Spring 2024 Upgrade to SIMS (v7.216) and FMS (v6.216)

The Spring 2024 SIMS Upgrade (V7.216) & FMS (V6.216) is planned to be rolled out on the evening of Friday 15th March 2024 (Scomis Hosted users please log off by 5pm) Non Hosted users: The new release will be authorised in Solus on Friday 15th March 2024 If a school is using an older version of…

New Functions in SIMS Autumn 2022

Please see links for ESS videos for some updates below: SIMS Interventions: User customisable Interventions areas SIMS Interventions: Reporting on Session Notes SIMS Interventions: Recording Intervention Attendance Pronouns Enhancements in Autumn Pronouns in Student Reports Fee’s Billing: Producing Bills in Arabic Personal Pronouns Recently, functionality was provided in SIMS that enables the setup and maintenance…

New Functions in SIMS Autumn 2021

Autumn 2021 SIMS Update New functionality in the SIMS Autumn release, includes adding lookups for Covid medical events; adding UPN, achievement\behaviour points or Pupil Premium to marksheets; adding additional information such as assessable grades to examinations; update to reporting and some housekeeping help for bulk deleting old admission applications. ESS Product videos can be found…

Spring 2022 Upgrade to SIMS (v7.204) and FMS (v6.204)

The Spring 2022 SIMS Upgrade (V7.204) & FMS (V6.204) is planned to be rolled out on the evening of Wednesday 13th April 2022 from 5.30pm (Scomis Hosted users please log off by 5pm)   The upgrade contains a new SIMS & FMS Eligibility Check.  Please click here for further information  Release notes containing detailed information on…

Spring 2021 Upgrade to SIMS (v7.198) and FMS (v6.198)

The Spring 2021 SIMS Upgrade (V7.198) & FMS (V6.198) is planned to be rolled out over the weekend starting from 5pm on Friday 26th March, 2021. (Scomis Hosted users please log off by 5pm) Release notes containing detailed information on what is included in the upgrade can be downloaded below: Spring 2021 SIMS – Combined Release…

Autumn 2020 Upgrade to SIMS (v7.196) and FMS (v6.196)

The Autumn 2020 SIMS Upgrade (V7.196) & FMS (V6.196) is planned to be rolled out over the weekend starting Friday 13th November 2020 Release notes containing detailed information on what is included in the upgrade can be downloaded below: Please note:SIMS have released a “Consolidated Workstation Patch 1” – for the issue of being unable to…

How to upgrade SIMS without Solus 3

The following notes will take you through the process of upgrading SIMS and FMS without using Solus 3. This is useful for upgrading SIMS on the cube, upgrading our training suite to a beta release, and upgrading the social media laptop. Step 1 – Downloading the latest update Current the latest releases are posted on…

Summer 2020 Upgrade to SIMS (V7.194) and FMS (V6.194)

The Summer 2020 Upgrade (V7.194) is planned to be rolled out over the weekend starting Friday 17th July 2020 Release notes containing detailed information on what is included in the upgrade can be downloaded below: SIMS_Summer_2020_Combined_Release_Note Summer 2020 SIMS What’s New Summer 2020 FMS What’s New Here are some useful videos showing new features in this…

Change from Gifted & Talented to More Able and Talented

Following the Sims Summer 2019 upgrade, changes have been made to the Reporting Dictionary Report | Design Reports and the Additional Student Columns in Assessment and Attendance.  The fields previously referred to as Gifted & Talented have been changed to More Able and Talented.  Reviewed 27/7/20  

Sims Assessment – Enhancements for the SIMS 2018 Autumn Release

Exporting PoS Grade Sets and User Defined Elements Routines | Data Out | Assessment | Export An additional export option has been provided on the first page of the Export wizard. This option enables Assessment Co-ordinators to Export Programme of Study grade sets and user-defined elements of the DfE Framework or other user-defined subject/strands so…

SIMS and FMS Spring 2018 Upgrade

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…

4 Matrix Upgrade Change Schedule And Upgrade Emails

When an upgrade email is received from 4 Matrix and logged (as a Service Request) by the Service Desk the S&N team will log a Change Request. The Change Request will appear in Support Works Change Schedule detailing when the upgrade will take place.  When a school calls asking for the latest 4 Matrix upgrade…

Forcing an Upgrade to Workstations and Troubleshooting Solus 3

Sometimes for various reasons, an update may fail to deploy to all workstations. In this instance it is possible to Redeploy the update or force the update on the workstation using the Solus 3 Agent. If upon checking, the result of an update is “Partially Successful” then it will be most likely that the update…

Deploying Updates/Patches via Solus 3 Manually

If your updates are not scheduled to run automatically then follow the below procedure to use Solus 3 to check for updates. On the machine where Solus 3 is installed, run the SOLUS3 User Interface from the icon on the desktop.         From the main Solus 3 screen, click on “Upgrades” and…

Checking the Status of an Update/Patch via Solus 3

To check the status (success/failure) of an update that has been deployed either manually or automatically using Solus 3, please do the following: Open Solus 3 by clicking on the desktop shortcut for the “Solus 3 Deployment Server UI”           Go to “Upgrades” and then “Deployment History”.   You will be…

Authorising an Update/Patch via Solus 3

To authorise an update or patch for a school (SIMS/FMS/Discover) via Solus 3, first, logon on to the Scomis Solus 3 Authorising server (solus3-int.scomis.org) using your SIMSNET credentials via the shortcut on the Hosted desktop. PLEASE NOTE: You will need to enter your username prefixed with SIMSNET i.e. SIMSNET\Joe.Bloggs43 Once logged in,from the desktop, launch…

New Options when Exporting a CTF.

The Autumn upgrade has introduced new options when choosing to export a CTF Routines >  Data Out > Export CTF. You will now be faced with 2 Export Type options. General – This is the default option which will take you into the export CTF window you are familiar with. ULN Request/ Update – This…

Import SIMS .net Reports after an Upgrade

Hosted Service (Terminal Server) School  & Upgrade Service School please follow Reports > Import > Click Open and if neccessary browse to F/Public/Sims.net Browse to the latest version of the pre-defined report.rptdef file  – e.g. ‘Predefined Reports_v7.162.rptdef’ where 7.162 is the version of the SIMS .net you are now on.  Click Open Click Check All and…

Backup SIMS and FMS

Ensure that you have a recent full backup of your system in place and that all users are out of SIMS. 1. Go to Start / Control Panel / Scheduled Tasks. 2.Right click on SQL Backup Task (could also be called “executebackups“) and select Run. 3.To check the backup has been successful go to: C:\Program…