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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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  1. add a mass add of pay codes in Web

    If there cannot be a way to add a processing list to PAC to add pay codes based on a processing list please add a mass add/delete/edit option to Web.
    This is so important at the end of the year when we have 100+ people that we pay severance pay to. We could run a processing report based on term date and then give those people a severance pay code. We could then go to mass edit pay codes and change the amount for each of those people.

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this idea.

    We’d like to better understand this request. Can you tell us more about how the current selection parameters on the mass change utility is not meeting your needs in PaC? 

    Related question/ try this instead: Are you using Employee Management at your district? If so, you can run the Additional Pay Code Mass Add Utility to add the severance code to the Employee Assignments using a Processing List. Then, when you run the Assignment Export /Payroll Import, the Employee Pay Records will be updated. 

    Thank you,

  2. Create a Button that says "Returned For Corrections" in addition to the deny button

    For approving purchase orders, currently, the only options are to approve or deny. We would like the ability to select "Returned For Corrections" so the secretaries and principals don't get overwhelmed with constant denials.

    6 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this Product Idea. 

    We recommend denial comments are very descriptive so secretaries and principles (or whomever is processing the denials) know what should be changed or if it can be submitted or if it is fully denied for other reason and cannot be resubmitted. 

    We have reviewed it and would like to see more support and use cases submitted from the Skyward user community prior to considering it for development.

    This Idea will remain open for the Skyward user community to show support by voting and commenting on it with additional use cases.

    Finally, you now have the ability to indicate the level of importance when voting on an idea. Please take into consideration all the possible enhancements Skyward could complete for you and rank this idea with the global picture in mind.

    Thank you!

  3. Add an eCommerce "flag" when approving requisitions.

    Add a column to flag eCommerce requisitions in the approval process just like there's an option when initially adding a requisition? I've attached screen shots.

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this idea and the accompanying screenshots! 

    Are you expecting an eCommerce column on the main browse or on all the approval browses, including the awaiting lower level and awaiting high level browses?

    Thank you!

  4. Import applications from third party applications

    Many employers take advantage of posting positions to sites such as Indeed, Career Builder, and college recruiting sites such as Handshake, Simplicity, etc.

    It would be great to have those resumes/applications transfer to FastTrack.

    6 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 prior to considering it for development.

    Thank you!

  5. Payroll department needs to be able to change pay codes without denying timesheet

    Payroll really needs to be able to change the pay code when they are processing True Time. Too many people select the wrong pay when clocking in on the app which then reduces the annualized pay amount and charges the funds to another, incorrect, account number.
    The process of having to go in deny it, wait for the employee to change, then get re-approved is not efficient whatsoever!

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    Have you tried any of the following suggestions?

    (1) Have you tried excluding pay codes that you don’t want? There is the ability to exclude pay codes that you don’t want employees tracking time against from True Time. This can be done with district wide or by timekeeping rule.

    (2) You mentioned the app. Does that mean that the employees are having the biggest issue on the mobile app? When employees have multiple pay codes to track time against. the primary pay code is indicated in pretenses. This should happen automatically.

    (3) Is it a business practice to deny the Time Sheet, wait for the employee to change it, re-approve and re-submit? HR should have the ability to update the pay code from the Employee Profile in the Web.

    Thank you!

  6. Add Vendor Address information as Option on Check Reconciliation Report

    Check Reconciliation > Reports > Report by Bank has not to sequence by Payee Key. If this option is selection, add additional option to include Payee Address information to the report. This report should drop into Excel with the address information usable on a mail merge. This would allow those who need to follow up on specific checks that have not been cashed to use the file to create mail merge documents to notify the vendors.

    6 votes

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  7. COMMODITY CODES - YMA on requisitions & COMMODITY CODES on A/P invoices

    We would like to use commodity codes but don't due to the YDA limitation. 90% of our purchase orders are YMA with many lines of detail on each requisition. Having to put an account code for every line item and selecting individual commodity codes per line item is very cumbersome. If one commodity code to could be assigned to a PO via the YMA process it would be helpful. Also, an option to add commodity codes in A/P would help when there is no PO associated with an invoice/payment. Then, we could run reports showing purchases and payments by commodity…

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  8. 941 Schedule B - cannot click on quarter

    941 Schedule B - cannot click on quarter; does not automatically assign quarter like 941 does :)

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  9. invoice field for credit card transactions

    Please add an invoice number field for credit card transactions so that when you cross reference a vendor it will also cross reference those invoice numbers.

    6 votes

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  10. report

    Mass Print PO's. Is it possible to add the ability to print a range for history reports? This would be helpful when an open records request comes in with a specific date range.

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  11. Reformat Electronic Version of a Check in Employee Access

    We would like to be able to reformat the electronic version of the check history/ Print check information you download on Employee Access to print out in a way that mirrors the paper check stubs that we print out for employees.

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  12. Vendor Browse - Last Used Date

    On the vendor browse it would be helpful to have a last used date that shows the last invoice or payment date for each vendor. This would help with the 1099 Info so we can look at only those that were used during the year to see if they have 1099 information filled out correctly. It would also be helpful in the general vendor browse so you can quickly see which vendors have not been used in a few year and be able to do a cleanup on your vendor list.

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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!

  13. Clear "Imported to Worksheet on Date" when transaction deleted from worksheet

    When a transaction detail record is imported into a worksheet and then deleted would it be possible to clear the "Imported to Worksheet on Date" fields. The only solution at this point is to delete the whole transaction record and create a new one.

    We are trying work on automating our processes but we are running into issues when there are more docks then how much the pay is for. If an employee has $3000 gross but needs $4000 in Docks then we carry that forward to the next month. How it works now is we have to delete the…

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

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

    Thank you!

  14. Reports to Excel

    Excel is basically a data base management tool, with some cool features to allow making forms. The Excel download would be much more useful if it was not based on the paper report and instead just downloaded the requested data.

    For example, on a detailed operating system report, Column A lists the account number with several pieces of data across the columns showing budgets, balances, etc. It would be more useful to have the account number listed on all lines and no-subtotals. Then Excel can be used as it is designed to allow data manipulation through Pivot Tables or other…

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  15. ACH email to vendor needs to include invoice, description, and amount

    When sending ACH emails, currently it is just a generic "you are getting a deposit on this date". This does not help when sending multiple ACHs out with multiple invoices included to the vendor. The vendor does not know where to apply the credit. It would be nice to have the email generate the invoice number, description, and amount that is entered for the check request. The email should show the same information that the check stub shows when you print a regular check.

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    Thank you for submitting this idea.

    This functionality already exists in SMS and is hard coded into the system.

    The email that is sent to the vendor when an ACH payment is processed contains a breakdown of the invoice information:

    1. Direct Deposit Amount
    2. Date
    3. Invoice #
    4. Description
    5. Invoice Amount

    The above information is only sent in the email itself. There is no preview information in the email setup.

    You can go to Product Setup>System Admin>Email History
    From here you can find the email sent to the Vendor, expand it, and see the actual info sent to the vendor.

    Thank you!

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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 before considering this idea for development.

    We’d also like to better understand this request. Could you tell us more about who would be using an employee type filter and why it will be useful.

    Thank you!

  17. I would like deductions and benefits set up as ONE code in ONE area, with a deduction and benefit listed separately on the same screen.

    I would like deductions and benefits set up as ONE code in ONE area, with a deduction and benefit listed separately on the same screen.

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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 before we consider this idea for development.

    Thank you!

  18. Accounting for wires

    Wondering if this is already posted somewhere else, might not just be wires. The Accounting for Wires doesn't mirror payable activity, particularly important across FY.

    When I'm batch updating wire payments with 2019-20 expenses, I need to do so with a 6/30/20 posting date to keep the expense in that FY. The wire has taken place in July. At the time of processing the check register, I would expect the payment to reflect as a July credit to cash, debit to the AP liability.

    Since it doesn't I have to now JE my wires in July into the Liability on…

    6 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

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

    Thank you!

  19. See adjusted duration on time-off request

    Sometimes an employee may submit their time off request but it's for the wrong duration. Example, a Para submitted 3 hours of sick time off for a dr. appointment but came back earlier than expected. The time off was already fully approved so I adjusted the duration on their profile. When the employee goes into Employee Access, they can see the adjusted duration when they select Time Off and then "My Status". However, if they go into Time Off and then "My Requests", it will show the originally submitted duration. Can we make both sections of Time off reflect the…

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  20. Allow for a temporary approver to be substituted on the org chart

    We will have a True Time and Time Off approver out for a 2 month period. It would be beneficial to have the ability to add a temporary approver while that person is out. The temporary approver is already on the org chart with their own employees, so we don't want to combine the employees under one approver.

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