How to Add an Agency into SIMS.net
Please follow the below Helpsheet on How to Add an Agency into SIMS.net How to Add an Agency Reviewed on 12/08/2016
How do I add an External or Historic Exam Result?
To add a historic result or a result for an Exam taken externally to Student Details Exams link, you will need to enter the result by doing the following: In SIMS Tools | Examinations | External Results | Manual Entry |Double click on the student | Add result Enter all of the information for the student’s result….
Write Off information for Accounts Receivable within FMS
When an Invoice is created in Accounts Receivable the sum of money is credited to the Ledger Code for that “product” e.g. Lettings which is also linked to the Lettings Income Cost Centre for example. The VAT is credited to the VAT standard rate income Ledger Code and the whole sum is debited to the…
How can I make somebody absent in Cover without showing the absence in Personnel?
Absences such as meetings are recorded in Cover only – The member of staff is not actually absent therefore they are not recorded in Personnel. When adding or editing a reason for absence for Cover, in SIMS .net | Tools | Cover | Reasons for Absence, ensure that reasons are either ticked or unticked as…
Can I add new Attendance codes to SIMS?
You can add new Attendance Codes and any new code would need to be linked to a Statutory DfE code. To do this go to Tools | Attendance Setup | Codes | Maintain Codes. Click NEW. You will see you can set up a new code and then ‘Link to Reg Mark’ You can report…
What is a ULN?
What is a ULN? A Unique Learner Number is a 10-digit number which is unique to the learner and is used in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Why do we need the ULN? A ULN will be used by awarding organisations to populate a central Personalised Learner Record (LR) in relation to qualifications achieved by…
New Options when Exporting a CTF.
The Autumn upgrade has introduced new options when choosing to export a CTF Routines > Data Out > Export CTF. You will now be faced with 2 Export Type options. General – This is the default option which will take you into the export CTF window you are familiar with. ULN Request/ Update – This…
How do I request a pupil’s ULN ?
Routines | Data Out | CTF | Export CTF Select option ULN Request/Update. Select the pupils who require a ULN. All students 14 & above will require a ULN Number You must not include pupils whose data you have been asked to protect. This typically includes pupils in witness protection programmes, vulnerable learners, and certain…
Using the CTF Matching Screen
The CTF Matching routine enables you to define how a record in a CTF is imported into SIMS. It also enables you to select a record in the CTF that matches a record in your SIMS database then update the SIMS database with any missing details. The method used to match a record in the…
How do I get extra columns in Take Register such as DOB, Quick Note or SEN?
The columns are SIMS User specific e.g. different columns can display for different SIMS Users. Each user must set their own Student Identification Columns. It is not possible for the columns to be set globally. There are to ways to views these extra columns. You can add the following columns Admission Number SEN Quick Note Year…
How do I add a Staff Training Course & Training Absence in SIMS.net.
A Training course can be added via Tools | Staff | Training. Click ‘new’ to add a new training course. Enter the details in Panel 1 & 2 Staff attending the course can be added in panel 3. The absence recorded in Panel 2 3, will be reflected for any member of staff linked to…
Scomis Data Collector – Standalone
Manually running the data collection task.
Reallocate UPN Tool
Update 07/03/18: The Spring 2018 update introduces the reallocate function from within the student / applicant record. A delete button appears next to the former UPN field. Simply press the delete button next to the former UPN field to re-allocate it. To reallocate a current UPN – Open the Pupil / Applicant record. Delete the…
Course Manager and Starting the Timetable Early (Post 16 schools)
Starting the timetable early can result in courses showing with a start date in July of one academic year and an end date in June/July the following academic year. Course Manager should cope with this as a one year course if the student is a member of the course till the end of the previous…
Unable to search for licence to bulk import photographs
The browser does not show as active until the following has been done:- 1 – The number of students chosen matches the number of photographs chosen (as stated at the bottom left of the screen) 2 – The attach button has been selected Reviewed on 08/04/2016
Staff Data Collection Sheet Report
This report uses all of the non-confidential School Workforce Census fields within SIMS and should be sent out to all staff in September of each year, in order to get all your data accurate and updated in time for the SWC in November. You can download this report by clicking here. 1. Save the Scomis Staff…
Download the current QAN catalogue as a CSV file
Right mouse click on the following address and open link in a new window: https://collectdata.education.gov.uk/qwsweb Click the Generic QAN data link Click on the Current QAN CSV file Choose to Save the QAN_Current_V1.1.csv file to a folder on your computer Reviewed on 08/04/2016
When importing the Results file into Exams Organiser I get the error ‘Server Does not Exist’.
Click Ok the Error, in some instances it will let you continue with importing results file. Try re-importing the file 2 to 3 times as the file could be large and it will start the import from where the last imported finished. If the file still will not import try Re- Import the file on…
How do I remove Guest Pupils from the Performance Table in Exams Oragniser?
To take your Guest Pupils off of the Performance tables. You will need to go to. 1. Tools > Groups Manager > PI Cohort 2. Right Click over the PI Cohort you wish to edit and select members 3. Remove the student you do not want included by clicking the – icon. 4. Focus >…
Subjects are not appearing on the Certification Broadsheet.
The most common reason why Subjects are missed out from the Broadsheet Report is because they do not have a QCA code attached in the element. Method for attaching QCA codes: a) Use Focus | Basedata to open the Basedata window showing the Basedata for the current season. b) Expand e.g. EDEXL/GCE to show the…
How to run a Sims.net patch from DB Upgrade.
Important: Before any patch is run you MUST have full backup of both SIMS & FMS. Make sure all users are not using and are logged out of Sims or FMS. 1. Download and Save the Patch to your Desktop or C Drive – Do not save the patch to a Network Drive. 2. Unzip…
How to configure your iPad to use a Proxy Server
Some networks require you to use a proxy server to access the Internet. A proxy server is another computer or device that acts as an intermediary between you and the Internet by relaying your requests to a server and the servers responses back to you. Unfortunately, this type of setup requires you to specify certain…
Unable to run Create and Validate on School Census or SWC
In order to resolve this issue you need to import the latest Manifest File. Go to Tools – Setups – Import Fileset Click on the browse and browse to the Manifest Files Folder e.g F:\Public\Sims\Manifest Files (if you are Hosted Applications Terminal Server), G:\Sims\Manifest Files (if you are networked) or C:\Sims\Manifest Files (if you are stand…
How do I add a new course with existing classes?
To ensure you get a breakdown of each subject in class or course analysis mode, it is important to have the correct course linked to the award. Please refer to the flowchart below illustrating the above example: Reviewed on 08/04/2016
Nova T6 Shortcuts
Add Items: Add a year: Click the + button at the top of the Year list. You can now enter the name for the year and the projected number of students. Add a block: Drag the Subject code over from the list on the right-hand side and drop it over the required band. Add a…
How do I set up Alternative Curriculum?
1. Select Data | Alternative Curriculum 2. Click the New button 3. Enter the Prefix, Description and Subject as shown in the following graphic, and deselect the Always Active check box. If the intention was to schedule the unit at all periods of the cycle, then the Always Active check box would be left selected….
Students in schemes are greyed out and read-only
The problem is caused because: 1. The dates the students are eligible for the selected scheme are different from the ones chosen in Curriculum Assignment 2. The students status is not set to accepted. This can be resolved by clicking on the Relax button on the top right hand corner of the screen. This will…
How to connect to an iPad to a Wireless Network
How to connect to an iPad to a Wi-Fi or Wireless Network To connect your iPad to a wireless network : 1) Start the iPad. 2) Tap on the Settings icon… 3) Once in the settings application, you will be in the screen shown below, tap on the Wi-Fi category to get to the screen…
Can more than one QAN be linked to a course?
A course should not be linked to more than one QAN running concurrently. If a school is changing from one syllabus to another, then a course can be linked to the old QAN with an end date and a new QAN with a start date which follows this end date. If more than one QN…
How do we deal with re-sits?
This FAQ is no longer relevant. Reviewed 29/10/2015