Options does not recognise students whose Year and Year Taught in are mismatched. To workaround this issue we need to temporarily amend the Year Group to match Year Taught In. If this year’s Year 10 are to be included in next year’s Year 10 Options implementation, then you must open the History by clicking the…
Documentation: Release notes containing detailed information on what is included in the upgrade can be downloaded here: Spring 2018 Release Notes Headlines: Statutory Returns School Census Summer 2018 files are included in this release. Examinations Organiser and SIMS Reports to identify QNs missing from the Manage Performance Indicator screen Ability to record Level 2 Technical Qualifications at…
When a construction dataset is submitted to Sims it reads the curriculum from Sims .net and matches what is in the file with what is already in Sims and if it is the same doesn’t change anything. Where there are differences in the submitted file to what is held in Sims, changes are made in Sims with effect from the start…
Maintenance timetables can only be transferred into SIMS once. To be able to re-use this timetable you will need to convert it to a Construction timetable. Open Nova T6 and load your maintenance timetable. Once loaded, click Select Data > Load Dataset. choose Create Construction Dataset and then click Next. You will then…
For students without UCI numbers:- 1. Select Tools>Allocate UCI & Exam Numbers. 2. Select the Group required. 3. Highlight the student required 4. Click on the Allocate UCI button. 5. Click Save. This only applies if no exam number is present – the allocate UCI action will populate any student with an existing exam number…
This report will give you a list of pupil and their parental contact. Pupil with Mother & Father report To Import The Report Select the file and Save As, make a note of the location and then unzip the file. In SIMS.net go to Reports>Import click on Open and browse to the file you have…
If the emails are not affected then check that the school has sufficient credit to send text messages. Log into http://www.pageone.co.uk/login and check and/or top up SMS credit in order to send text messages. Pageone log in details can be found in Tools>InTouch>Module set up They can be contacted on 0333 200 5033 or via email at customersupport@pageone.co.uk.
Users may have a problem when opening School Comms within the Scomis Hosted Apps. The application may open the initial screen and then fail to open or not open at all. If this happens the S&N team will need the call to do the following fix: Below is done by S&N: Log in to SIMSNET01…
There are 3 reasons why a clash would not show on a Component Clash Analysis Report 1 The Award has not been attached to a Course. You can check this by right clicking on the Award and select Properties, is the correct course showing in the Course field? If not go into Course Manager, select…
Below is a summary of the setup process, for more detail please download the Sims Parent Install guidance. Step 1 : Register The nominated Sims Parent Administrator at the school emails distribution@capita.co.uk to request Sims Parent with the following information NB If you are requesting the free Parent Lite version – please go to Order Parent Lite App from here…
Error when trying to delete Linked SEN Document – “There was an error uploading documents!” This occurs because the document itself has been deleted from this record but still remains as a Linked Document. Go to Focus>Student>Student Details Open the student’s record. Click the Linked Documents link and delete the SEN Document. This will no…
1. Go to Focus>Student>Student Details and select the Linked Documents link. Select the applicable Linked Document and click ‘Open’. This will now save the document as a local copy on your machine or open the existing copy you may have. Make any necessary changes to the document and once you are satisfied it is correct, save it. 2. Close the file…
When logging into Hosted SIMS, the user may experience a local SIMS login box or the following error: This error will appear after the initial Remote Desktop Connection screen and after the blue/green Windows server screen where the user profile and group policy settings are being loaded. This is common when the user is logging…
Columns relating to statutory guidance are displayed with a green background and can be identified by the letter Y in the PoS Expectations heading. Columns that relate to non-statutory guidance are displayed with a pale blue background and can be identified by the letter N in the PoS Expectations heading. Columns relating to user-defined resources…
When sending out intouch emails, you may wish to redirect responses to your school email rather than the intouch inbox. This can be done by following the steps below. Go to Tools – Intouch – Message Type Defaults Setup In here, search for the message type – eg. General Message and open the record…
If you need to add in email addresses for a large number of people in SIMS. You can follow this guide – Bulk Import This can be done for current staff members and contacts (for pupils see https://faq.scomis.org/kb26013/) This document can be followed as it is for Non-Hosted schools but if you are a hosted…
Before proceeding, please ensure that you have consulted with the Cover Supervisor and Attendance officer as you can lose Cover and Attendance marks entered in advance for the periods that you are changing. Browse to Tools > Academic Management > Apply Timetable Set the date range from the whole academic year to the period you…
Failed to communicate correctly with the API – Possible Username/Password Error The above error can occur for two reasons The DataExports User password will need to be reset in FMS The FMS Database SQL Server name is incorrect within the setup as per screen shots below To resolve this issue Log into…
A derived year enables you to create sessions for students from different years, in SIMS .net>Focus>School>Academic Structue>Curriculum Assignment by Scheme all the students in the derived years will show as eligible. For this example I am going to add years 7 and 8 to a derived band. 1. On the left of the Model screen…
All periods can be split in half using the half period cover setting in Tools | Cover | Global Settings. Where half period cover is not used, but odd periods need to be split, this can be done as follows: Right click on the assignment for the Closure or Absence. Choose Clone. Right click on…
The nested If Then Else formula needs to be followed as below to ensure that expected results are shown. To create a nested If Then Else formula, you first need to include in the Template the column(s) you wish to compare. Example: Template name: English Targets – Year 6 Aspect: English Achieved | Result Set:…
*Please back up your templates before you make any changes as tags can break very easily* With your Word template open, you need to click on reveal codes by clicking on the pilcrow symbol – ¶ which is under the “home” Screen. This reveals punctuation, paragraph markers / hidden formatting. If that doesn’t work try…
For the SIMS Options Online transfer to work into SIMS you must ensure that nothing other than bands has been exported from Nova T6 to SIMS for your new academic year prior to your Options Online export. You can freely transfer any information for other years that are not a part of the Options process….
There can be no fine level or points scores calculators after 2020 because students who will be taking KS4 exams after that date did not take tests where the results were calculated in levels and points. The only information we have on how the new scaled score figures will be used in Progress 8 (and…
When running a report eg. Group Session Summary Report – a user defined group that has been set up is not showing in the drop down to base the report on when changing the date range filter. This is because, when you set up a user defined group, you need to set the date range…
The following error occurs when importing P7 data via the FPS Web Companion This error occurs when a member of staff has been added in SIMS Personnel without a Date of Birth. To resolve locate the member of staff in SIMS and enter the date of birth and…
Code U showing on the register but not on the summary report. Go to Tools>Setups>Attendance Setup>Codes>Late codes Add the late code as appropriate
To avoid tabled report comments splitting across the page. Within the Word template; Select the paragraph or section of text you want to keep together. On the Home tab in Word 2010 or Word 2007, click the Paragraph group’s dialog launcher (the small arrow at the bottom-right. In Word 2003 (and earlier), choose Paragraph from…
A grade 4 will be classed as a pass and would be the equivalent to a C grade, anything below a 4 would not be classed as a pass. Please see below; Under the new system, a grade 4 and above will be equivalent to a C and above. This is – and will remain…
This issue can arise because there are illegal characters ( \ / : * ? ” < > | ) in the session name for which you are generating. The issue can also occur if there is a problem with the template. Rename the session removing any illegal characters. Also run the ‘Verify Template’ routine…