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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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  1. Please consider an "Auto approval" option for E-commerce POs.

    Being that Ecommerce POs go through the approval process, please consider providing an option to "auto approve" these orders so that someone isn't relied on to "push" them thru to the vendor manually. Thank you

    5 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this Product Idea.   

    We've reviewed it and would like to see more support from the Skyward User Community prior to considering it for development.  

    This idea will remain open for continued voting, and commenting. Thank you!

  2. Mass assign work schedules - ask for confirmation prior to update

    When mass assigning work schedules in TT, when viewing the report after hitting run, ask the question "Are you sure you want to commit to changes?" This is asked all over the place when making changes in employee management.

    3 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this idea. We'd like to see more support for this idea from the Skyward User Community prior to considering it for development. 

    This idea will remain open for continued voting and commenting.

    In the meantime, we suggest clicking "Report" to preview the mass assignment changes in the report first, and then clicking "Run" to commit changes. There will be a pop-up once you hit "Run" that says "Are you sure you want to Mass Assign the following work schedule for MM/DD/YYYY to MM/DD/YYYY to the selected employees?"

    Thank you!

  3. Have TT recognize non scheduled days from empoyee Manangement calendar

    Please have TT look at the employees Employee Management calendar for all of the days...paid holiday (as it does now) AND non scheduled days. It is double the work to build individual calendars in EM and edit schedules for non-scheduled work days.

    2 votes

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    Thank you for submitting this Product Idea.

    We suggest submitting a Service Call so one of our Customer Success Representatives can assist you with setup. Our system should already be able to read paid holidays and non-scheduled days (or non-work days) from the same calendar.

    Thank you!

  4. Have the notes on a requisition print on the purchase order

    Have the notes on a requisition print on the purchase order.

    4 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this Product Idea. 

    We've reviewed it and would like to see more support from the Skyward User Community prior to considering it for development.

    This idea will remain open for continued voting, and commenting. Thank you!

  5. Add an eCommerce "flag" when approving requisitions.

    Add a column to flag eCommerce requisitions in the approval process just like there's an option when initially adding a requisition? I've attached screen shots.

    6 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this idea and the accompanying screenshots! 

    Are you expecting an eCommerce column on the main browse or on all the approval browses, including the awaiting lower level and awaiting high level browses?

    Thank you!

  6. Limit TO by code and employee type

    Our teacher’s group has contractual cap for personal days. No more than 3% from this group can use a personal leave on any given day. Right now I need to pull a time tracker report and manually crosscheck the number of requests. It is very time consuming and it would be helpful to have the system prevent entering requests when the limit is reached.

    3 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this idea. We'd love to see more support from the Skyward User Community prior to considering it for development.

    This idea will remain open for continued voting and commenting.

    Thank you!

  7. Please add to the configuration to either select to allow or prohibit mass approve for True Time sheets

    We would like to be able to have an opportunity to turn off the mass approve True Time hours.
    Our supervisors are not reviewing them when using that option. If there are notes attached it will put a hard stop to those particular timesheets but we really need it for a district setting. When we did our Empowerment training with Marc Johnson he could see how this would be very beneficial to districts.

    17 votes

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  8. We would like to prohibit employees from submitting timesheets before all hours are accounted for based on the scheduled hours.

    Employees are submitting timesheets either before all time off hours are imported or are forgetting to input time off or enter it correctly for various reasons; they may leave in an emergency situation, they don't account for lunch times, etc. They then submit their time sheet short of what their scheduled weekly hours should be. It would be great to prohibit employees from submitting until all hours are accounted for. It would allow it to be corrected much much sooner than when it has reached the payroll department and very close to when the payroll needs to be processed and…

    11 votes

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    Hello!

    We have a few options that you can try to resolve some of these scenarios you have listed. 

    We cannot prohibit employees from submitting timesheets before all hours are accounted for, but you can set a requirement for the employee to select a reason why their timesheet is short on hours when the timesheet is at least X less than their weekly schedule time.

    For your approvers, there is a setting where you can display timesheets in a different color when they are under a certain # of hours of their schedule. 

    If your employees have an annualized rule, you could have a time off record created for any hours you are short.

    Thank you,

    Caitlin Barton

    Product Manager

  9. Add submit button to invoice entry screen

    Add "submit for approval" button to the invoice entry screen or "Save for later", similar to the credit card screen. Also, being able to submit for approval by batch would be helpful if the supervisor then received only one email notification.

    4 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this request. We'd like to see support from the Skyward User community prior to considering it for development. 

    This idea will remain open for the Skyward User community to vote and comment on it. 

    Thank you!

  10. Moving Bank Rec Notes to Page 1

    Move the Bank Reconciliation Notes from last page to first page. I don't know about anyone else but our district uses the Notes to explain manual adjustments.

    3 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this request. We'd like to see support from the Skyward User community prior to considering it for development. 

    This idea will remain open for the Skyward User community to vote and comment on it. 

    Thank you!

  11. Add a Time Off Request & Skycoder

    Allow HR Custom Forms to be Skycoded onto Time Off Requests. Currently only "STUDENT CUSTOM FORMS" can be Skycoded onto an HR Employee Access - Time Off request. I was told "this is how it is programmed and to submit a Product Idea" to which I replied "this seems more like a programming error -- why would a STUDENT CUSTOM FORM be placed on an HR screen"? Thank you

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    We'd like to understand this request better. What are you trying to accomplish with adding an HR Custom Form to Time Off Requests via Skycoder?

    An HR Customer Form is typically used to add extra fields for an Employee and we'd understand the usefulness on the Employee Edit Screens. 

    By adding extra fields to the time off request are you expecting to edit the same information for that employee for every time off request? Is it informational only? 

    More details for how you'd expect this to work and what you're expecting to happen will help us understand this request.

    Thank you!

  12. TRS RP25 records clone button

    TRS REP25 Records Clone Button
    When I need to make the same correction for several months it would be nice to have a clone button so all the information does not have to be manually entered. It would be nice just to change the reporting month to submit the record.

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    In Discovery  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this idea. We've passed it on to our Texas State Reporting & Compliance department to review. 

    Thank you!

  13. Expand Attachments function to show more than 20 records

    Please do this ASAP!! We are trying to go paperless and are scanning old documents into the Attachments area of the Employee Profile but you are only allowed to view 20 records at a time. This way, if there are more than 20 documents, if you try to sort by title or date, only page 1 sorts and the items on page 2 don't sort with it so you would have to go in and sort page by page to find things. Almost every other field in Skyward allows you to expand what shows on a page up to 2000…

    3 votes

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    Deferred  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    "Thank you for submitting this idea. We researched implementation of this enhancement. At this time our priorities are State and Federal Reporting and Compliance. There is no timeline for implementation. Thank you"

  14. 3 votes

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    Deferred  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this product idea. We continue to make efforts to move certain features that are currently only available in PaC to the Web. These efforts are continuous and ongoing.

    Thank you!

  15. It would be great if you could print Copy A that is submitted to the IRS for 1099's, if there is an issue efile you can submit via mail

    It would be great if Copy A of 1099s can be printed from skyward. If there is an issue wit e-file with the IRS there is an option to print instead of handwrite all 1099's

    4 votes

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    Deferred  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this idea. Our Federal Reporting and Compliance Department reviewed it and provided the following response:

    Because Copy A is only valid when printed on specialized paper forms obtained directly through the IRS, it is in the best interest of our users to not offer that particular printing option since submitting the forms on the wrong paper could result in penalties from the IRS.

    Please reference this website for more detailed information: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1099nec.pdf

    Thank you!

  16. Invoice approval - payment type

    Would it be possible to add the payment type field to the invoice master field on the invoice approval screen? We use various payment methods - wire, ACH and checks. It would be helpful in our approval process to see that the correct payment method has been selected.

    1 vote

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this idea. We'd like to see more support from the Skyward User Community prior to considering it for development.

    This idea will remain open for voting and commenting.

    Thank you!

  17. Identify Teaching Postings with Subject Specificity

    We would like to be able to add the subject area to the position in a posting. For example, a math position would also have "Algebra I" or "Geometry" included in the name of the position, not just the body of the posting.

    5 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this request. We'd like to see support from the Skyward User community prior to considering it for development. 

    This idea will remain open for the Skyward User community to vote and comment on it. 

    Thank you!

  18. Add edit option in WEB to allow User Defined Tables for Miscellaneous HR Information fields to be edited. Currently only editable in PAC

    Add edit option in WEB to allow User Defined Tables for Miscellaneous HR Information fields to be edited. Currently only editable in PAC

    2 votes

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    Tell us More  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this request. We'd like to see support from the Skyward User community prior to considering it for development. 

    This idea will remain open for the Skyward User community to vote and comment on it. 

    Thank you!

  19. 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.

    17 votes

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    In Discovery  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    It's great to see so many vote on this idea! 

    We are researching the idea.

    In the meantime, this idea will remain open for continued voting and commenting by the Skyward User Community.

    Thank you!

  20. 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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    In Discovery  ·  Ashley Prinsen responded

    Thank you for submitting this idea. We've sent it along to our Federal Reporting and Compliance Department.

    Thank you!

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