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  1. Time Off Transaction ID

    In the Transaction Details tab of Time Off on the employee profile there is no way to distinguish what transactions were added first or in what order. Having either a transaction ID for any transaction that is added or a date/time added for this area would allow tracking for districts that experience issues within Time Off. Date/time added would be a more detailed option but would likely also require a lot more programming hours to implement.

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    0 comments  ·  Time Off  ·  Admin →
    Completed  ·  Caitlin Barton responded

    Great News! The Time Off Transaction ID (HTOTRN-ID) has been added to Employee Profile Change History and it has been added as a column on the Transaction browse within the Time Off Transaction tab. The Time Off Transactions ID (HTOTRN-ID) will be able to assist with showing exactly what transactions were added, edit or deleted within the Change History tab. With the help of the Time Off Transaction ID (HTOTRN-ID) added on the Time Off Transaction tab, you will easily be able to tie this number back to what is in the Employee Profile Change History. This enhancement will be released with the February 2019, Addendum 5 release (04/04/2019). Enjoy!

  2. Ability to view approved absence details

    It would be most efficient to be able to view approved absence requests (in Transaction Details) from the employee profile screen with the detail afforded to the unapproved absence detail (Unapproved Requests) capabilities. We spend a lot of time going to Employee Access logging in as the employee to view the details of a given approved absence. We do this based on supervisor questions employee question etc.

    I've brought this up at multiple conferences and was told to submit an RFE. I believe this programming update would extremely beneficial to all Time Off users.

    57 votes

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  3. Wanting notice to bldg when absence deleted

    Project Description:
    When we delete or cancel a time off request in Skyward (after it has gone thru the approval process) is there a way that notification could be provided to the secretary or the people in the approval chain? Occasionally we can cancel a professional day or other time off request but we forgot to notify the building secretary who has written it down on paper.
    We would like an email to be sent to the approval chain when an absence has been deleted.

    60 votes

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    0 comments  ·  Time Off  ·  Admin →

    Starting with the 05.20.02.00.10 (6/11/2020) release Skyward has added ability to default additional people notified for time off.

    Navigate to Product Setup, Employee Access, Time off Setup.

    There is a new tab on the setup-Additional Notification. Click Add, the employee types and buildings are defaulted to all. Employee selection, Notification type and description are required to be entered.

    Setup Notification cross reference and save.

    Thank you!
    Ashley Prinsen
    Product Owner

  4. Employee Access Time Off

    We have currently implemented employee access time off. We have two employees who deal with arranging subs rather a program that does this for us. We have asked employees to select these two individuals every time they make a request. As an approver however you can't tell if this has happened or not. Is there a way to add a field so the approver can see who has been selected for the email or pre-populate these names so they don't have to be selected each time? Our issue is that if these two people weren't chosen we could have a…

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