Creating a new Hosted Applications user account for SIMS
This FAQ will demonstrate how to create a new user for the Scomis Hosted Applications service in order to give staff access to SIMS.
Firstly, create the Personnel record for the member of staff under Focus > Person > Staff, click 
, fill in the appropriate details and click 
(Ignore this step if you have already created the personnel record) If the account is for a class teacher, make sure they are added to the correct class under Focus > School > Pastoral Structure > Current Structure in order to see the correct register.
Go to Focus > System Manager > Manage Users and click .
Type in the surname of the staff member you have created in Personnel and click 
.
A list of matched people should appear, highlight the correct staff member and click 
.
Enter in the permission groups under 3. Groups that you wish the user to have by clicking 
and selecting the relevant group i.e. Class Teacher.
Make sure the tick is in 
and the record.
Under the User Management options, click 
, then follow https://faq.scomis.org/kb26558/
Please Note: The Scomis Access Control policy which is part of our compliance for ISO27001 requires that user accounts must be named per person and not generic or obviously fake i.e. teacher.one, supply.teacher, donald.trump, homer.simpson, frodo.baggins etc. as they are not audit able or unique to any one user.
After you have received the user account details, you can use the 
option under the User Management option to assign the user with additional shortcuts such as FMS, File manager and DCC applications. Please see the following FAQ’s on how to add a user to these common additional applications:
New FMS user- https://faq.scomis.org/kb987/
DCC/Plymouth Apps new user – https://faq.scomis.org/kb991/
Please search our FAQ page for details on any additional applications the user may need.
Reviewed 27/7/20