13 Jun 2018

Identifying addresses modified by CTF import bug

Posted by Liam Motevali
The report can be downloaded by clicking below, please save as to a suitable location, and extract the file so that it shows in your File Explorer as Address change history.rptdef, ready…
1 Jun 2018

Migration Report for Arrivals duplicating entries

Posted by scomisWR
This is due to incomplete, duplicated or multiple entry information in the 'School History' section of the student record. If incomplete or duplicated then correct the data and run the report again. If…
15 May 2018

Report for Behaviour/Achievement points over a date range

Posted by Rob Norton
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…
23 Apr 2018

RTF report not saving changes

Posted by Rob Norton
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…
6 Apr 2018

Creating a Medical Report

Posted by Artie Potter
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…
4 Apr 2018

Importing a report into SIMS (RptDef)

Posted by Rob Norton
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…
1 Mar 2018

Error 1004: Unable to set the LeftFooter

Posted by Artie Potter
When trying to run a report in SIMS, the following error appears: Error 1004: Unable to set the LeftFooter property of the PageSetup class Explanation This error occurs when the wrong version…
15 Nov 2017

Pupil missing from label list

Posted by scomisWR
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…
9 Jan 2017

Academic year missing in SLG

Posted by scomisWR
In order to publish reports in SLG the required year needs to be present To add an academic year go to Tools>Lookups>Maintain Search for SLG Document Category and add a New Academic…
3 Aug 2016

Managing Reports on SIMS

Posted by anita.belworthy
Managing Reports on SIMS – Changes from Summer 2016 Upgrade As you know, when a user creates a report within SIMS, only that user can amend or delete the report. Other users…

How to add date range to SEN report

Posted by scomisWR
In the fields section expand the +SEN option then choose the Special Needs sub report - this is at the bottom and not the same as the SEN Needs at the top.…
18 Apr 2016

Migration Report – to show new students or leavers.

Posted by karen.brain
  When completing your Assessment Data you will need to be aware of all new students and leavers. In SIMS you can run a Migration Report for Arrivals and Leavers. Reports>Run Reports>Click the +…
19 Jan 2016

DfE FSM Ever 6 Report for Spring 2018

Posted by sarah.elliot
To download the report file click here. 1.  Save the DfE-FSM-Ever-6-@-Spring-Census-2018_RptDef.zip file into a folder on your computer. 2. Unzip the file and extract the DfE FSM Ever 6 @ Spring Census 2018.rptdef to…
25 Aug 2015

Unable to format dates in Excel reports

Posted by Liam Motevali
To format the date in the report as required after export to excel, please follow the below mentioned steps: Select the column with the dates in the Excel spreadsheet. Select Data tab on…
19 Feb 2015

Exporting Attendance or Lesson Monitor reports to Excel

Posted by Liam Motevali
The inbuilt Attendance and Lesson Monitor reports are designed to output to a web browser such as Internet Explorer. It is possible to export the data from the web browser to Microsoft…
20 Nov 2014

Running reports for a User Defined Group

Posted by Liam Motevali
Before starting the report, make sure you make a note of the Short Name of your User Defined Group as this will be required. After selecting the data fields that you require…
18 Nov 2014

Report output exceeds maximum width

Posted by Liam Motevali
Error: This exceeds the maximum width when running a report in SIMS.     This is because the report is running as a Word List Report. It would need to be changed…
5 Mar 2014

How do I export Sims.net Reports

Posted by Verity.Ridge
  You will need to be a member of any of the following User Groups in System Manager to run this function: Administration Assistant, Assessment Coordinator, Assessment Operator, Class Teacher, Pastoral Manager,…