30 Apr 2020

DfE FSM Ever 6 Report for Spring 2020

Posted by Viv
To download the report file, click here : FSM_Ever6_Eng_Prim_2020_(Approximate)_RptDef 1.  Save the FSM_Ever6_Eng_Prim_2020_(Approximate)_RptDef.zip file into a folder on your computer. 2. Unzip the file and extract the FSM Ever6 Eng Prim.rptdef to a…
15 Nov 2019

Report to generate classes and teachers

Posted by Sarah Hart
To generate this report, please go to: -Reports > Design Report > Create a new report -Select "Student" and then "on roll" -On the select data fields screen, select "Classes" (blue sub…
19 Mar 2019

Where can I find the SPS Safety Reports?

Posted by Matthew Dinsdale
Capita have recently released a new suite of reports called the SPS Safety Reports. The SPS Safety Reports are a suite of reports which simply imports into SIMS and will allow detailed…
30 Nov 2018

How to run a career attendance report for leavers

Posted by scomisWR
This report will run for any students but the effective date must be one when they were on roll at the school. Reports>Attendance (or Lesson Monitor)>Whole Group Pupil (student) Reports>Pupil's (student's)School Career…
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 Liam Motevali
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 Liam Motevali
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 Liam Motevali
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

Deleting SIMS Reports created by another user.

Posted by anita.belworthy
As you know, when a user creates a report within SIMS, only that user can amend or delete the report. Other users can use this as a base for their own report…

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

Report to show new students or leavers.

Posted by karen.brain
You may need to know any joiners and leavers over a date range. There is a report built into SIMS which can show you this. Go to Reports>Run Reports>Click the + to…
19 Jan 2016

DfE FSM Ever 6 Report for Spring 2019

Posted by sarah.elliot
To download the report file click here FSM_Ever6_Eng_Prim_2019_(Approximate)_RptDef (1) 1.  Save the FSM_Ever6_Eng_Prim_2019_(Approximate)_RptDef.zip file into a folder on your computer. 2. Unzip the file and extract the FSM Ever6 Eng Prim.rptdef to a…
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…