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…
The aspect used may have a grade set attached to it. This means…
In Sims.net go to: Focus Groups User Defined Groups Search for the Group that you want to remove the student from Go to Panel 2 – Membership Find the student in the Member list Right click on the orange bar to the right of the Member’s name Click on Remove Membership Save Reviewed: 22/02/18…
To ensure a registration teacher can see marksheets for their registration group you need to make sure they are linked as…
Individual reports that previously worked in Office 2003 will not run correctly in Office 2010. There is a work around for this: File Options Trust Centre Trust Centre Settings Macro Settings Check to make sure “Enable all Macros” is selected File Options Trust Centre Trust Centre Settings Privacy Options Under Document specific settings make sure…
The following steps will need to be carried out/checked In System Manager (Focus|System Manager) check that the Head of Department does not have two accounts. Please note, there are no System Manager defined permissions for Heads of Departments. These are all defined within the Courses. Add the Head of Department to the list of supervisors…
School is running a class list in reports but one pupil is missing – the output is mail merge to labels. If this pupil should be the first on the second (or subsequent) pages then check the word template. Remove <<Next Record>> from the last label on the page – save The same issue may…
A marksheet will not display any class details because a student can be a member of more than one class – so the system is unsure which class to display. You will need to create a Course Class link in the template and this can be done by: Opening the template by following this path…
Yes, you can view the previous year 6 by altering the membership date…
You or your users may experience an error logging in to Options Online for the first time that says ‘Sorry, but you are not authorised to view the requested content.’ This most likely due to a lack of permission to the Options module for the user account. By default, accounts that are created in the…
Exceptions report states there are missing marks from before the school became an academy but school is unable to find any missing marks. Go to Tools>Setups>CTF Change the export attendance dropdown option from Attendance Module to Attendance Summary The module option is used by some third party software kb19436
To add a double award you will need to find the course in the browser window when editing your list on the Pathways and Lists screen. Click the edit pencil and set the width of the course to 2 or greater. Once this has been done you will then need to add the class to…
Inviting Users Administrators can invite users to create accounts from the SIMS Product Admin website by selecting Manage Users > Invite new users. All new users accounts must link to a person in SIMS. You will need to select a source group, either Staff, Students or Parents. Staff will show individually, it will pull through the main…
Is the ‘Print Report with Colour’ option ticked? Was the colour added retrospectively to the marksheet? Is the column marked read only or its associated result set locked? If so the marksheet will show the colour but it is not saved for reports. KB19315
This can be found under:- Tools>Setups>Behaviour Management>Detention Type Click New Complete the required fields then click the Setup Recurring Sessions button, enter required details and click on OK then Save KB19313