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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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  1. Mass add auto approval rules

    In the Purchase order groups setup I currently have to go into each group to update the auto approval rules. I would like a mass add function so that I can select multiple groups and apply the auto approval rules to the groups that I select so that I don't have to individually update every one of them. This would be a great time saver!

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  2. Inactive Employee does not display Online Form

    When an employee is inactivated you can no longer view completed online forms even when the form is still active. You have to activate the employee to see history on the completed online form.

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  3. Garnishment calculation

    US Department of Education calculates disposable earnings as Gross less taxes less health insurance less WRS pension. Also has a base minimum poverty earnings that excludes the deduction is earnings are too low. Skyward only has the standard disposable calculation of Gross less taxes. Negative impact: Federal Law failure to comply with correct calculation. Add another disposable calculation option that follow the US Dept of Education calculation that also includes the option of minimum earnings by employee.

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  4. Enhancements to the EM Pay Distribution Report

    Would like to have an option to Display Repeating Fields so that we can convert to Excel and have the account codes listed for each person. We'd also like to have the building code and FTE added to this report. Our goal would be to have something similar to the Employee Costing Report found under Salary Negotiations. See attached file with screen shots. Either add an option to Display Repeating fields (as used in the Payroll Account Distribution Report) or adjust the Convert to Excel process to repeat the account codes. The current report has room for more fields to…

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  5. Employees need to identify type of phone and email

    Employees need to be able to identify which type of phone and email each one is. Currently they can’t identify any phone number and only emails 2-4 can be identified via employee access. On the HR side I can however identify phone 2 and 3 but not one. Our request would be that via employee access they can identify all phone numbers and email addresses. If not they should be specified by the system. Our request would be that via employee access employees can identify all phone numbers and email addresses. If not they should be specified by the system.

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  6. Detail Activity

    Please take a look at the attached printscreen and tell me if you think that this is detailed activity. Not sure how it can be detailed when it doesn't contain any type of description vendor information payment date etc. Could the detailed information be added to this screen instead of going two screens back to get that information.

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  7. Deduction Benefit History-/Payroll Date Selection

    A date range or something needs to be added to this area. When I have 20 years of information and I need to gather ALL 20 years and we do 3 payrolls a month do you know how many CLICKS THAT IS? I know an RFE was put in a few years ago. This seriously needs to be fixed on the web side of Payroll.

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  8. Clone Substitute as part of Time Off Trans Clone

    It would be great to have the option of cloning the Substitute as part of the Time Off transaction clone process. I most often use the clone process for FMLA or long-term situations and many times the substitute is the same for the whole period. As it is right now I can clone the time off but then have to edit each transaction any way to update the sub field. Although it would add a step it would be great if a preview screen would pop up showing the dates time off type reason and sub for the days you…

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    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

  9. Clone as Vacancy

    Skyward gives you the option to clone an assignment to a different employee but it would also be helpful to have the option to clone the assignment as a vacant assignment. Right now there is only an option to add vacant assignment so you have to manually enter all of the information from the employee leaving to the vacancy.

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  10. Account Transaction Ledger

    We can run a report to show the transactions on an account but cannot see the other side. We want to be able to track all the transactions against an account - both debits and credits to see both sides of the transactions. For instance we want to see the activity for our discount GL but need to see the other side of that posting. For now we have to drill into each transaction to look for the debit/credit against that transaction - for every transaction.

    3 votes

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  11. Ability to import data into Personnel records

    We need the ability to import information into the Name table. Currently we have a need to move the phone number from the primary phone field into the second phone field as it is blank for most users. The second phone will be used to call for emergency school closures as the primary phone field contains the school number pulled in state reporting. Currently we use PowerSchool for our Student information. They have the ability using the key field for the table as Entry 1 and then specifying the field where the information is to be placed.

    3 votes

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  12. We would like to see an option the mass print online forms.

    Would like to see an option to mass print online forms

    3 votes

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  13. Clone Reimbursement Expense Codes

    The ability to clone reimbursement expense codes so we do not have to keep updating account codes that were used in the previous years mileage.

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    Ashley Prinsen
    Product Owner

  14. Grant Codes for Check Requests

    Please add the option to attach a grant/project code to check requests when they are submitted.

    3 votes

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  15. Changes 1099 Values in Check Request module

    When I was running our 1099's for the 2017 CY all of our vendors were defaulted to box 7. As indicated below from Skyward I would need to un-check the box when I am looking at check requests. This is not a great option for us as we are not a PO district and I would have to edit every check request to un-check the 1099 box as the system auto checks this box because we have 1099 information setup.

    1. The program is working as it is intended. If you go the Web AP Check Requests Submit Add. If you…

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  16. Purchase Order Electronic Signatures

    In PAC we have the ability to select from 5 signatures when we print purchase orders. The selection is based on the administrator approving the PO. Currently we don't have the ability to do this on the web. So requisitions are processed on the web and then printed from PAC so the signature can be selected. Our preference would be to do the whole process on the Web vs going back and forth between systems.

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  17. Online Form Next Tab to be renamed Completed on last Step

    Our Lump Sum Online Form did not progress to Completed because the employee did not select the tab marked Next. It did show when they were in progress status at Step 1 and Step 2. But once both Steps were chosen it reversed back to Status Not Started because the last Step requires the employee to choose the Next Tab. We would like this changed so that the Next Step Tab is not required to be completed or the Tab to be renamed "Submit"

    2 votes

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  18. Text Messaging Authentication

    Staff are upset about installing an authenticator app on their personal devices. Could text messaging be set up as an option?

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    Thank you for submitting the product idea!


    At this time text messaging is not being considered for SMS due to security concerns with text message authentication and spoofing.


    We have found the Authenticator apps are the more secure way to handle MFA logins.


    Thanks!

    Erik O.

  19. taxable sales

    I would like to propose the addition of a "Taxable Sales" button in our system to automatically calculate and post tax to the liability account. Currently, our bookkeepers have that and now that we will be migrating to Q they will have to manually back out tax and post revenues separately, which is time-consuming and prone to errors.

    Implementing this feature will streamline operations, ensure accuracy, and reduce the workload on our bookkeepers by eliminating multiple steps in the tax reporting process.

    I believe this enhancement will greatly improve our operational efficiency and accuracy. I look forward to your feedback.

    2 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?

    2 votes

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