Ideas

We have occasions where we retain a deposit rather than return it but there is no way of recording this in Fee Billing. It would be good to have a tick box to say "Retained" so that it can't subsequently be returned in error and it isn't included ...

It would be useful to make a note of the different discounts that are offered to pupils which can then be automatically applied to fee bills once raised. The discounts would need to be separately noted eg % for a bursary, % for a scholarship, % fo...

Currently, our finance team can only publish invoices to the Parent Portal one cycle at a time. This is a very time-consuming and manual process, especially when a parent has multiple invoices from different cycles. We would like to request a feat...

It is very easy to mis-name a batch when in production & it would be extremely useful to be able to re-name batches so that they are easier to identify or correctly identify a batch for future reference.

Can the initial of the payers/contacts be included in the return deposit confirmation box so you can tell which payer is which when refunding deposits:

Would it be possible to generate a refund bank file from iSams in a similar way that the direct debit bank file is produced? This year we had to manually enter over 100 student deposit refunds into our bank portal. This method introduces a high ri...

We collect hundreds of direct Debits every term. We can bulk upload the collected direct debit receipts and then the system auto matches based on what has already been memorized. But we then still have to go into each billing account (of about 900...

Currently fee billing is capable of processing charges against nominal accounts with no cost centre or department, or those with both a cost centre and department only, but not with only one. For iFinance users, this means you have to have BI code...

We have to add new fee allocations each year just because our fees change. It would be so much better if they could be amended.

In a secondary setting, the ability for students to pre-order their meals either via an app or a screen. Similar experience to McDonalds / Starbucks. This will then reduce the queues at the canteen tills.