Access to the Scomis Training Environment

Scomis training courses are delivered using VMWare Horizon virtual desktops, accessed via an HTML web portal. To ensure that the training course goes as smoothly as possible, Scomis recommend that access to the training portal is checked and verified well in advance. The details of this portal are as follows: Webpage: https://train.scomis.org IP Address of…

How to access Discover

Discover is a free tool created by Capita, for more information on the benefits of using Discover please visit https://faq.scomis.org/kb13363/. If you are Hosted and would like to start using Discover please contact the Scomis Service Desk at scomis@devon.gov.uk and we will setup Discover for you. If you aren’t Hosted and would like to start using…

Who has access or the ability to view SIMS Parent App?

*Updated 05/07/2019*   Which contacts associated on a student record has the ability to access SIMS Parent App? SIMS Parent App/Parent App Lite The current functionality is that any contact or guardian that has Parental Responsibility and no Court Order will be able to access SIMS Parent App, and have the ability to see the…

Error in FPS Budget Companion – “LOCATE LINK-Dll”

Once the user has been set-up in SIMS please log-in to the FPS Budget Companion and select the P7 Link option   Select NEXT   Some schools may see a screen with an error (See Below) – click on the “Locate link dll” button, wait for the files to all populate (takes about 10 seconds)…

Request for access to Scomis Hosted Applications / Hosted SIMS data

If no one in school has access to add new users to Scomis hosted applications / hosted SIMS service, we are able to do this on your behalf. This may include SIMS – Sims .net permission levels, FMS, Data Transfer or Hosted Applications. Please use the form below to set out your requirements. User Access…

Which permissions are needed to edit User Defined Fields

This is not included in the Class Teacher permissions group but many schools want class teachers to be able to add comments into user defined fields not just view them. The permission required is Student>Basic Details>Edit (All) which is included in the following groups:- Administration Assistant Admission Officer Attendance Manager Partnership Server Manager Returns Manager…

How to restrict access to Sims .net

This will mainly apply to anyone using the scomis hosted applications service who require staff to access linked software such as FMS, DCC Applications, Scamp, PS Financials etc but who do not require access to the Sims .net database. There is a permissions group which gives no access to any of the student or personnel data…

FMS – DataExportsUser ‘User does not have the required access rights’

Since the Spring 2014 Upgrade FMS now has a new menu item under Tools>MIS Settings. If the MIS settings in FMS are not correct the error ‘User does not have the required access rights’ may be displayed. A message appears when users first log into FMS ‘User does not have the required access rights’ but it will…