions to show the day of the week.

    When adding a time-off transaction and when viewing the employee time-off transaction data, it would be nice to also see the day of the week requested. It would possibly help employees entering an incorrect date by being another reminder of the day they are entering. It would also be nice for historical purposes when reviewing patterns in time-off requests (for example, an employee who is always sick on Friday).

    9 votes

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  7. Rename Bank Codes

    We have inactive bank codes that are at the top of every list. It is irritating having these banks in the way. If we could rename the code, then they could be forced to the bottom of every list and help save time.

    9 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this idea. We’d love to see more support from the Skyward user community prior to considering it for development.

    This idea will remain open for continued voting and comments by the Skyward user community to show their support.

    Thank you!

  8. Org Chart Update Utility

    For districts that have multiple org charts used for different purposes, it would be great if there was a utility that could be used to select the org chart(s) and then add, remove, or move an employee on all selected org charts. It is time consuming (and error prone) to have to edit each org chart and take action on the employee one org chart at a time.

    9 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this idea. We’d love to see more support from the Skyward user community prior to considering it for development.

    Thank you!

  9. Fillable PDF

    It would be advantageous to have a way when using online/custom forms to be able to have the employee complete a fillable PDF, save it automatically into their profile. They can only answer the questions on the designated form and we wouldn't need to worry about them attaching a document to their profile that wasn't intended. Currently Skyward allows you to send a fillable PDF to the employee but there is no way for them to save it other than to their device and then uploading it into their employee profile. This could be a nightmare with all the documents…

    9 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this idea. We would love to see more support from the Skyward user community prior to considering it for development.

    Thank you!

  10. Under Saved reports have a date option to delete and not one by one.

    Under Saved reports have a date option to delete and not one by one.

    9 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this idea. We would love to see more support from the Skyward user community before we consider it for development.

    Thank you!

  11. Limit display of Expense Reimbursement tab

    Once you enable the Expense Reimbursement tab in Employee Access, the tab is available for all Employee Access users. Not all users may be eligible to submit Expense Reimbursements and this tab is confusing.

    Similar to the True Time or Time Off tab, consider limiting the display to only users that are on the actual Org Chart associated with Expense Reimbursements. Or limit the display based on whether the employee vendor record is set up with the ACH tab populated.

    9 votes

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  12. True Time - Enforce Minimum Out To Lunch Timeframe

    In Timekeeping rules, it would be helpful if there was an option to set a minimum time for Out To Lunch. An option already exists that checks time out to lunch for conversion back to an IN punch, but there are no options available to not permit employees to punch back in until they have taken their full lunch break.

    This oversight is costing our district quite a bit in overtime/comp time due to employees failing to take their mandatory 30 minute lunch and accruing additional time throughout the week.

    I envision an additional option under the "Lunches are paid…

    9 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    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

  13. allow for sorts and filters in unapproved absences

    Please create sort options that can be saved in reports for unapproved absences. To be able to sort by date, approver etc would be very helpful and approve efficiency by not having to drop all down to excel and then sort.

    9 votes

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  14. Exclude Employees from Vendor Mass Inactivate

    Mass inactivate allows districts to clear out no longer used vendors based on inactivity. Currently this process will also inactive the vendor records setup for employee expense reimbursement. I would like to see a radio button that allows a district to include or exclude active employee records from the Vendor Mass Inactivate process.

    9 votes

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  15. Asset Key Search

    When searching for an Asset I currently need to enter all the zeros preceding the asset key. Please make it possible to enter just the actual asset key digit. Example my whole asset key is 0000000995 I have to key all the zeros rather than just 995.

    9 votes

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  16. Data Mining

    Data mining reports need to have the option added to print all on one line. This will make it easier to manipulate the data in Excel.

    9 votes

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  17. Attaching a PO with multiple lines to Credit Card Transactions

    When attaching a PO with multiple lines to a credit card transaction, it would be beneficial to have the option to only select from the line(s) you need, vs. having to 'assign all PO lines' and then having to delete the ones you don't need from the Transaction Detail Lines

    9 votes

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  18. During requisition approval process allow editing of the account code by the final approver

    We have a two approver process setup for all requisitions. First approver is by the building administrator who is responsible for the building budgets and the staff in that building. The final approver is in the District Office to verify the correct account codes and push through the final PO (eCommerce ordering, emailing, etc.) It would be nice if the final approver would be able to change account codes, if necessary, without it pushing the requisition back through the approval process, thus making the administrator approve again.

    9 votes

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  19. Mobile App - Would be great to be able to Add Expense reimbursement

    It would be very helpful if in the mobile app you would be able to add expense reimbursement on app and also upload photo of receipts for reimbursement. Could this app also have a request for check option added for other vendor payments?

    9 votes

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  20. Requesting warning message for Bank Routing Info

    Issue When entering direct deposit information it seems like (to my payroll specialists) the system finds the closest routing number in the library. They key in the routing number and select the bank name that comes up. We just found an incident where the payroll specialist entered a routing number & that bank was not in our library - but she did not realize it - and the bank name selected was the next closest. Can something be changed to warn them during data entry that the routing number is not in the library. Kind of like it does with…

    9 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    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

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