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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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  1. Credit Card vendor match

    Yesterday when doing the vendor match a few of the vendors looked very familiar but they weren't available when I looked further the vendors were inactive. Could inactive vendors at least show up to let you know that they are in the system? If I wouldn't have been here so long those names wouldn't have been familiar and may have added a new vendor.

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  2. budget attachments lilnked to actual account

    Would it be possible to have the attachment be linked to the actual account? I would like to attach an Excel file to a specific account which would tie back to the budget. Currently the attachment is link to the description on the Budget Entry screen. As part of this the attachment would also have to available in the Account Profile Budget tab.

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  3. Add TERM DATE field to Extra Information

    The additional field option allows the user to create a quick view of employee's status without digging into the Employee Profile menus.The additional field option allows the user to create a quick view of employee's status without digging into the Employee Profile menus.

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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

  4. Add Mass Change Assignment Breakdown utility to SN

    Employee Management has a utility Mass Change Assignment Breakdown Fields but it is missing from the Salary Negotiations utility menu. It would be very helpful to add this utility here since we rely on SN for the KS Licensed Personnel Report.

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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. 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!

  6. 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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  7. 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.

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  8. 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.

    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

  9. 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!

  10. 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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  11. 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.

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  12. 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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  13. Inactivate Payors in Accounts Receivable

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

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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

  14. Running Reports from Time Off Org Chart

    We are creating attendance reports for supervisors which we have to enter employees manually instead of using Skyward becaussee it doesn't produce a report from the Time Off Org Chart. Please add!

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  15. Evaluation

    We would like a program where we can create an employee evaluation directly into Skyward Financial. We need to be able to have the supervisor fill out the form and the employee to only be able to add in goals and other comments. Then have this form available to the supervisor, employee, and HR under the employee profile. It would be nice to be able to rate the areas from 1-5 and have it tally for us automatically. It would also be nice to be able to have the employee acknowledge the form after the review is completed, without having…

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  16. It would be extremely helpful to have an option within the discipline entry process that allows the administrator entering the incident to i

    Building School Psychologists and Special Education Case Managers ​n​eed to notified when one of their students receives a disciplinary action, as they must closely monitor disciplinary incidents and complete a Manifestation Determination Review once a student reaches the applicable threshold.​ It would be extremely helpful to have an option within the discipline entry process that allows the administrator entering the incident to identify that the student receives Special Education services and select the student’s Case Manager and/or School Psychologist. Once selected, the system could automatically generate an email notification to those individuals when the disciplinary action is entered.​ This functionality…

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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. Quick Update Maintenance should include Paraprofessional Qualification

    Quick Update Maintenance should include Paraprofessional Qualification

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  20. 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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