The Spring 2023 SIMS Upgrade (V7.210) & FMS (V6.210) is planned to be rolled out on the evening of : Friday 31st March 2023 (Scomis Hosted users please log off by 5pm) Non Hosted users: The new release will be authorised in Solus on: Friday 31st March 2023 If a school is using an…
Reconciliation items for income may be received into FMS Automatic Reconciliation on a ledger code that you do not wish to use. If this is the case do not process the reconciliation item as normal, instead carry out a central payment into FMS to record the income against the correct ledger code as follows: …
When a report outputs to Microsoft Edge HTML, the formatting of the gridlines for “Registration Reports” does not display as expected. This is because the report has been designed originally in Internet explorer by SIMS. Solution: Run the report as normal, click the 3 dots top right corner of the report and click “Reload into…
Capita have now issued a PDF file with the latest National Insurance Rates for 2022/23. There is now a Capita patch available, number 26960, which will insert the National Insurance table 2022-23 on your behalf. If you have already created the table for 2022-23, the patch will overwrite the existing table. The patch adds an…
New functionality in the SIMS Spring release, includes, managing attendance sub-codes, importing ATF improvements, maintaining orphaned documents, reporting enhanacements in Cover, dictionary enhancements and enhancements to student list reports. Click here for video – Managing Attendance Sub-Codes Click here for video – Importing ATF improvements Click here for video – Maintaining orphaned linked documents Click…
You may find over the years your contacts lists in Focus > Person > Contacts, builds up as students/pupils leave your school. You will need to keep contacts of leaver pupils/students for 6 years or more depending on your schools data policy. You can remove any older records via the following steps: Select the following…
ESS have introduced in FMS from v6.202 a Full invoice number field following requests from schools – this field will only work for Local Payment (own Bank Account) Schools. It has been identified that the Full invoice number field does not transfer to the central payment file created by those schools sending invoices to their Local…
If you have changed support provider to Scomis, you will need to send an email to Education Software Solutions to ask for your Solus to be updated to reflect that Scomis are now your current support providers. This enabled Scomis to authorise upgrades and send out patches to you. Please email SIMSSupportPartners@educationsoftwaresolutions.co.uk. ESS will…
If a Devon Maintained school are missing the FMS or P7 link in the HCSS Budget companion, please contact “The Access Group” for the school and ask for the link to be re-instated. The contact telephone number is:0845 340 4546 Please have the school address and post code to quote. The Access group are normally…
When a ledger code is setup it is setup with a type e.g ES – Salaries, EX – Expenditure or IN – Income. These codes can now only be deleted or converted in the following scenarios as defined by ESS Scenario 1 – Ledger code no longer required and has not been used –…
Anycomms Guide Version 17 as of 9th December 2020 Anycomms guide for Devon Local Authority schools Devon County Council Anycomms Guide vs17
Devon schools who have staff on the NJC < less than 5 years service have been awarded an extra days holiday. Schools will need to update the service term in Sims via tools> staff>pay related and adust the Service Term in tab 1 – Weeks Worked/Year. Once the Service Term has been updated, they will…
The following guide will help you through the steps to take for the FMS Year End Procedures Local Authority schools new financial year start in April Academy schools new financial year starts in September Please click the link below: FMS End of Year procedures
SIMS ID Lite is available to schools at no extra charge and as well as providing single sign-in for applications such as SIMS Parent and options it also provides links to the virtual classroom functionality from Microsoft Office 365 and Google Classroom. Microsoft Office 365 SIMS ID can automatically transfer data from SIMS to…
If you have a cheque that has e.g. been damaged by the printer you will need to spoil the cheque within FMS, in order to re-run the cheque processing for the suppliers associated with the cheque numbers of the spoilt cheques. 1) You can only spoil a cheque if you have not confirmed printing. When…
1)To configure the homepage, click configure top right corner, see screen shot below: 2)You may need to add additional tiles via the grid above to add your desired attendance widget. To do this click “Number of Additional Panels” add the number and click the tick button. This will create blank tiles for you to…
Step 1 – Close out of SIMS using Focus – Exit. Step 2 – Go to the start menu and type add/remove programs and locate Hosted SIMS. Step 3 – Uninstall the existing version of Scomis Hosted Applications. Step 4 – Download and install latest Hosted connector via the following link http://faq.scomis.org/kb9079/ Step 5 –…
Bacs run can be cancelled via PRL614Q Step 1 – Navigate Menus>SIMS Finance>PRL Options>BACS Processing or you can type PRL614Q n the filter screen. Please note: PRL at this stage does not know that a bacs payment has been reconciled so it is possible to cancel a payment even if it has been reconciled. If…
You can cancel a whole delivery note with the status of “Entered” using RSS320Q Step 1 – Navigate Menus>SIMS Finance> RSS Options> Deliveries or you can type RSS320Q In the filter screen Step 2: Click the “Deliveries” button above, which will display the below screen: Step 3: You can either complete the above fields, add…
You can cancel a journal by taking the following route: Step 1: Navigate Menus>SIMS Finance> General Ledger> Journal Date Entry> Journal Reversal Facility or you can NML350 in the Filter box as displayed below: Step 2 Click the Journal reversal button which will then display the below window, click the Journal referance spy glass to…
Every ledger code has access to all datasets: Dataset 1 Actuals Dataset 2 Original budget Dataset 3 Revised budget Dataset 4 Commitments Dataset 5 GRN not invoiced Dataset 6 GRN accumulated Dataset 7 Transaction consolidation Modules SIM Finance is module based with a work flow pattern between the modules: PRL Purchase Ledger…
You can cancel an individual Line Order with a status of “Entered” Step 1: Navigate to Menus>SIMS Finance>RSS Options> Purchase Orders>RSS310Q or you can type RSS310Q in the filter box as detailed below Click the purchase order button to display the following: Remove the ticks that are not relevant for your search i.e leave a…
Purchase orders that have not been Authorised You can cancel a purchase order with a status as “Entered” by selecting the following route: Step 1: Navigate Menus>SIMS Finance>RSS Options> Purchase Orders>RSS310Q or you can type RSS310Q in the filter box as detailed below Step 2: The Header Restrictions screen is displayed, All check boxes show…
Scenario 1 – Invoices That Have Not Been Authorised You can cancel an invoice if the status is not showing as “awaiting certification” i.e awaiting authorisation. The Finance officer that has permissions to authorise an invoice can cancel the invoice. Step 1 Navigate Menus>SIMS Finance>PRL Options and drill down to PRL300Q or you…
Sometimes it’s necessary to remove a member of staff in SIMS, if they have been added by accident or it’s a duplicate staff record. It is very important to only delete a staff record in the above circumstances, as when a member of staff is deleted from SIMS, this is permanent. When the staff record…
Devon schools use Anycomms to download finance files which consist of the following file types: dt – Devon Transfer ii – Internal Invoices bm – Budget Management pi – Payroll Information To download these files, you need to log into Anycomms, ensure the download file path is set, (Hosted schools) F:\public>anycomms>Inbox (Non hosted schools) – C:\anycomms>Inbox Once you have downloaded these files, you will then…
Scomis have produced a variety of reports which allow more detailed analysis of attendance data. The attached files will need to be imported into SIMS Reports and will be accessible through the Reports Menu, which will be under the Student Focus. Please download and unzip the compressed file and then import the individual .repdef files…
The Windows 8.1 Search tool is no longer just about scanning your own system. It’s now integrated with Bing, delivering internet results and (sometimes) even Wikipedia-style summaries of whatever you’re searching for. To give this a try, launch the Charms bar, click Search, type ‘Marilyn Monroe’ and press Enter. As well as seeing any matches…
Please see below steps, if you need to add a bank account or additional bank in FMS In FMS, select: Tools> General Ledger setup> Click tab 5, Ledger codes> Click green plus button and select the ledger code type, in this case “Bank Account” Click the spy glass and select the group the ledger code…
In some instances it is necessary to cancel a payment within FMS, also known as contra payment. Please see the below scenarios of how to deal with cancelling a payment within FMS. Scenario 1 – Invoice status- Authorised If you have processed an invoice and have marked the invoice as “Authorised”, you can cancel the invoice by…