December 03, 2021 Release

When the Fund Accounting profile option Print Checks by Bank is checked, the Student Activities Void Check option will select the check to be voided based on the bank and check number.

When the Fund Accounting Profile flag Print Checks by Bank is checked, Student Activities checks will print based on the selected bank accounts instead of the disbursement fund(s).

The load process for Bank Reconciliation has been modified to select the appropriate record when the Fund Accounting profile option Print Checks by Bank is checked.

Forms Manager has been modified to allow the district to adjust the print position of the check date, check date label, and the check number on the Payroll check.

Forms Manager has been modified to allow the district to adjust the print position on the Accounts Payable check of the check date, check date label, and check number.

The Personnel Budgeting module has been updated to support the flexible account number format.

The installer for Vendor Punchout is updated to ensure that the district’s vendor Punchout URL is set correctly in the vendor definition record.

For Cloud Customers, when the password expires, users are redirected to the password change page to update their passwords. The Start Page replacement must be enabled for this feature to be available.

Performance improved when the dashboard is loaded for a user.

In Employee Access Center, employees who are set up to use SmartFind Express for absence entry will be redirected to SmartFind Express when they choose Leave Information.

The following Fund Accounting reports have been modified to display the cash account number on transactions that involve interfund accounting:

• Transaction Status Report
• Outstanding Check Report
• Receipt Activity Report

In Advance Requisition Workflow, when all line items for a requisition are denied, the user can now delete the requisition.

When the Fund Accounting profile flag Print Checks by Bank is checked and the user is marking checks cleared based on a file from the bank, the reconciliation will find the check using the bank account associated with the transaction.

The PowerSchool ERP software release number displays at the top of the user menu.

The Batch Journal Entry Edit displayed an invalid message “FUND 0010000 NOT ON ORGANIZATION CHART” in some cases. This has been corrected.

No fatal error is reported in the attendance screen related to computing the pending balance.

In Batch Accounts Payable post, an error was resolved when the payable is posted to a purchase order that has a closed line item.

When looking up a requisition with an inactive vendor, user cannot force change the vendor on the requisition as the field cannot be changed. Users cannot add lines also to ensure that the vendor number remains as it started.

Email notifications from Advanced Requisition Workflow were blank. This has been corrected.

Fixed issues with MN coding that prevents some checks from displaying in EAC.

The EAC administrator can view the list of employees that have not performed the Open Enrollment process. This list also displays employees who are associated with a job class that is not eligible for benefits. Now, when the EAC administrator views the list of employees, the list contains only those employees who are associated with a job class that is eligible for benefits.

Fixed the issue where an incorrect printed PO was being attached to an incorrect purchase order.

When counting/displaying employees that have not completed open enrollment, only blocked employees are excluded if they are terminated.

Dashboard does not launch when the base URL used to launch Homepage does not match the URL in the Dashboard configuration file. This has been corrected.

Added a new report for Revenue budget account that prints right after the expenditure summary report.

The deduction code is truncated on the adjustment journal to ensure that the title is not truncated.

The distribution template usage on requisitions and purchase orders is fixed. The fix is primarily related to the  rounding issue.

Recruitment does not allow null name values but Employee Information allows. Fixed the error caused by this discrepancy.

Batch Journal Entry has been modified to allow the user to update the ledger type on the journal entry detail records.

The More Info button for journal entry transactions on the display transactions page has been updated to display the journal entry based on the journal entry number and control number.

The Fund Accounting Interface Post results page now displays the complete error message.

When creating the Bank Transmission/Positive Pay file, the only option for the output file is to create a file. The user can no longer choose to output to the screen.

The Unclear Vendor Checks option now displays the bank account instead of the key organization when the Fund Accounting Profile option Print Checks by Bank is checked.

Modifications are made to ensure that the workflow groups of legacy workflows are not displayed in the Advanced Workflow setup screen.

When an option was selected from the mega menu, the mega menu did not remain open. This has been corrected.

Advanced Workflow Approval Audit Trail has been updated to accurately reflect the approval history when the Approval All option is used.

In Advanced Requisition Workflow, an intermittent issue has been resolved that caused a delay in the creation of the purchase order after the requisition is fully approved.

The changes to the vacancy records coming from SFE will be accepted and updated in PowerSchool ERP without any duplication.

Budget Unit and Account is populating correctly in the Employee Time Entry Screen after the attendance has been posted.

When users click on approval links received in email notifications, they are directly taken to the approval page.

We have added the Advanced Search capability to the 1095 Maintenance.

Alabama has several state fields on the Pay Code table and the Job Class Table. They have been added to the corresponding reports and Advanced Searches. The fields added are:

• Pay Code Table - Payment Reason

• Job Class Table - Exclude from New Hire 60 Day Rule

• Job Class Table - RSA Position

During our testing of 1099 processing, we found that the information allowed characters in the 1099 record for the zip code. We have modified the 1099 MISC, NEC, G and INT to provide information if the zip code is incorrect, and to allow entry of 5 or 9 digit zip codes only in the maintenance.

We found issues with the handling of the organization chart level to location crosswalk which we modified this year for the 2020-2021 Civil Rights Data Collection. If was allowing entry of the same organization chart in multiple location table records on the new CRDC tab in the Location Table.

Note that we have completed the release of the 2020-2021 CRDC reporting software. The reporting window will open soon, We will hold a CRDC review in February 2022 for all customers. Please subscribe to PowerSchool Community for more information and notification of the meeting date and time. The session will be recorded and posted when complete.