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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. Pop Up Message for True Time

    It would be great if you could create a pop up message option for True Time Quick Entry. A lot of our employees do not open the Employee Access screen often and this would be a great way to get needed messages to them.

    14 votes

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  2. When having a Blanket PO and had 30 invoices to enter it would be nice if there was a way to enter them together on 1 page.

    When having a Blanket PO and having 30 invoices to enter it would be nice if there was a way to enter them together on 1 page instead of having to do them all separately.

    13 votes

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    Thank you for submitting this Product Idea. We have reviewed it and would like to see more support and use cases submitted from the Skyward user community prior to considering it for development.


    This Idea will remain open for the Skyward user community to show support by voting and commenting on it with additional use cases.


    Additionally, you now have the ability to indicate the level of importance when submitting or voting on an idea. Please take into consideration all the possible enhancements Skyward could complete for you and rank this idea with the global picture in mind.


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  3. Data Mining Cleanup Utility

    Can we add a utility to cleanup data mining reports in the Business Suite (i.e. Employee, Budget, etc.) The Student database has this utility, already, in Skyward Contact Access/Security/Setup/Utilities.

    13 votes

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    1 comment  ·  Data Mining  ·  Admin →
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  4. Add a level to restrict users the ability to delete attachments.

    Would it be possible to adjust a level or create another level that would allow users to Add attachments, but not Delete. I previously work for a district that this was an audit finding. As users had the ability to gets back into the item and accidently deletes or remove a document, once the item was approved in workflow. This is a risk and doesn't ensure accurate documentation remains on a transaction.

    13 votes

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  5. Reminder message for True Time users to submit their time card at the end of the week

    ...with the ability to schedule the reminder for a specific day of the week. Another reminder could be scheduled when they Punch In for the first time in the next work week to submit any prior work week's time sheets.

    13 votes

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    2 comments  ·  Payroll  ·  Admin →
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    With the 05.20.10.00.01 release which became available on 10/8/2020, notifications can be configured to display for Unsubmitted Time Sheets. The notification will be displayed as an alert in the header of the screen. The number of weeks to look back can also be configured. An option has been added to the Timekeeping Rule to display a notification to the employee when they have unsubmitted time sheets. Turn it on and enter a number of weeks.

    Thank you!

  6. Add the amount for 4c amount in the W4 information tab

    In addition to ordering the steps 1-4b like someone else requested add the amount that is calculated for 4c to add the federal deduction amount right there. It makes sense to do all of that on the one screen since we may be adding other values there as well.

    13 votes

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  7. Search for checks by check # or vendor

    Without printing a report - we need a quick way to search for checks that we have processed. The ability to look up a check by check number or vendor name would be very helpful.

    13 votes

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  8. Payroll Description on Pay Stub

    Our district pays out Extra Duty pay 3 times each year (November, March, June) for coaching and advisors. There may be a staff person that has multiple positions to be paid Extra Duty pay. An example might be a Senior Class Advisor and Student Council Advisor. It would be very helpful if we could input additional descriptions while processing Payroll that would flow through to the check stub for each position they are being paid Extra Duty pay for. To take the example above, Pay Code EXP $200 with a check stub description of Senior Class Advisor, Pay Code EXP…

    13 votes

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  9. KS - ADD LINK IN EMAIL FOR TRUE TIME APPROVAL

    I was told that the email notification for True Time Timesheet approval is hardcoded and cannot be modified - which is fine - BUT....it would be most helpful if there was a LINK to click on in the email that would take you to the approval page (like there is for time off requests). Since we don't have student - certified staff do not stay in Skyward - they only get in when they get notified that they have something pending.

    13 votes

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  10. Purchasing Reports

    When running a Purchasing Report (specifically PO Payment History and Account Number Sequence reports - I would like to see the option to select a Fiscal Year so that when you have opened your new fiscal year you can run reports of purchase orders for the current fiscal year only instead of getting both fiscal year's PO's.

    13 votes

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  11. DPI now requires background check every 5 years. Need field to report when last background check was done, so we can datamine a report

    DPI now requires background check every 5 years for Teachers/Administrators. We need a field to enter when their last background check was done so we can create a data mining report to show these dates and know who to contact when the 5 years is getting close. It would make the most sense to put this field in the "Employee Certification Detail area". Thank you for your consideration!

    13 votes

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  12. New Hire Request Auto-emails

    When a supervisor/hiring manager submits a New Hire Request, there is no notification if the request is denied. They need to monitor their Requests Waiting for Approval. We would like to see auto emails when a request is denied, as well as approved and submitted. This would be similar to how other areas of the system work.

    13 votes

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  13. Check History Printing multiple checks at a time

    It would be nice to be able to print multiple checks at one time instead of having to do one at a time. Maybe a date range of checks to be printed?

    13 votes

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  14. Reprint Accounts Payable checks

    Would like to be able to reprint checks, currently no way to save the check file if there is a print malfunction and have to void and reissue all the checks if you close out.

    13 votes

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  15. Being able to see time sheets for former employees without having to put them back on the org chart

    Often times for audits we have to pull reports for former employees showing hours worked during a specific time. I've found that if the person is a former employee, they will not get pulled into the report, nor can I see the time sheet if they are not listed on the org chart.
    I'd like to be able to have former employees pulled in to reports without having to add them to the org chart again.

    13 votes

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  16. Enable API v6.1/Data Std v4

    I'm requesting that Skyward enable API v6.1/Data Standard v4 for the SMS Skyward HR/Finance sends that Skyward is certified for by Ed-Fi for Florida. https://techdocs.ed-fi.org/display/EDFICERT/Registry+of+Ed-Fi+Certified+Products indicates that API v6.1/Data Standard v4 is available to Texas and Wisconsin and other states upon request. This request would especially be helpful to Florida districts using FLCode.

    12 votes

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  17. Adding a note option on a pay record

    When paying for an Extra Duty it would be amazing to be able to put a note in for what the payment is for. I.E. Class Sponsor, Morning Bus Duty, Basketball Coach Stipend, etc. If Skyward could put this note option on the select screen through payroll, we could manually enter the information when paying out for these different stipends.

    12 votes

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  18. Street Names

    Please add a way to clean up the "Street Name" list for addresses. It would be ideal to be able to merge the existing street name when someone has entered many varieties and spellings of the same street name.

    12 votes

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  19. Credit Cards - Receipt attachment not following to AP Invoice entry / Vendor Profile

    Currently the credit card attachments do not follow through to the Vendor Profile once processes in AP. The only way you are able to see them are through the credit card activity. It would be helpful if the attachment would follow through to Accounts Payable invoice screen and then to the Vendor Profile so we wouldn't have to attach them manually. Thanks!

    12 votes

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  20. Employee Wellness Screenings - allow the district to change or add questions to fit guidelines of our district needs and local health dept

    Employee Wellness Screenings - allow the district to change or add questions to fit guidelines of our district needs and local health dept guidelines

    12 votes

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    Planned  ·  Clayton Bentz responded

    Thank you for submitting your idea to the portal.

    We have an upcoming project to allow districts to define their own questions within Wellness Screening.

    We will continue to work our hardest to provide this functionality to you in a timely manner.

    Thanks!

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