Documentation: Release notes containing detailed information on what is included in the upgrade can be downloaded here: Spring 2018 Release Notes Headlines: Statutory Returns School Census Summer 2018 files are included in this release. Examinations Organiser and SIMS Reports to identify QNs missing from the Manage Performance Indicator screen Ability to record Level 2 Technical Qualifications at…
When logging into Hosted SIMS, the user may experience a local SIMS login box or the following error: This error will appear after the initial Remote Desktop Connection screen and after the blue/green Windows server screen where the user profile and group policy settings are being loaded. This is common when the user is logging…
Columns relating to statutory guidance are displayed with a green background and can be identified by the letter Y in the PoS Expectations heading. Columns that relate to non-statutory guidance are displayed with a pale blue background and can be identified by the letter N in the PoS Expectations heading. Columns relating to user-defined resources…
QRS -Planning and Running Interventions.
To resolve this issue you have to remove the info from the SIMSOffline section of the connect.ini on the affected workstations. Once this is done; login to SIMS, select either of the databases on the drop down option and login – it then logs onto the database that was selected and the connect.ini is updated…
It is possible to send InTouch messages to contacts of students who have now left. There are currently two workarounds for this: Create a User Defined Group for the Contacts Go to Focus | Group | User Defined Groups and enter a Group Description and Short Name. Make sure that the Active State is set…
‘Error: Could not open macro storage.’ when running a report via Reports > Run Report. The cause of this problem was a Microsoft Word File Block Setting. To resolve this you will need to open Microsoft Word and click on File -> Options. On this screen select Trust Centre -> File Block Settings….
Rooms are brought across from SIMS when you open FMS Equipment Register. To Change or Update the rooms in Equipment Register you must open SIMS: In SIMS Click Focus -> School – Rooms Browse to the Room you wish to update Change the name or details which are wrong Click Save Open FMS Equipment Register and it will…
This report uses all of the non-confidential School Workforce Census fields within SIMS and should be sent out to all staff in September of each year, in order to get all your data accurate and updated in time for the SWC in November. You can download this report by clicking here. 1. Save the Scomis Staff…
When report is run the date of birth will show i.e 21st January 2001 would like the format to be 21/01/01. To format the date in the report as required after export to excel, please follow the below mentioned steps: 1. Select the ‘DOB’ column in the Excel report output. 2. Go to Menu Data…
Capita recommend that a Windows workstation running Windows 7 is suitable as a server for up to 5 users, due to the load that this puts on the machine. Scomis recommend that SIMS is made available to all teaching staff in a school, as it provides key up to date information for these staff about…
Top Ten Reasons for Giving your Teachers Access to SIMS in the Classroom 1 Sims Home Page The SIMS Home Page is the key place where a class teacher, Head of Year or Key Stage can pick up on key performance data about the groups they teach or monitor. The Home Page is your dashboard…