When setting up a new user with access to SIMS, you will need to make sure they have relevant permission groups added to their record. The spreadsheet below shows all of the permission groups and what areas of SIMS they give access to. You can use this to come to a decision on which groups…
When adding a Linked Document, Communication or Medical Note there are three statuses to choose from: Public, Private and Confidential. What is the different between these statuses? Public If Public is chosen then the document/information is available to all users. Anyone can view this. Private If Private is chosen then the document/information is only available for the user…
If you have System Manager access in SIMS you can assign extra permissions to users in your SIMS Database, this KB will show you how: Step 1 – Browse to Focus>System Manager>Manage Users in SIMS. Step 2 – Search for the user via the search tab at the top of the page. Step 3…
In order to Publish an Assessment Individual Report or Profile Report that has been uploaded to the students linked documents the user will require one of the following: – Senior Management Team – Assessment Coordinator (Assessment Reports Only) – Profiles Coordinator (Profiles Reports Only)
It is not possible to report on users SIMS permissions groups in the normal reporting/design report area of SIMS, however there is a workaround as below: Go to Focus > System Manager > Manage Users. Click Search. The Print button will become live, click Print and choose the option to Export to a web browser….
Even if an overnight automated backup is successful, you may receive notification that there were possible errors. On checking the log files, there could be some (or even several) files which don’t backup. You can find out which files these are by checking the log files in the console. It is the schools responsibility to ensure all…
You or your users may experience an error logging in to Options Online for the first time that says ‘Sorry, but you are not authorised to view the requested content.’ This most likely due to a lack of permission to the Options module for the user account. By default, accounts that are created in the…
Cloning a Group Group templates provided by Capita SIMS cannot be edited. However, cloning a group is an efficient method of making a small number of changes to a Capita SIMS permissions group that otherwise has the required permissions. 1) Select Focus>System Manage> Manage Groups to display the Find Group browser and highlight the…
You need Personnel Officer and Return Manager permission rights in order to run the school workforce census. If you go to Routines | Statutory Returns and you still have no option for School Workforce Census you will need to apply the licence – please contact Scomis for the up to date licence Reviewed 17/02/2015
Testing and advice from Capita indicates that any changes you have made to the Capita default permission groups will persist for the time being. After the summer upgrade in Focus / System / Manage Groups such groups will show with a yellow warning triangle to indicate this is a Capita permission group which has been…
The permissions required to carry out the various end of year processes vary…