Spring 2024 Upgrade to SIMS (v7.216) and FMS (v6.216)

The Spring 2024 SIMS Upgrade (V7.216) & FMS (V6.216) is planned to be rolled out on the evening of Friday 15th March 2024 (Scomis Hosted users please log off by 5pm) Non Hosted users: The new release will be authorised in Solus on Friday 15th March 2024 If a school is using an older version of…

Summer 2023 Upgrade to SIMS (v7.212) and FMS (v6.212) – UPDATED

The Summer 2023 SIMS Upgrade (V7.212) & FMS (V6.212) is planned to be rolled out on the evening of : Friday 4th of August (Scomis Hosted users please log off by 5pm)   Please note the date for the upgrade has changed to the above date. Due to the release of the SIMS Consolidated Workstation…

New Functions in SIMS Summer 2022

Summer 2022 SIMS Update New Functionality New functionality has been provided in SIMS, enabling the setup and maintenance of personal pronouns. This functionality is accessible (via Tools | Setups | Pronoun Setup) and can be accessed by School Administrators and System Managers. Personal pronouns can be chosen by pupil/students, applicants, contacts, staff members and agents…

Spring 2022 Upgrade to SIMS (v7.204) and FMS (v6.204)

The Spring 2022 SIMS Upgrade (V7.204) & FMS (V6.204) is planned to be rolled out on the evening of Wednesday 13th April 2022 from 5.30pm (Scomis Hosted users please log off by 5pm)   The upgrade contains a new SIMS & FMS Eligibility Check.  Please click here for further information  Release notes containing detailed information on…

Spring 2021 Upgrade to SIMS (v7.198) and FMS (v6.198)

The Spring 2021 SIMS Upgrade (V7.198) & FMS (V6.198) is planned to be rolled out over the weekend starting from 5pm on Friday 26th March, 2021. (Scomis Hosted users please log off by 5pm) Release notes containing detailed information on what is included in the upgrade can be downloaded below: Spring 2021 SIMS – Combined Release…

Import SIMS .net Reports after an Upgrade

Hosted Service (Terminal Server) School  & Upgrade Service School please follow Reports > Import > Click Open and if neccessary browse to F/Public/Sims.net Browse to the latest version of the pre-defined report.rptdef file  – e.g. ‘Predefined Reports_v7.162.rptdef’ where 7.162 is the version of the SIMS .net you are now on.  Click Open Click Check All and…

SIMS .net Permission Groups yellow triangle

Testing and advice from Capita indicates that any changes you have made to the Capita default permission groups will persist for the time being.  After the summer upgrade in Focus / System / Manage Groups such groups will show with a yellow warning triangle to indicate this is a Capita permission group which has been…

Common SIMS .net Upgrade Issues

Digital Signature Failures If the SOLUS download fails reporting ‘Digital Signature Failures’ please try the following. 1. In Internet Explorer go to Tools / Internet Options. Click on the Connections tab, click LAN Settings and check the proxy is set to proxy.swgfl.org.uk 2. Click Advanced and add ;*.scomis.org to the exceptions list. 3. Click OK,…

Upgrade using SOLUS

1. Log all Users out of SIMS and FMS. It is important that SIMS .net and FMS are kept synchronised, so all users must be logged out of all SIMS modules including FMS while the upgrade is being installed. Any third party software that accesses the SIMS / FMS database must be disconnected while the…

Backup SIMS and FMS

Ensure that you have a recent full backup of your system in place and that all users are out of SIMS. 1. Go to Start / Control Panel / Scheduled Tasks. 2.Right click on SQL Backup Task (could also be called “executebackups“) and select Run. 3.To check the backup has been successful go to: C:\Program…