In Discover there is a ‘Behaviour Points by Registration Groups’ graph but not one for Achievements. How do I create one? To see this information in Discover: 1. Please open Discover and click the Pupil button. Drag the graph ‘Student Totals by Year Group’ onto the canvas. Click the Achievement button and drag the appropriate…
When saving a new Group in Discover, there is an option to save as ‘Discover’ or ‘Dynamic’. A Discover Group is only available in Discover, whereas a Dynamic Group is also available in SIMS. A Dynamic Group will allow any Supervisors of the Group to see any changes, such as when a Student has left the…
For a school to be able to access the updated Server 2016 based Scomis Hosted Apps platform, they will need to install the latest version of the connector. To do this, first download the latest V6 connector from: http://simsts.scomis.org/ScomisHostedAppsV607.msi (this will be updated as necessary) Once downloaded, ensure the user is logged out of the Hosted…
Current functionality in SIMS makes this almost near impossible or extremely complex to make, so that you can run a report for behaviour/achievement conduct points over a date range. You can download the report definition file below and import into SIMS (Reports > Import), which has made this possible: Conduct Net points over date…
Scomis have reviewed the process of data extractions from SIMS databases by third party applications and in particular by accounts that bypass the sims application (interface) and talk to the sims SQL database directly (known as Direct SQL access). The audit has been completed as a result of the new GDPR regulations coming into force…
The quick search on the SIMS homepage can be used as a quick reporting tool to help you find information. You can view details of search tokens available in Quick Search by entering the search string ‘help’ – use the scroll bar to view the entire list. Search tokens, starting with #, are used to…
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For further information on GDPR Regulation for schools, see the Scomis website Scomis Guidance on GDPR Or alternatively see the following sources for guidance : DfE Data Protection Toolkit Within this link : Information Record Management Society – School’s Toolkit the Document ‘Information Management Toolkit for Schools’ contains a Data Retention Schedule at the end of the…
For schools NOT using SOLUS3 to deploy their SIMS/FMS/Discover upgrades please advise them to check the following location for the latest upgrade files: http://solus2.scomis.org/latest-release-files/ In this folder you will find the latest Capita upgrade files for SIMS, FMS and Discover. These files are direct from Capita and as such are password protected. The passwords for…
Within Nova T-6 click on Sessions This will show the groups and clusters on the left-hand side of the screen and the sessions on the right- hand side of the screen. Under the Sessions column (on the right hand side) right click on D (for double). This will then automatically change the D to two…
When sending messages to applicants through In-Touch, you may receive the error ‘The following recipients do not have any selected communication method’. The reason this is not picking up any of the applicants contact details is because its trying to pick up the applicants contact details themselves. Please change the category to ‘InTouch Contacts of…
When amending an RTF formatted report within SIMS, you may find that the changes you have made haven’t saved. This is due to an RTF report needing to be saved in a different way. Under the ‘Add-ins‘ tab within the toolbar at the top of the page within Microsoft Word, there is an option for…
Submitting KS2 Results to NCA Tools Website (Hosted Schools) Currently Schools are unable to access the NCA Tools website via Internet Explorer in Scomis Hosted Applications. https://ncatools.education.gov.uk/Teacher-Assessment/Home.aspx They receive either of the following two errors that are shown below Testing performed by Scomis has revealed that the website actively blocks connection requests from the…
If you need assistance on how to use the Egress Application for sending secure emails via Outlook please click the link below to read our guide: Using the Egress Application If you have any questions please call the Scomis Service Desk on 01392 385300 or email us at scomis@devon.gov.uk.
When each student is added to the detention choose the mail button Select Send Later option and enter the day/time required This can be checked by going to Focus>InTouch>Check messages kb20977
This FAQ is to assist in creating a report containing Medical Information of students in SIMS. There are several pre-designed reports on this subject, which can be found via Reports > Run Report > Open Existing Report, then under: Focus > Student. If these reports do not contain the information you require, you will be…
The school has been informed of a change to an email address, this has been left overnight but has not updated on the Admin Console. Ensure that the user’s email address has been updated and marked as Primary in SIMS Wait up to an hour for SIMS Parent to be updated. Return to the Manage…
The following FAQ demonstrates how to import a Report Definition File (.RptDef) into SIMS.net. If the file is ‘zipped’, download the zip file to a location of your choice or copy the folder and put it somewhere you can find, i.e. your Desktop. Right click on the zip folder and choose ‘Extract all‘ and choose…
When you pull through information from Programme of Study (PoS) you are not able to change the font to match the rest of the report just by selecting the information and then selecting the font or colour you would prefer. The steps to change the formatting in these columns is :- Change the style of…
The following Attendance/Lesson monitor reports can be run/created in order to show vulnerable groups of children and their attendance figures. This can include Pupil Premium, Special Educational Needs, Free School Meals, Ever6, English Additional Language and others. In order to get a ‘Whole group figure’ for these groups, go to: Reports > Attendance/Lesson Monitor >…
Before subscribing to the Scomis Webtrain Service, you may want to test your connection to make sure that the software works with your network. You can follow this link – https://support.logmeininc.com/gotowebinar/help/join-a-test-session-g2w060001 – to join a test session.
These are the steps to follow to bulk update the Parental Salutation and Parental Addressee fields for a student’s record. You can update this field one by one via their profile under Tab 5: Family/Home. To add it in bulk, go to: Routines > Student > Update Salutation / Addressee > Parental Click Search and highlight…
There are two ways to create a CSV file from a report, this is usually to import or send the file where it is imported into third party software. After creating the report, on the ‘Default output’ screen at the end of the report, select the Text option under Presentation, in the Format box selected…
A CTF has been imported into SIMS, however it has removed the address for the student’s contact(s). Generic patch 23690 is available to resolve the issue so that addresses are not removed upon importing CTFs. If you are a Hosted school, please request that this is applied to your data. Extract the zip and apply…
This FAQ will demonstrate how to create a new user for the Scomis Hosted Applications service in order to give staff access to SIMS. Firstly, create the Personnel record for the member of staff under Focus > Person > Staff, click , fill in the appropriate details and click (Ignore this step if you have already created…
It is not unusual to request for a Hosted SIMS username to be changed. This is usually due to a change of surname after becoming married. If you wish to change a member of staffs SIMS username, please change the surname in all relevant places of SIMS first, i.e. Personnel and after doing so, please…
Under data protection leglislation an individual has the right to ask to see a record of information an organisation holds about them, this is commonly referred to as a Subject Access Request. In order to assist schools with subject access requests Capita have made a Person Data Output report available in Sims. Student PDO’s were introduced in the Autumn 2017 release…
The Assessment Manager 7 Exam JC Gradesets have been updated in the Spring 2018 upgrade. Background Every time basedata is imported into Examinations Organiser (EO6), links are made with Assessment Manager (AM7). Specifically result aspects in AM7 are a container for the outcome of an exam assessment. These aspects are linked to Gradesets, which did not have…
It is not possible to report on users SIMS permissions groups in the normal reporting/design report area of SIMS, however there is a workaround as below: Go to Focus > System Manager > Manage Users. Click Search. The Print button will become live, click Print and choose the option to Export to a web browser….