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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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  1. SBAA Report for Today

    Be able use the Today report at the entity level in Reports for Account Ledger and Account Activity using the Today (current day) in the Date Selection box to pull reports for any Cash Receipts or Journal Entries.
    Or can a report template be created for that information?

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  2. Send Advice of Deposit notices to multiple vendor contacts

    In this day of cyber financial attacks, it would be helpful to be able to designate at least 2 individuals who will receive advice of deposit notices. Perhaps this feature would help mitigate malicious intent?

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  3. In PAC, Reporting, Detail check history. 1) have a "look up" button. 2) be able to create folders for reports I want to keep.

    1) I save a lot of reports in Detail Check History. It would be nice to have a "lookup" feature, so I don't have to scroll through all of them. i.e. ones starting with a "T". 2) It would be very helpful to have folders where I can save & store reports for future reference. i.e. for Audits. Then I do not have to re-create them. But then they are also not cluttering the rest of my reports. Or also to have folders for reports I run every pay day--have them all together in one folder. Kind of like "saved…

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    Thank you for submitting this idea. We've reviewed it and have the following suggestions to try instead:


    (1) On the Web, the Vendor Check History has a lookup feature. 

    (2) We've heard from other Skyward customers that they use a prefix on the report description for grouping reports, this would also help when using the lookup feature on the Web.

    (3) On the Web, you can schedule Reports, this is one solution to implement for the reports you run daily. 


    Thank you!

  4. Super User/ Administrator

    A super user or administrator should be able to access, delete, or modify anything that is needed no matter what. There are several instances where administrators need to login under the individual user to make changes and this should not need to be done.

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  5. Professional Development Request - option to display WI PI 34 Standards or no

    We are Using Professional Development to track our Talent Development credits locally for moving along the matrix - it would be nice to be able to not display the WI PI34 standards on the Pre-Approval credit request as it does not apply to how we are using this part of the module.

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  6. Vendor Contract - auto add to Requisition

    If a vendor only has 1 contract under their profile, we would like to see that contract auto-added to the requisition.

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  8. Augmentation of the current API dataset which is available

    We would like to leverage an API to facilitate our identity automation lifecycle. Currently we are using a direct DB connection which works fine, however our IAM vendor would like to pivot to an API based system. There is data available on the Student side, but not much (if any) seemingly available on the HR/Finance side.

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  9. Add "Approve and Re-route" option in invoice approval.

    Our A/P Specialist enters invoices, which then come to me for final approval. I would like to be able to route them to someone else for approval after I verify the accounting code.

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    Thank you for submitting this idea.

    We suggest trying this alternative solution:

    Add everyone who needs to approve certain accounts as level 3 approvers and then send them an email whenever an account is used that one of them needs to approve so they can go look at the invoice.

    We will continue to research the feasibility of adding a more streamlined approve and re-route option to the system. We will keep this Idea open for continued support by the Skyward user community.

    Thank you!

  10. Tab function work across all accounts(same with Jornal Entries)

    when user is entering cash receipts...enters account strips and pressing tabs will select account and tab to details when using account strips with A however tab function doesn't work when using account strips with Type R or Type E.

    Think it may be a programmatic function of the tab function error message that says account doesn't exist but it does and you can see it in the drop down box ...just not selected when tab key is pressed.

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  11. Importing of Notes in Fixed Assets

    It would be nice to be able to import notes in the Notes Tab of Fixed Asset as we add/change/inactivate assets.

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  12. Commodity code

    I would recommend that a commodity code be added to check requests and payment of direct pay invoices. Auditors look for this during their audits.

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  13. TRS-Illinois has a utility to update Contribution Category and Job Category would you please add TRS Employment Type to that .

    TRS-Illinois has a utility to update Contribution Category and Job Category would you please add TRS Employment Type to that also please.

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  14. An additional place for a name on the mailing address

    I think there should be a place to add an additional name on the mailing address portion of the vendor. Sometimes the name to mail to is different than the main name. It would be nice to be able to put that name in, not just the address.

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  15. Time Off Calendar selection in Profile [Web]

    would really love it if the ability to change years when selecting the time off calendar was formatted like it is when you are in the TRS Calculate New member payment date section. the way we do it now is cumbersome by opening it, selecting the filter, finding the calendar, etc. this would make it much more efficient for the times when you need to add or change a calendar manually [which can be often]. thank you for your consideration.

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  16. Fixed Asset Addition report

    On the additions report, the date Skyward uses is the Record date. This date should be the Date in Service record found on the Depreciation tab.

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  17. Account numbers on receipt total report

    We would like the Receipt Totals Report to include the revenue account detail. Currently, the only report we found that gives the revenue account for the accounting department is the receipt totals report. We would also like it to print on the receipt totals page. Thanks for considering.

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  18. Mass Change Utilities

    Utilities that have the ability to mass delete entries (particular example is placement tracker) obviously have the ability to find all the data affected by that particular entry. Instead of having to delete entries and roll back processes to reenter processes due to a miskeying of information, allow the utility to edit the trackers instead.

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  19. Notification when PO gets approved

    It would be nice to have an option to send an email to whoever is in charge of doing the ordering of newly approved purchase orders. For example, I do the ordering, but I am not part of the approval process. When a requisition finishes getting the approvals it moves into a batch purchase order. Currently someone has to tell me that the purchase order is out there or I have to physically go check if there is something new. Most people assume that I am notified, but I am not so new purchase orders can sit out in batch…

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    Thank you for submitting this idea. We suggest trying this instead:

    (1) A Requisition/PO Listing report template can be created for just Batch status POs (WF\PU\RP\RP).

    (2) After the report is executed, from My Print Queue, select the report and press the Tasks button.

    (3) On the next screen there is a Schedule This button to create a scheduled task for the report.

    Please see attached screenshots for visual examples.

    Thank you!

  20. FASTTRACK - DATA MINING - YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FIELD

    Would like to be able to select the Years of Experience from the Available Fields on the Field Selection screen in the FastTrack Applicant Processing DataMining.

    When viewing Applications from the Position screen, one of the views is Years Of Experience. I would like to be able to pull that information in FastTrack Applicant Processing DataMining.

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