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SMS 2.0 School Business Suite


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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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  1. Select Check Column Sorting - WF\AP\CR\CR

    Sorry for the repost but, PR 4045393 did not address this issue as the screen is still not sortable. Need the ability to sort by columns that was removed in Addendum 2 (02/25/2019) restored. If there is an issue with maintaining the marks on selected checks you fix the issue instead of removing a function that brings the issue to light. We are talking about the screen "Select Checks to Apply Statement Date" where you complete the checkbox to apply the date to the selected checks.

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  2. All changes need to be marked red

    When running the plan calendar cycle, system does not report values in red correctly. It does not recognize changing 08/01/2018 to 08/01/2019 as a changed marked in red. Appears that changes are only marked if the month and/or the day are different while ignoring the difference in year.

    2 votes

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  3. Password Hidden/Encrypted

    As normal security protocol, ALL passwords used anywhere in the system should be hidden as masked fields and stored as encrypted values in the database.

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  4. Have an option to export service records to Word.

    Have an option to export service records to Word.

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  5. PR1500

    There seems to be a glitch in the new Texas reporting PR1500. The Bilingual/ESL/Special Education field is a required field. The system will not allow you to proceed without choosing one or the other.

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  6. Create a report to comply with new MN Wage Theft Law, new form

    Create a report to comply with new MN Wage Theft Law, new form.
    New employee form requires notice to employee of wage change or any change to pay. We can do this individually for new hires but for mass changes due to contract changes it would be helpful to have a utility to create a form from skyward to send to the employee.

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  7. Start and End Date in Contract Codes

    Addendum 9 included a change to Purchasing Contract Codes. Now, Start and End Dates are included in the codes. Purchasing staff would like the option to turn this off.

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  8. Language Preference

    Allowing the End User a language preference would be extremely helpful. Especially in Employee Access when an employee speaks and reads in a different language. This would be a huge benefit for those having to use Time Off and True Time.

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  9. Include Building Location Column under Employees on the Advanced Employee Lookup screen

    On the Advanced Employee Lookup screen, it would be helpful to have the Building location column under the Employees Section where you select from the filtered list. So if I am looking for a person and only know their first name, employee type and building, it would be easier to find the person in Skyward.

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  10. Mass Deny Budget Requests

    Add an option to mass deny budget requests the same way you can mass approve.

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  11. Flag for High Priority Days

    Is there a way to be able to set up High Priority Days that would set a flag when an employee submits for the particular day. At the beginning of the year we would have to set these days to be flagged.

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  12. Choose Invoice Status to See

    For invoice entry screen change the "status" to have the ability to check a box next to which ones you want to see. You can simplify the choices and allow greater control. For example I would like to be able to see those in batch and those waiting approval at the same time, but I can't because it is not a separate option to select.

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  13. License expires field or background check field on personnel page

    WI DPI has a lifetime license, however, a background check needs to be done every five years. It would be great to have a field that could be exported to excel so I would know who's license will expire. The paper license from DPI does not have a background check date. We will not know when a license will expire because a teacher forgot to submit a background check.

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  14. sick leave approval settings

    In the time off approver settings, have a setting that allows you to select a primary approver for sick leave using the primary pay code.

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  15. Add Deep Linking into Skyward App

    Linking to the URL from our mobile app is OK (yawn) ... but why not allow linking into the Skyward App?

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  16. Ability to adjust vendor name font size when printing checks

    We need the ability to adjust font size for the vendor name printed for both A/P and Payroll checks. Our bank has indicated that increasing the font size would make the check more friendly to machine reading for increased security. This issue was raised by our bank as they reviewed our checks for a fraud prevention program.

    2 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.

  17. Add "Job Type" to ADDITIONAL CODES AND SETTINGS option for sorting, breaking down selection parameters.

    Please add "job type" to ADDITIONAL CODES AND SETTINGS, so that it can be used as a selection parameter for printing. I use this field to note temporary jobs that I don't want to print or roll.

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  18. Date Range for FMLA coding

    Would be helpful to have a date range option under Limited Access Processing for when we code FMLA absences.

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  19. ACA employee category code mass process change request

    When populating the employee categories for all employees, the field that indicates "Accepted Coverage" would be better as "Offered Coverage". The employee category codes include employees that are not eligible for benefits. Even if this field is indicated as "NO" it can be misconstrued that they were offered but did not accept when in fact they were not. The enrollment/waiver piece is under the 1095C screen so why would it be here too??? Does not make sense. Please re-visit this.

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  20. Mass assigning the Employment Type & SOC Field, allowing datamining of these 2 fields

    Allow mass assigning of the Employment Type and SOC field that was recently added. Also to be able to choose these in a Data Mine Report. Currently there is no way to see if anyone has been missed. This reports as a blank on the Unemployment tab and this would be helpful to see who was missed or didn't have a code.

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