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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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  1. Proxy on Expense reports

    Goal: Be able to enter an expense report on another persons behalf. This would be helpful if a manager hands off a receipt for reimbursement the assistant is able to enter this as an expense and be the "proxy" for the manager. The assistant would enter the information and the approval would go to the manager for approval and then through workflow if needed.
    The expected outcome would be keeping the check request and expense reimbursements separated and still be able to see workflow.

    34 votes

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  2. Inactivate funds

    We need to be able to in activate funds. The funds have changed over the years and so some are no longer used. Having them show up on our cash summary as zero's takes up unneeded space. It would be cleaner and more clear to the user if the funds could be inactivated and not show up on reports.

    34 votes

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  3. Allow JE for SBAA to work like regular JE

    Allow a Journal Entry for SBAA to post or pre date transactions greater than 90 days.

    For Journal entry for SBAA to behave like a regular Journal entry allowing it to be predated more then 90 days.

    33 votes

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  4. Time Off decimal entry restrict to .00 or .50

    We would like to restrict the time off entry to be entered in decimal increments of whole decimal(.00) or half decimal (.50)increments. We no longer allow any other option of decimal incremens.

    33 votes

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  5. This report sorting rules should be able to be mod

    This reports is setup to sort by social security number which is sometimes the way I like to see it but it would be helpful to also have the option to sort it by vendor name as well.

    Having different options on sorting will allow users to be more efficient.

    32 votes

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  6. Give employee an error if they try to submit a time sheet before their time off is approved

    Currently an employee can submit their time sheet before their time off request has been approved. This causes the time sheet to error out when we are trying to import time sheets and we have to denie the time sheet and call the the supervisor or employee to get this fixed before we can continue with payroll.

    30 votes

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    Thank you for submitting this idea.

    This functionality already exists in Skyward. If an employee submits their time sheets from web, mobile, and reader when an unapproved time off request is out there for that week validation exists to prevent the user from submitting the time sheet.

    There is also validation when the time sheet is being approved to catch any unapproved time off requests at that point.

    Is the situation that the time off requests are being put in after the time sheet has been submitted/approved?

    Thank you!

  7. Auto update Digital Signature in Custom Forms

    I would like to see a utility when setting up custom forms that would allow the Digital Signature/Letter Acceptance to auto update into the "Contract Signed" tab in the Employee Assignment.

    30 votes

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  8. Time Off - past/future

    Right now with time off an employee can request time off anytime in the past or future.
    1. Would it be possible to have a utility/setting that does not allow time off to be requested more than 30 days out??
    2.This request is a little more difficult to ask about but here's a scenario...
    An employee gets a time off accrual semi-monthly. The employee is currently out of time off. On 10/26 the employee is out sick. However on 10/31 the employee accrues 4 hours of sick leave. As it is now the employee is able to wait until the…

    29 votes

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    Thank you for submitting this idea. We’ve reviewed both requests. For 1 we are not considering it for development at this time. The idea will remain open for continued voting and commenting.

    For 2 we suggest you try this instead: On the Time Off Codes Maintenance screen (WH\TO\PS\CO\TO) there is a checkbox that says “In Employee Access, calculate available time off as of the date of the request.”

    Thank you!

  9. Add option to mass change pay code for full week

    When an employee has a pay code change in profile and true time right now a supervisor must go in and edit each individual clock entry each day on the employee's unsubmitted time sheet.
    I would like to see a utility that can mass change the pay code for the entire week. Or have a utility that you can select FROM date x TO date x and mass change all transactions in between.

    If anyone needs further explanations I've attached some screen shots of the pages showing the only way to edit a pay code in TT.

    28 votes

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  10. Automated message when ACH DIRECT DEPOSIT information is changed

    We implemented the "auto notify" feature to have our employees notified WHEN their banking information is changed (great option); HOWEVER, when our A/P person simply checks the box "use ACH for vendor AP payments" (which simply populates A/P with my payroll direct deposit info), this prompts the automated e-mail to go out to the employee and they panic, because they didn't make a change to their direct deposit. Is there a way to separate the financial side?? I think this is a defect if you think about it.... NO CHANGE IS BEING MADE. Thank you for your support of this…

    27 votes

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  11. Scan employee file into profile but make it confidential

    Our district is thinking of going paperless. We know that there is an "attach" option in profile, where we can scan in paperwork, but the employee can see what we scan in. Would it be possible to add a feature where we can scan in the employee's entire file but make it confidential to where only HR or Admin could access it?

    27 votes

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  12. Check history printing payroll check stub takes 8 clicks to complete check printing. Decrease amount of clicks to print

    Reduce the amount of clicks to print a payroll stub in check history. Also be able to print a range of check stubs instead of going into each one separately.

    27 votes

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    Thank you for submitting the product idea!


    The check reconciliation browse can be used to sort by check number to view and export based on check number and can be sorted. This is located through Web Financial Management > Accounts Payable > Check Reconciliation.

  13. Remove limit of 100 lines per journal entry on the web

    Currently, there is a limit of 100 lines per journal entry when importing on the web. Often times, we import journal entries in PaC because there is no limit on the number of lines in a journal entry when using PaC. It would be great to use the web to import larger journal entries.

    25 votes

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  14. W-4 Step order

    Change the screen for entering the 2020 W-4 information so the steps are shown in order. It currently shows step 3, 4a, 4b, nonresident, then step 2. When reviewing W-4 elections, a person looks from the top of the form to the bottom and fields for entering should be in the same order as the W-4 form.

    25 votes

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  15. Supplemental Pay / Other Earnings

    We need a way for employees or supervisors to submit Other Earnings or Supplemental Pay electronically other than through spread sheet and paper form. This electronic process would need an approval process much like requisitions but should be payable through the payroll processing and not accounts payable. Right now other districts as well as our district have to use paper forms and convert any spreadsheet to CSV files to import into payroll. Very labor intensive for supervisors, administrators, and the payroll department.

    25 votes

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  16. We want the ability to auto approve the Primary ma

    Auto approving address in employee access. You will not be able to use the auto approve option for the reason below:

    When an employee changes their address they enter a new street direction city zip. If the employee chooses a street city or zip that is not entered in your system already Skyward doesn't have a data table to pull this information from. Remember when you enter an address in profile there is a table that auto fills with the street info. If you are entering a street that has never been entered before you have to add that street…

    25 votes

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  17. Option for items in bank rec to be unchecked

    Currently when working on the bank reconciliation the system opens the reconciliation with all items "checked" as if they are all cleared. It would be nice to have the items come in as "unchecked" so that you could check them off as you clear them. Or at least an option to select them all to "uncheck". It is really easy to miss an item that has not cleared especially when many of the items are the same amount i.e. textbook fees and there can be hundreds of fee management entries in that one months statement.

    To have the bank rec…

    25 votes

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  18. Date of Term to Profile Extra Info

    Please add the Date of Term to the Profile Customized Options in the Profile Banner in Payroll.

    25 votes

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  19. True Time Edits

    Currently True Time has widgets for Timesheets Waiting My Approval and Time Off Waiting My Approval. Could you add a widget for True Time Edits or Timesheets Edits Waiting My Approval. Employees can add an Edit Note, but Approvers have to go and find the requests rather than being notified. We would like an email notification to go to Approver when an Edit is requested and then also a widget so they can see Edit requests on their Home Page.

    24 votes

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    Thank you for submitting the product idea!


    1. Just for clarification, whenever a user makes an edit to a timesheet note, you would want the approvers to get an email notification?

    a. With this, would this only be if they edited after submission of the timesheet?


    2. The 2nd portion you are looking for a similar widget to the time off approvals widget?


    Thank you for your additional input, the idea will remain open for continued voting by the Skyward community.


    Erik O.


  20. Payroll Variance Report

    In the "Post-Verification" section of payroll there should be a report that shows variances. For example it should compare the gross or net between the last payroll and the current payroll.

    Each employee should be on their own line and you should be able to choose what you see on the report so you can choose to look at: net, gross, specific deductions, or specific benefits. Would help pin-point errors quickly without having to print 2 reports and having to manually compare the reports.

    24 votes

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