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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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  1. Mass Process - Pay Records

    PAC Mass Process - Clone/Add needs the additional option to create the pay records with an hourly rate. Creating just by daily rate does nothing for payment of extra duty assignments which are paid based on the employee normal hourly rate.

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  2. Utility to Purge Applicants that have not activity for a set date range

    We would like to be able to purge not only old applications but to purge Applicants that have become dormant. A utility to that allow any applicants that has not made any updates for a period of time to be purged. We currently have more than 30k applicants in our database. Trying to maintain this on an individual level does not seem effective.

    3 votes

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  3. Add an option to void a check using original dates.

    It would be much easier to void a check with the option to void using original dates vs. having to find the dates.

    3 votes

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  4. True Time: Note for who they sub for

    It would be nice if a feature could be add to True Time where under certain groups you could have a pop up window where a person could click on who they are subbing for. Example: John Smith is subbing for Jane Doe at the Middle School, he clocks in, selects the MS Code and then a window pops up and he could select Jane Doe from the list of staff at the MS.

    3 votes

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  5. Specific pay dates for Extra Curricular Contracts with 2 pays

    We have 200+ contracts that pay only 2 or 6 times, on non consecutive pay dates. For example, an athletic season paid in the middle and end of the season. We need an option when entering contracts to specify exact dates for the system to pay the contracts when they are not consecutive pay-dates.

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  6. Online Form - Add view: Not Completed Online Forms (to include In Progress and Not Started)

    We use Online Forms to send out contracts and addendums to employees and to collect electronic signatures. Currently, we have 20 Online Forms set up for the different contracts and employee groups. Within the Online Form there are two Views, In Progress Online Forms and Not Started Online Forms, that can be used to email reminders to employees. We would like an additional view added, Not Completed Online Forms, that includes both In Progress and Not Started Online Forms. This way mass email reminders could be sent to both sets of people at the same time; currently, we are sending…

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  7. Employee Discipline/Behavior Tracking

    We are looking for a way to track employee discipline/behavior on the HR side of Skyward (for all employee types: teachers & support staff).

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  8. PAC Payroll Worksheet Reset Option for Account number

    PAC Payroll Worksheet. In the reset processing, add "Account number" to fields to be reset so you can "Reset values from Pay Record" for account numbers that have been changed

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  9. Sort option by "complete" worksheets in PAC

    Would be a huge efficiency if we could sort by "complete" in PAC. We have around 500 worksheets, so this would be a huge time saver and reduce errors by making sure all the "complete" worksheets are pulled into payroll.

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  10. Track Probation

    Support Staff are eligible for time off after they have completed 90 days of employment. It would be helpful to have a field on the Salary Information/Term of Position screen which would calculate that date based on 90 days from their start date using the calendar in their Salary Information in Assignment Maintenance.

    3 votes

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    Thank you for submitting and voting on this idea. We suggest that you try this instead:

    Navigate to Web Human Resources > Time Off > Setup > Utilities > Run the Probation Utility to Calculate Time Off Eligibility.

    Next, navigate to My Print Queue, select the Probation Utility to Calculate Time Off, which you just ran, then click on “Tasks”.

    Next, click on “Schedule This” to create a Scheduled Task with the selected utility (Probation Utility to Calculate Time Off).

    Thank you!
    Ashley Prinsen
    Product Owner

  11. Utility to Mass Add Active Screener by Employee Type

    Now that the process has changed in Skyward that someone has to be in a screener group and also be an active screeners . It would be helpful to have a utility that we could mass add active screener to a certain employee type (ex. principles, counselors, etc). If the utility is not an option at least have a way to update active screener from the screener group area.

    3 votes

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  12. Verify funds pie graph for Check Request approvals

    Would like the ability to verify funds with a pie graph like the approval area of requisitions. Would be quicker to verify the funds within the approval screen rather than looking up the account in another screen to verify funds.

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  13. Utility Added for SubTracking

    We would like a utility added that would keep someone from putting in two different substitutes for the same teacher on the same day. We are running into some scheduling a sub and putting them in the system and then when the day comes that sub doesn't show up and another is called and then that one is put in as well without removing the original sub. We would like to see an error message pop up when the second sub is being added for a teacher stating that there is already a sub in place so that they know…

    3 votes

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  14. Site based accounting in sub tracking

    The state of Illinois is requiring Site (School Building) based accounting. Trying to figure out a way to assign substitute Detail Account Distribution to be selected from the building. See attached. I see a select from Subbed for or a Select from Substitute Can you add a Select from Building ? Tie account distribution number to the building code

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  15. Require a separate approval for certain vendors

    We would like to monitor purchases from a particular vendor Amazon. By having an approval by vendor we can approve prior to the purchase regardless of the dollar amount of the purchase. Without this enhancement we either don't have prior authorization for the purchase or we have to approve all purchase orders (which is not currently a requirement for our district). This would put a significant burden on our Purchasing Department. Staff consistently purchase items from Amazon that are not necessarily appropriate for school use (via pcard). We are adding Amazon as an ECommerce vendor so we can ensure these…

    3 votes

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    Thank you for submitting the product idea -


    We do have a few approval options currently available -


    1. Are these approvals in addition to the current approval chain or looking for completely separated approval chain than what is in the req/PO group?
    2. Do you use a specific account for eCommerce orders?


    Thank you for your additional input!

  16. Include report description on the header

    TO INCLUDE REPORT DESCRIPTION ON THE HEADER OF THE REPORT GENERATED. IT COULD BE THE THIRD LINE OF THE TITLE ON REPORT. WE HAVE CHOICES TO CREATE DIFFERENT REPORTS BUT EACH TIME WE PRINT A REPORT IT HAS THE SAME TITLE AND IT CAN GET CONFUSING ON WHICH REPORT YOU PRINTED. EXPECTED OUTCOME IS TO HAVE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE REPORT (WE DO CREATE IT WHEN WE CREATE THE REPORT) ON THE HEADER OF THE REPORT.

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  17. Select Phone Category Field in Employee Access

    Enable employees to maintain their phone numbers and select Phone Category and Type. This information would then populate the information on the Phone/Email tab. District could have a Notification Phone Category so that users could select to use for school closing. Data could then be exported and uploaded to 3rd party software. Districts are currently requesting the information it is not updated in Skyward only in the 3rd party software. Would allow single entry of data. Employees can keep their phone numbers updated for notification when necessary. Districts could have an open period to allow employees to update their numbers…

    3 votes

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  18. Report Print Options at All Levels

    The goal is to allow any/all pre-verifiers and approvers the options of printing the Reimbursement Report for their records is necessary. Currently only the employee submitting the Expense Reimbursement and AP staff have the capability of printing this report. Make the Print option button available to any pre-verify or approver throughout the Expense Reimbursement process.

    3 votes

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  19. Positive Pay for SBAA

    Avoid Check Fraud Positive pay would be most helpful in preventing check fraud. Fraudsters are targeting school districts. Our distract has prevented check fraud on the Accounts Payable side but we have no way of preventing on the SBAA side.

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  20. Need Ability to Add More Than 30 Detail Lines

    Users cannot add more than 30 detail lines in Detail Line Entry. They have to create 2 RQ's when spreading expenses across 35 schools using the same Invoice number with the suffix of a and b. Users should be able to click and Add More button and add an unlimited number of detail lines (or at lease well over 30).

    3 votes

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