Adding a User Defined Group to Discover

It is possible to create a User Defined Group in Sims and use this group to report in Discover.  For Example, it may be that you wish to report on Whole School attendance in Discover but that you want to exclude Nursery children.  For help on creating a User Defined Group please see FAQ: Creating…

Adding new group to System Manager

This example is for enabling scheduled reports. Go to Focus>System Manager>Manage Groups – Click on New Section 1 – enter a Code and Description eg RepSched and Report Scheduler Section 2 – click the green + to add the required users Section 3 – click on the + to expand Core System>Core>Home Page>Report Execution Manager>execute Scheduled…

Doubling up teachers for classes running at the same time

The way to double up teachers in SIMS is to go to the class timetable. This can be done via Timetable > New > Group and selecting the year, block and group. This will show you the classes under the group. When you right click the class you can select the option to Add Staff….

User Defined Group not pulling through to reports

When running a report eg. Group Session Summary Report – a user defined group that has been set up is not showing in the drop down to base the report on when changing the date range filter. This is because, when you set up a user defined group, you need to set the date range…

How do I remove a Student from a User Defined Group?

In Sims.net go to: Focus Groups User Defined Groups Search for the Group that you want to remove the student from Go to Panel 2 – Membership Find the student in the Member list Right click on the orange bar to the right of the Member’s name Click on Remove Membership Save   Reviewed: 22/02/18…

Discover Dynamic Group Not Showing In SIMS

A Dynamic Group which has been created in Discover will only appear in SIMS.Net if you have members in the group eg. You have created  a group for In Care and you do not currently have any In Care students; the group will not appear in SIMS.net until you have a student who has an…