Free staff not showing as available for Cover or Cover Rota.

If the Timetable has contains blanking codes for the staff members not showing they will not be available for cover, the blanking codes will need to be removed from the Timetable in Nova and the Timetable sent across to SIMS.   1) Check that staff have the correct working pattern in SIMS .net | Focus…

Student showing ‘-‘ instead of ‘#’ marks in Attendance.

New pupils have arrived at beginning of term that were not in an admission group but they show a ‘-‘ instead of # marks at the start of the week. 1.  Run through Update Academic Year for the relevant academic year through Routines | School | Edit Academic year. No edits need to be made…

Advice on starting the Timetable early.

  Starting Next Year’s – Starting Next Year’s Curriculum Early Guide Applicable to 2015 onwards Some schools start next year’s curriculum early. – using the same timetable – using a new timetable Some schools see this as an introduction to next year’s courses and therefore do not record the students as actually starting these courses during the summer…

Basedata imported into wrong season

As long as no entries have been made against the basedata then the basedata can be deleted and re-imported into the correct season.  To delete the basedata start at the lowest level i.e. components, then element, award and finally series. Reviewed on 28/07/2020 – AT             Reviewed – 26/05/2015