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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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  1. Option in LPR to have the system remove Year of Service

    Similar to the CRDC, add the option to have the years of service subtract one within the template. We increment at the beginning of the year and always have to back it out. The CRDC has the option to subtract a year or leave as is. It would be nice to not have to manually update the information prior to submission.

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  2. Auto Populate W2's Issued

    When employees process their own tax returns, like through Turbo Tax, they can choose to have their W2 auto populate once a few fields are filled out. Skyward W2's do not auto populate.

    7 votes

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  3. Cooperative contract auto send the PO to the cooperative

    Vendors who have a cooperative contract tied to them to auto send a copy of the PO to the cooperative for verification. Much like we are able to auto send a copy of the PO to the vendor we could auto send a copy of the PO to the cooperative based on the contract used.

    7 votes

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  4. Contract inactivated based on expiration date

    I would like to see if it would be possible to have a contract inactivated from a vendors profile based on the contract expiration date. I don't want the contract deleted. I am not aware of a way to pull up the expiration date in order to inactivate a contract from a vendors profile other than placing the expiration date on the description. We have another software that inactivates contracts based on the expiration date. Could a date calendar be placed in the contract area to help with this request? I do see the active button on each contract but…

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  5. Add Individual Employee Pull to True Time

    We would like to be able to pull in an individual to pay for any True Time timekeeping rule. In the State of MN if an employee demands their final check we have to produce in 24 hours. We would like to use the system to calculate all money owed using what is entered in True Time. I have been told that the only way to do this is to manually create a check for the hours owed cut the check and then force the time sheets into history so that you do not pay them again for those hours…

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  6. Ability to Attach multiple documents at once

    Regarding Cash Receipts and Journal Entries (ATTACHMENTS). I would like the ability to attach multiple saved attachments at the same time (by using the control key for example) to my cash receipt batches and journal entries. Currently we need to attach one document at a time and it is very time consuming. I think this request would benefit all Skyward software users not just my District. In a windows environment the control key within Windows Explorer usually allows the user to choose multiple files to upload or attach to emails for example.

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  7. Check History -

    Check History - Why is there no column listed with hours paid under check history? Check number, Gross Wages, Net Amount, Taxables, etc.... are all available but one of the most important items is hours and you can not view unless you click on the check.

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  8. Employee Cost Report in Employee Management

    I would like to see a report under Employee Administration - Employee Management similar to the Employee Cost by Account Report in Salary Negotiations. This report provides all of the costing we need for staff budgeting but cannot be created from the "live" plans.

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  9. When using Salary and Negotiations, Employee Mgmt, and upload to Payroll, it would be extremely helpful to have the Employee Selection Param

    When using Salary & Negotiations, Employee Mgmt, and uploading in to Payroll, it would be extremely helpful if the Employee Selection Parameters would be the same for all three - instead of having to set each one up separately.

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  10. Credit Cards

    I've noticed a couple things that could be changed since working with the credit cards and training our staff on how to submit their transactions. I would like to see a pop up to flag the user to select a PO or something along those lines. It's too easy to add detail and acct codes without selecting a PO. Also, there is some confusion when assigning the PO detail to the transaction with the Assign All PO lines and Close as the options. I particularly like the Assign all PO lines option but it seems to confuse some. And if…

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  11. VENDOR ACH SETUP

    We are moving in the direction of using more ACH processing and have come across the vendor "Alliant Energy" who requires certain criteria that Skyward is not able to support at this time. Per Aaron King (Service call: 3683187) the part that is not support is the Addenda 7 part of the attached form. Since we make weekly payments to this vendor (because of the various buildings with different due dates) we would like to see if something could be worked out to accommodate ACH processing.

    7 votes

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  12. Prevent Time Off Requests for weeks with True Time sheets already in History

    Please update the system to prevent employees from submitting Time Off Requests for weeks where their True Time sheet has already completed the approval/update process and moved to History.

    Currently, True Time factors in Time Off Requests if they are edited during the approval process. However, once a True Time sheet is finalized in History, subsequent Time Off Requests do not account for the completed timesheet, causing discrepancies.

    6 votes

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  13. True Time Notification

    Is there a way to do a prompt on Mondays on True Time to remind classified staff to submit their timesheets from the previous week? It would be very helpful to create a pop up notification once they have put in their access code that they have to acknowledge before they can clock in for the day! It would personally save me a lot of time tracking people down and waiting multiple days for all the timesheets to be submitted.

    6 votes

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  14. add within data mining for True Time submission status

    Within the True Time section of data mining, be able to pull timesheet status

    6 votes

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  15. ACH direct deposit email notice to vendors should include an excel file of the invoice information

    The body of an ACH direct deposit email notice to vendors is a list of the invoice number, description, invoice date, and amount for each invoice that is included in an ACH payment. Many vendors have requested an excel file of the invoice information so that they can download a file, rather than hand enter our payment information into their system.

    6 votes

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  16. tweaks to the WRS mid year reporting

    It is great that we now have the ability to create a report of enrollments and terms for WRS. We needs some tweaks to enhance the reporting. Due to the timing of when we can report new hires we find that sometimes they have received a paycheck before we get them reported. When that happens the enrolled employee comes over with earnings. Can that report be set to show zero earnings and zero hours?
    Secondly, there is no report that prints to show what is in the file that would be sent to WRS.After the export is processed it just…

    6 votes

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  17. Skyward Profile Notes

    We've encountered an issue with profile notes (WH\EP\TB\NO). When an HR staff member adds a note to an employee profile, only they can edit the note. If the staff member who entered the note separates from the district, no one can update the note.

    6 votes

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    Thank you for submitting the product idea!

    I ran a test of this on an employee profile - I entered in notes as the original creator, and then super used in as another user, and was able to modify the notes as the second user.

    Could I have you verify that they have the proper security to the notes section? (At least level 3 access for editing?)

    Thank you!

    Erik O.

  18. View PO liquidation status on Invoice Entry screen

    In the Invoice Entry - Batch view, it would be nice to see the purchase order liquidation status. The only way I know to see whether Partially Received or Fully Received is selected is by opening each invoice and clicking Edit Master. Or, by running an Invoice Listing Report and reviewing the status of each PO. Both options are time consuming when we could quickly check the Batch screen for any potential liquidation errors.

    6 votes

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  19. FastTrack-Add the capability to view the date an application was moved with the most recent notes in a column in the open apps view

    Add the capability to view the date an application was moved with the most recent notes in a column in the open apps view instead of having to hover. This will allow us to excel the data out and view the information at a glance.

    6 votes

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  20. Remove Batch lock feature

    What is the purpose of the "Batch lock"? Several of the secretaries gets block and I have to unblock them before I can update PO's. It's such a waste of time.

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