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SMS 2.0 Student Management Suite


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  1. default all data entry fields to ALL CAPS

    Many school districts seem to mandate the use of all CAPS in the software. The suggestion is to default all data entry fields in all parts of the business software to ALL CAPS

    4 votes

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  2. Daily Maximums - Time Off in Buildings

    We currently have daily maximums for time off set for each building in Aesop, but this is currently not a feature in Employee Access. For example, only four employees can be absent for personal reasons from each building, each day. Right now, supervisors have to monitor this but things do slip through the cracks and it ends up being a bigger issue after the fact.

    2 votes

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  3. Electronic Survey for Year End Special Payroll in Employee Access

    We would like to provide an electronic delivery option for the year end teacher payroll where teachers have the option to select lump sum or monthly payroll for summer payroll.

    Currently we use a form to collect that information and then use that information to create two payrolls (lump or monthly).

    We would like a delivery option similar to the W2 option asking employee to choose between paper or electronic delivery. In this case, they would select payroll for lump or monthly and then that collection of data would create two separate payrolls.

    5 votes

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  4. EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT

    When the pre-verifer is selected on the first screen of entry it does not hold. After the expense details are added and saved it either defaults back to no pre-verification is needed or a previously selected pre-verifier. In addition, the optional pre-verifier field should default to no pre-verification needed. If the user had a previously selected pre-verifier it holds that data on their next entry. This is not always going to be that same person so the chance of this getting routed to the wrong person is high.

    5 votes

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  5. Swap the position of Hire Date and Birth Date on Employee Profile Screen

    Birth Date should follow age on Employee profile screen. I look at age and assume the date following it is birth date. Swap the position of Hire Date and Birth Date.

    5 votes

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  6. Employee Discipline/Behavior Tracking

    We are looking for a way to track employee discipline/behavior on the HR side of Skyward (for all employee types: teachers & support staff).

    3 votes

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  7. Add Detail Line Description in Vendor Check History Reports

    When submitting check requests through the web there is a space for "Detail Line Description" where a user can input a more detailed description than the Invoice Description. When running a Vendor Check History report the only description that shows is the Invoice Description. There is no option to add the Detail Line Description in the field selection. Could the Detail Line Description be added in the field selection where it would show the Detail Line Description if there is one and if there is no Detail Line Description (PAC entered invoices) then it would just show the Invoice Description?

    1 vote

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  8. 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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  9. Overtime - TrueTime

    School custodians work weekends for building rentals. These hours normally exceed 40 hours and are paid at the overtime rate. Currently all overtime hours are charged to the rental activity account. Under the new True Time import, the overtime hours are prorated between the custodial pay code and the rental pay code as follows:
    40 hours custodial
    10 hours rental
    results is 80% of 10 hours charged to custodial and 20% to rental.
    We are suggesting an option to allow the overtime to remain charged to the rental pay code.

    10 votes

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  10. Part Numbers on Requisition/PO

    We would like to see Part Number added to the Requisition Screen fields.

    1 vote

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  11. Unlimited SKYBUILD for HR

    Allow for an unlimited Skybuild to import/export any data from Employee Profile, Assignments, Payroll, Benefit Plan information, etc. Like it is currently in Finance and Student Management.

    20 votes

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  12. Educator Effectiveness - Track history of rating each year

    Educator Effectiveness - Track history of rating each year. I would like the history of what an employee was rated on their evaluation each year. It is nice to have the history. For MI, if a teacher is rated Highly Effective for 3 consecutive years, they do not have to be evaluated for a year. We are tracking that on a spreadsheet since Skyward doesn't track the history.

    5 votes

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  13. During requisition approval process allow editing of the account code by the final approver

    We have a two approver process setup for all requisitions. First approver is by the building administrator who is responsible for the building budgets and the staff in that building. The final approver is in the District Office to verify the correct account codes and push through the final PO (eCommerce ordering, emailing, etc.) It would be nice if the final approver would be able to change account codes, if necessary, without it pushing the requisition back through the approval process, thus making the administrator approve again.

    9 votes

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  14. Insurance Tracking premium calculations

    Would be helpful to have premium calculations round UP to the nearest cent so we don't have a write-off each year or adjustment due to shortage in collection.

    5 votes

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  15. Invoice Entry View in Web

    When I am in Pac I can see all the invoice that have not been processed in one screen. For example Batch/Open/ AP It is a big issue for us that we can not see AP batch invoices on the same screen and Batch and open on the web. Can we please have the same view that we get in Pac on the web.

    1 vote

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  16. Check Estimator on Employee Profile!!!

    Having a check estimator option somewhere on the employee profile screen to show what that employee's check will be based on pay/ded/ben BEFORE we run payroll. I'm surprised this isn't an option.

    17 votes

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    Good Morning! Thanks for all the feedback, we appreciate it! There is a great option right now to get to the Check Estimator from Employee Profile. If you login to Skyward > Web Human Resources > Employee Profile and search for the employee you are looking to run the Check Estimator for, you can then click on the Blue Information Icon (i) next to the search bar and Ranges button. This will take you out to Employee Access, where you can click on the Check Estimator tab and run the Check Estimator process for that employee.

  17. PAC Payroll Worksheet Reset Option for Account number

    PAC Payroll Worksheet. In the reset processing, add "Account number" to fields to be reset so you can "Reset values from Pay Record" for account numbers that have been changed

    3 votes

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  18. New Vendor Request - adding attachment

    When staff are requesting a new vendor there isn't an ability to "attach" a W9 to the request. Is that possible?

    10 votes

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  19. Vendor Address change during A/P invoice processing

    When there is one Vendor that has multiple remit address instead of creating a different address for each remittance, to be able to edit it during the a/p process and to all add "note" on a memo line of a check, currently there isn't a "memo" line for the checks.

    1 vote

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  20. Better Security options

    Currently we can only restrict users personnel access by building and other building. We have department head that manage several areas and need to be limited to those areas. Currently we need to give them district access which is not acceptable from auditing. The auditors want more controlled access to employees.

    4 votes

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