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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. Cash Receipts Approval Process

    We are a large district with numerous schools making bank deposits and submitting Cash Receipts in Account Management. Like Budget Transfers and Journal Entries, we would like to see an Approval process put in place so the finance office can review and verify the Cash Receipt transaction before posting it.

    63 votes

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  2. EXPORT FIXED REPORTS TO EXCEL; Sort on Class

    It would be very helpful if we could export the fixed s Current Value Report to Excel to facilitate sorting/reporting/analyzing etc.

    59 votes

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  3. Modify Widget to Show ALL EMPLOYEES UNDERNEATH ME

    I don't know if it's possible but we would really love the ability to change the setting of the bar graph widget for employee time off per week to see ALL employees under someone. These widgets are SOOOOO helpful and having the ability to change this setting with help us work smarter not harder. ;-) Right now the widget only shows employees who report directly to the approver. I included some screenshots in an effort to better clarify what I'm asking.
    Having the ability to change this setting will help our Special Ed Executive Director see a quick snap shot…

    49 votes

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  4. User cannot edit a request in the approval process

    Once a New Hire request is approved at a low level and there are more approvals needed. The submitter cannot edit the request. Would like it to work like finance requisitions where the submitter can Edit but it resets the approvals back to the beginning.

    47 votes

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  5. Purchase Orders

    Purchase Order "Deliver To" Needs to have the phone number added as when venders call with a concern or question they always call the Billing Office as that's the only phone number available and they don't know the answer so then the call is forwarded to me.
    With the phone number added to the delivery address calls would be directed directly to the correct school without delay in answers. Deliveries wouldn't be delayed and the Billing office would not be given unnecessary calls. You have built into the system address 1 & address 2 - address 1 could be the…

    46 votes

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  6. True Time Comp Time Max

    We currently have a group who has a 56 hour comp time max clause in their contract. TT is set up to allow 56 hours per year but for our purposes we need to cap at 56 as an overall total. TT allows the employee to continue to request comp in excess of 56 hours.
    Is there a way to remove the "Maximum yearly balance starts at the beginning of ___________" piece in the timekeeping rule?

    44 votes

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  7. Column for e-mail address in "My Employees Unsubmitted Time Sheets" screen

    Add a column for e-mail to the "My Employees Unsubmitted Time Sheets" screen for TT, so a Supervisor/Approver can e-mail an employee directly from this screen when they have an unsubmitted time sheet. This would make these notifications much quicker and helpful to be able to look back and see who received the reminder(s) when they fail to submit and don't get paid on time.

    38 votes

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  8. Automated message when ACH DIRECT DEPOSIT information is changed

    We implemented the "auto notify" feature to have our employees notified WHEN their banking information is changed (great option); HOWEVER, when our A/P person simply checks the box "use ACH for vendor AP payments" (which simply populates A/P with my payroll direct deposit info), this prompts the automated e-mail to go out to the employee and they panic, because they didn't make a change to their direct deposit. Is there a way to separate the financial side?? I think this is a defect if you think about it.... NO CHANGE IS BEING MADE. Thank you for your support of this…

    27 votes

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  9. Remove limit of 100 lines per journal entry on the web

    Currently, there is a limit of 100 lines per journal entry when importing on the web. Often times, we import journal entries in PaC because there is no limit on the number of lines in a journal entry when using PaC. It would be great to use the web to import larger journal entries.

    25 votes

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  10. W-4 Step order

    Change the screen for entering the 2020 W-4 information so the steps are shown in order. It currently shows step 3, 4a, 4b, nonresident, then step 2. When reviewing W-4 elections, a person looks from the top of the form to the bottom and fields for entering should be in the same order as the W-4 form.

    25 votes

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  11. Need to Update Multiple True Time Rule Sets at the Same Time

    When updating timesheets (HR\PA\CP\TT) each rule set must be updated one at a time. This is extremely time consuming. We need a "select all" option, or some way to update multiple time sheets at the same time. We can then run reports to find any discrepancies, rather than trying to review each individual rule set before updating.

    19 votes

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  12. Need Another Option in Pseudo Approval

    When approving employee submitted address changes, if someone else is living at the same address, a window pops up asking if you want to change the address for all people at the current address. The only option is OK or cancel. We need an option to say NO, do not update other occupants of the address so we can approve just that person, not other household members.

    16 votes

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  13. Dependent report from insurance tracking enrollment data

    PLEASE include gender of the dependents in the report data. Names are not necessarily indicative of gender of the dependents and we need the data for other information / reports we create.

    11 votes

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  14. Position Control Groups FTE

    We would like to have an additional EM config option for the verification of FTE's available on Position Control Groups. Our current config is set up to verify new hire requests based on the Working FTE of the group, but the problem is the system looks at the Working FTE for the entire date range on the Position Control Record. This gives us fits for positions were there is overlap at some point during the year because it looks like there is an FTE available but if you try to enter a request it is blocked

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    10 votes

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  15. Default tax election

    When you are setting up a new employee, in the "Tax-W4" tab there is a checkbox that says "2020 or After W-4". It should now default to having that checkbox check since all new employees that are added should be with the new form at this point.

    8 votes

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  16. Check request notifications

    In the expense reimbursements, there is an option to send a summary email notification for invoices waiting to be generated. This is a great feature but also be VERY beneficial if we could have the same option for check requests. This would then have both programs working the same way, not really an enhancement here but a system function issue. Thanks for considering.

    8 votes

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  17. Reports

    Would it be possible to change the notification of a denied requisition? I attached a copy of a denied requisition. It seems the denied part of the message does not stand out from the rest of the message. Could it be in italics, different color, bolded just something that makes the reason a requisition was denied stand out better?

    8 votes

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  18. Employee Access

    When employees leave it would be great to have one place to update their personal email and check a box that all communication goes to that personal email. Instead right now, I have to update the first email in employee profile AND go and update the email in employee access and then send them another account reset link just for them to keep access. In addition, it would be awesome to have a box for departing staff that says "grant employee access until......" we could then fill in a date and forget it. Instead right now, I have to somehow…

    8 votes

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  19. Epayable payment type

    There needs to be a check type for EPayables that processes like a check without printing the check. Currently in SMS our only options are to use the check type "wire" or "manual" which causes the cash to hit on the date that the invoice is posted instead of when the payment is made. This creates the need for journal entries to post the cash in the month it was actually spent. With the increasing need to be paperless, this is essential to properly process payment without having to print a check.

    8 votes

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  20. Journal Entry-Back button

    Please consider moving the location of the back button on the Submit Journal Entry Screen. It is right below the Save and Finish Later and can accidentally be selected in error. Also, a warning screen to ask you are you sure you want to go back and not save!

    7 votes

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