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SMS 2.0 School Business Suite


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Customer Feedback for the

SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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School Business Suite

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  1. Allow a fixed asset to be cloned. We purchase the same item for multiple locations and it would save a lot of entry if we could clone .

    Allow a fixed asset to be cloned. We purchase the same item for multiple locations and it would save a lot of entry if we could clone these items and make the necessary changes.

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  2. Balance Sheet Detail Report

    Currently you can print a report for the balance sheet assets but it does not allow you to include the details of each transaction. I would like to see an option to include the details of each transaction on the report showing what makes up each transaction for CR, AP, PR, and JE's. Not just the summary update total.

    4 votes

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  3. Payroll Deposit Statements

    Payroll Deposit Statements - Allow the individual PDF Deposit statements to be posted into Employee access for each payroll, similar to W2's. It would be nice for employees to see the time off and YTD totals for each payroll. The current view in employee access both Show Check and Show Check with YTD totals are not as clean as the PAC Payroll: Deposits for each payroll.

    4 votes

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  4. default all data entry fields to ALL CAPS

    Many school districts seem to mandate the use of all CAPS in the software. The suggestion is to default all data entry fields in all parts of the business software to ALL CAPS

    4 votes

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  5. Better Security options

    Currently we can only restrict users personnel access by building and other building. We have department head that manage several areas and need to be limited to those areas. Currently we need to give them district access which is not acceptable from auditing. The auditors want more controlled access to employees.

    4 votes

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  6. Cash Receipts Import File Error Failure

    When importing a file through Cash Receipts import, if an error occurs the other line items within the file go ahead and import into the batch. Then you have to fix the items in your file and add one by one OR delete the batch and start over to re-upload your file. Another similar software I worked with would allow you to choose an option to "Decline File if Failures Occur" meaning, if there are ANY fatal failures then the entire file would need to be fixed and re-uploaded.

    4 votes

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  7. Employeee administration Mass Delete of Add Ons from Assignments

    Need the ability to mass delete add-on from assignments which no longer apply or were created in error.

    4 votes

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  8. Timekeeping Rule-Tracking hours only

    Right now as it stands for timekeeping rules that are set up to track hours only there is no way to get the time sheet back to edit after it's been approved by the supervisor. For example a coach has clocked in out for most of the week. The AD approves the time sheet. The coach then says they forgot to clock in out on Friday. Since the time keeping rule is set up to track hours only there is not a way to get those hours added in. I'd like to see a way to be able to get…

    4 votes

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  9. Mass Account Add

    Need the Mass addition of accounts added to the import process. This function is already available in Budget Entry and would be very beneficial in the revisions. This would allow for addition of accounts for money not included in the original budget adoption. Currently the process is to manually add accounts to the COA which can be in the hundreds and then import the spreadsheet to load money.

    4 votes

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  10. Human Resources Data Mining - And-Or Filter

    We would like to have the same data mining options that can be found in Skyward Student. HR is missing the And/Or Filter . This would give us a another level to filter down the information.

    4 votes

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  11. Untie link from Inactive Employee to SMS

    With a merged DB. When an employee is entered into the HR side they are forever unable to make changes to the record when they are also in the SM side (it says they are an employee and changes need to be made on that side). Even when the employee is inactive and has not worked her for years. That make it a problem when we add that person as an emergency contact or parent grandparent for phone and address changes. Once an Employee is inactivated on the HR side we should be able to break that tie to them…

    4 votes

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  12. Shift Differential vs automatic OT pay code

    I would like to submit a request for enhancement for Shift Differential in the Time Keeping Rules where you could select a shift differential pay code rather than it only allowing an automatic OT pay code. We have custodial staff who work evenings and anyone who works hours after 330pm receives a shift differential pay of $.60 per hour. For the last seven years I have manually calculated their shift differential by running a data mining report printing it and then counting their hours that they have worked after 330 pm. This is cumbersome and leaves room for human error.…

    4 votes

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  13. Check Stub Printing

    We would like to have the check stub for our checks print in 2 parts instead of having to print the check and then print a separate voucher (and in the case of SBAA they have to photo copy the checks because there isn't a voucher option). We purchased our checks from the Skyward recommended vendor Nelco and the checks come with a perforation in the stub to be able to print that way. We are wasting money and time by having to print vouchers and make photocopies. I'm surprised more districts haven't complained about this. This is an enhancement…

    4 votes

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    Thank you for submitting this idea. Nelco is the authorized partner of compatible paper forms for the Skyward software. All W-2 and 1099 forms, checks, and school forms are guaranteed 100% compatible. Any issues with the check layout will need to be handled by Nelco as Skyward is unable to alter the format in anyway.

  14. Area to attach employee licences certifications

    We'd like to attach a copy of a teacher license to the employee profile - preferably to the certification tab...could there be a field to attach a file at this point - much like in A/P where there is an option to upload an invoice? Having an organized place to keep a teacher license.

    4 votes

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  15. Add Description to Check Request screens

    Currently our Admin's are entering check requests and required to enter Budget or Internal as the first word of their description. We have two processors and their workload is based on Budget and Internal accounts. If the Admin forgets to enter budget/internal name they could be overlooked by a specific processor. Our Admin's have asked that the description be a filter field so they can see all their submitted check requests with the detail and description so they ensure they have entered budget/internal. Admin's will have one activity view to quickly scan and make sure the word budget/internal is listed.…

    4 votes

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  16. Pseduo Approvals

    Be able to get an email when you have a Request approval change from Employee Access

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  17. Entity Id Entry on the Certification Screen

    Please enable the ability to enter the Entity ID in the Certification tab. Right now, the field is visible there, but you cannot enter it there, you have to go out to the Name tab. This is time consuming when you are already in the certification field and could just enter it there.

    4 votes

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  18. Allow Employee to Print Service Record

    Allow employees to print unofficial service record from employee access.

    4 votes

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  19. Manually Imput ACA Hours

    Whenever adding dates the fields are cleared out each time. It would be nice if there was a "Save and Add Another" button that could be clicked when making multiple entries. With this feature the fields would stay populated with the previous data input. Then it would only be necessary to change the date and click "Save and Add Another". Most of the time the Pay Code and Hours are the same. This would be more efficient than inputting repetitive data over and over when multiple days of data need to be manually entered.
    The expected outcome would be to…

    4 votes

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  20. True Time Submission Exception Reasons

    We are wanting to utilize the exception reasons for when Employees submit their timesheet with less or extra scheduled hours. However, we have noticed that when we create the reasons, then it takes away the note field that allows them to type their own comment when they submit. We were hoping to have an option that is "Other-leave comment" as it would be hard to capture everything that could happen as an individual reason. Is there a way to have both?

    3 votes

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