[SIMS] Teacher App- Change late mark time setting
Hi, I would like to know if its possible to alter the time that the teacher app considers a child to be a late e.g. a child that arrives at 9:05am is a late. At the moment 9:05am is the start of our...
View Article[SIMS] Who has direct support for SIMS.net from Capita...experiences please!
I would love to move our SIMS.net support from the LEA direct to Capita but our data manager puts up a strong argument for not doing so... The County SIMS support is crucial for day-to-day queries...
View Article[SIMS] Maximum value for CommandTimeout line for 64bit system
We have a user at a secondary school we support that is getting the following error: "Value was either too large or too small for an Int32. : System.OverflowException" when trying to open a student in...
View Article[Progresso] A2C - how to configure with progresso?
We still quite new as a school, but we've now got to the stage of exam entries. A2C has been raised as a requirement by our relatively newly appointed Exams Officer. Does anyone have any advice on...
View Article[SIMS] Pulsar.exe fails to run on Windows Server 2016 RDS Session Host
I have set up a new RDS farm using Windows Server 2016. We have 3 servers acting as the Session Host and 1 server acting as the Connection Broker, Gateway and Web Access. The 3 servers acting as the...
View ArticleSIMS Parent Lite App
Looks interesting but have to wait til BETT :rolleyes2: Give us techies time now to download and look at it !
View ArticleUpgrading sims server in situ
Hi Currently our Sims SQL and Doc storage is running on a decent Windows server 2012 standard box under Microsoft SQL 2012 Whilst checking for updates for the latest processor vulnerabilities it...
View ArticleRunning W7/SIMS on MBP via VirtualBox - SIMS server unable to deploy...
My headteacher loves his Apple gear and has relinquished his Windows PC from his office in favour of his 2017 MBP. He obviously needs to be able to access SIMS/FMS. To achieve this I've installed...
View Article[Double First] WCBS Pass export to engage
Hi I have just looked at the excel template Double first have sent over... Holy cow........ Has anyone done the transfer, if so how did you populate the data, when we asked for help, they just said...
View Article[SIMS] MIS server encryption
We plan to migrate our SIMS server to Server 2016 this Easter and also take the opportunity to encrypt the data drive holding the MIS databases and shares used by finance, which will tick a few boxes....
View Article[PASS] Schoolportal
Hello Looking for thoughts and opinions on wcbs schoolportal. Recent wcbs users here and looking to add a parent portal, any alternatives to think about? thanks
View ArticleSIMS Intouch email messages not being received
Hi All, I have had a couple of messages recently from parents who have not received any email communications from the school when we use Intouch. It doesn't seem to matter whether it's a general...
View ArticleAVCO Anycomms
Hi Everyone, I'm having an issue with Anycomms. We're an academy using Intergis, but we're still using Anycomms to send/receive files to/from the LEA and other schools. I recently moved our admin users...
View Article[SIMS] Detentions and behaviour issues
Hi I'm pretty new to managing behaviour in Sims and have a couple of issues regarding detentions and behaviours. We have just set up our detentions on Sims. When a child is late our attendance officer...
View ArticleAssign house points per house
Good morning, We use SIMS and have four houses. We would like to assign eg. 50 house points to a house rather than to individual students. I've trawled through SIMS and cannot find a way to do this....
View ArticleTest Database
Anyone have any instructions how to duplicate a sims database for training purposes. I have done this loads of times but i cant for the life of me remember what i did to achieve this. I always seem to...
View Article[SIMS] SIMS into powerBI
Has anyone come up with a good way of pushing SIMS data into powerBI to analyse and produce key reports for educational stake holders?
View ArticleConditional Formatting
I have seen some recent threads on this but I believe the protocol is to not hijack a question thread so I guess it is best to post a new thread. We have a tracking document that shows marksheet grades...
View ArticleNewbie to Edu MIS (& also Progresso) - Thoughts & advice welcome
Hi all After many years in health data management, I'm leaping across into the wonderful world of education, soon to take up a position as a Data Manager for an academy in yorkshire. Have just come...
View ArticleEmailing Parents System - Any recommendations
Good Morning all, We are looking at buying into a system where we can easily email a parent or groups or parents with newsletters, general letters etc with email addressees stored in Sims. We have been...
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