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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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  1. ACA employee selection parameters

    When adding an employee to the ACA workfile I would like to have the ability to select multiple employees similar to other selection parameters in the software. This would save a lot of time if I have a list of specific employees to add. Time is money $.

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

    During webinars our State and Federal Reporting Department recommend using an import process in this same Method to select employees quickly. You can do this using the 1095 tracker and exporting the browse of employees with an employee identifier at the time of running the report. You can run the 1095 tracker with an employee identifier of (employee id for example) and then export that browse to excel, save it and import it during year end using method 3.

    Thank you!

  2. Absence Count for Substitute Tracking

    In our Substitute Handbook we give a substitute a $10.00 bump up in pay after they sub (in any capacity) 30 days. Substitutes will receive an increase of $10 to their daily rate ($5 for half day rate) after completing 30 substitute assignments in the school year. (Long term assignments are not eligible for this rate increase.) Skyward can track per sub type ie teacher sub para sub secretary sub etc. Our language states any day subbed counts in the 30 day count. This causes us to dump the Sub days from Aesop into an Excel spreadsheet and then calculate…

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  3. Allow Export of Employee Data

    Allow export of employee data that can be scheduled similar to how skybuild works in student mgmt. allow export to a CSV file that will allow the file to retain any leading zeros in the ssn or other codes. data mining does not accomplish this as it will only export to excel, and it changes the formatting.

    2 votes

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  4. SBAA-Ability to mark Purchase Requisitions as Pending

    It would be great to have the same capability in SBAA to mark purchase requisitions as Pending.

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    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

  5. Check Request Approval

    Immediately see account code & overage alert for check request on the bottom of screen like we currently do for POs. Also make check request approval available in mobile app in same area as POs.

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    In Discovery  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this request to the Ideas Portal.

    We will look into adding the account code and overage alert for check requests on the bottom of the screen like POs.

    Mobile check request approval became available in the February Release (2/14/19).

    Thank you!

  6. Add the ability to default the state and Highly Qualified in the Certification area.

    Add the ability to default the state and Highly Qualified in the Certification area.

    2 votes

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  7. DEPENDENT REPORT ENHANCEMENT REQUEST

    Elimination of dependent data for employees who are no longer active in insurance tracking. I have employees who have left employment do not have an active insurance tracking record and they and their dependents still appear on the dependent report.
    No need for them to continue appearing on the report.

    2 votes

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  8. employee browse - add retirement fields

    Can you add a couple of fields to the employee browse for retirement
    Employment type - so I can filter on active and occasional active
    job category
    begin date

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  9. Inactivate Payors in Accounts Receivable

    We need the ability to inactivate payors in accounts receivable.
    To clean up the list of payors.

    2 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    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

  10. Include Employee ID on All Employee Management Assignment Views/Browses

    It would be helpful if the Employee ID was included on the Assignment View (Browse) instead of just the Name Key. It would be helpful to include the User Name or email adress as we. Actually, this should be considered for ALL browses. I spend a considerable amount of time doing VLookups to get this information added. Dumping an existing view or browse to Excel is much quicker than running a data mining report. We use the Employee ID number in our ancillary systems and comparisions are much easier when this information is readily available.

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  11. Add a double time and a half (2.50) for overtime

    Our District give double time and a half for working on a Holiday. Skyward does not have this feature to add to the Overtime code for the tax break.

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  12. clone certifications

    Almost every section witinn the employee administration portion of Skyward has a clone feautre, but the certification tab under employee does not. And it would be really great to be able to clone a certification record and just update the dates etc as needed. Instead you have to put in all in from scratch.

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  13. Quick Update Maintenance should include Paraprofessional Qualification

    Quick Update Maintenance should include Paraprofessional Qualification

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  14. Preapprove employee travel

    Would like travel to be preapproved by the supervisor then be sent back to the employee so they can then submit expenses for reimbursements. This allows the supervisor to know the total cost of the travel so they know that before allowing the travel. Currently, once it is pre-approved, it goes directly to the supervisor, then is an invoice after they approve it.

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  15. Mass add placement tracker for add-ons

    Would love a utility to mass-add (or update) add-on placement trackers (example: Mid-year matrix update when longevity is an add-on)

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  16. Add option to add more than 20 detail lines in "Submit Transfer" process like there is in the "Transfer" process

    Add option to add more than 20 detail lines in "Submit Transfer" process like there is in the "Transfer" process

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  17. Add Dedicated Field/Button for Staff TEA ID Number

    Please add a dedicated field or button within Staff/Teacher profiles to enter and store the TEA ID number. This information is required for certification verification, TEAL access, reporting, and state compliance for Texas school districts. Having a searchable and reportable TEA ID field would improve accuracy, reduce duplicate tracking, and streamline HR and certification processes.

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  18. Allow deleting references

    It would be helpful for applicants to have the ability to delete references. Some times applicants will use family as references and we do not accept family references. But there is no way to remove the reference and replace them with a different reference. Also, we would like to be able to add custom instructions for what we are looking for specifically on references. Such as a sentence to let the applicant know that we do not accept family as a reference.

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  19. Resetting Password on Mobile App

    Due to our Google school email security settings, it is easier for our employees to have a password set up for their access to the Mobile App for time tracking, time off, and viewing their paystubs. I wish that you would be able to reset your password on the mobile app as our users struggle with changing that on the computer (as they can use Google Login there).

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  20. Liquidation/Receiving Status When Entering an Invoice

    Why does Purchasing > Receiving information NOT communicate with Accounts Payable when entering an invoice on a PO that has already been received? Seems to make receiving the PO pointless. Maybe we don't have everything set up correctly, but wouldn't you want to know if a product has been received when enter the invoice to pay?

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