When a school purchases SIMS Dinner Money they will need to request the Dinner Money License patch 12370. We will require a copy of the confirmation purchase order from Capita.
Hosted Schools – Send the email confirmation to Scomis also requesting the patch is applied to your hosted SIMS.
Non Hosted Schools – Send email confirmation to Scomis also requesting the patch is released via Solus 3.
The SIMS Dinner Money Setup guidance is below –
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