[Serco] Parental Access - how to deliver usernames and passwords securely
Hello everyone, I was just wondering if any of you could let me know how you go about passing onto parents and contacts their usernames and...
View Article[SIMS] Marksheet Access Slow
Is it just me or is accessing large Sims Marksheets REALLY s.....l....o....w since the last upgrade and the course manager changes that were...
View ArticleIEPWriter again
We've got a problem with IEP Writer not saving/opening IEP's correctly. Basically when staff make a new IEP and click preview the file is saved in...
View Article[SIMS] Lesson Monitor - Edit Marks - Restrict
Hi all It is fair to say that I am not terribly technical but unfortunately I am now the administrator for SIMs in a small school. Currently...
View Article[Serco] Hide event types in Facility ePortal
Does anybody know how to hide old/redundant event types (detentions, merits, etc) from the select box on the event entry screen in ePortal? Can this...
View Article[SIMS] 'check that the previous report is not still open' message
I cannot seem to run any reports (of my own or predesigned) because this message keeps appearing 'check that the previous report is not still...
View Article[SIMS] Office 2010 and Individual Reports
Hi all! Has anyone experienced the issue where reports are being generated with only some of the tags being filled in? All our reports work in...
View Article[SIMS] Detentions adding limit
Hello, Adding detentions into pupils records today and it seems we have reached the limit at around five? Can anyone help as the "new" button...
View Article[SIMS] Missing Registers for Subject Leaders
It seems like something obvious that should be in SIMS but am I missing it? One of our Heads of Department wants to see if the registers for his...
View ArticleFPS Advance
Anyone using this finance package? Trying to find a way to get it working as it needs full write access to System32 (!!) Can't change permissions...
View Article[Serco] Timetabling re-rooming - from January
Hi All We are moving to our new build in January and want to start the process of retimetabling! We have rough ideas of where we want to put...
View Article[SIMS] So a couple questions on AM, well, more on how you use your pulled data
ok, first off, I'm behind the ball here, as when I started I was put on behaviour, and then at the start of this year got AM dropped in my lap (I...
View ArticleCan anyone tell me anything about Parrs texting service?
I am changing to Parrs system, they offer a general text and email service and a service for attendance and lates, can anyone tell me anything about...
View ArticleChange name of server
I am looking to change the name and IP of our Serco server. I need to change the ip that points to the database. Can anyone tell me how this is...
View ArticleSQL Server Perfmon Counters: A handy chart for troubleshooting
I found this little gem of a chart. Print it as large as you can, it's just about readable at A3. ...
View ArticlePrinting Student attendance
When printing student attendance it displays the student name in SIMS.net but when you click print in the web window that opens the student name is...
View ArticleSIMS Behaviour - How much does CAPITA charge per day for in-house support?
We urgently need help setting up our behaviour module in SIMS as it has never been used. Does anyone have an idea how much CAPITA would charge per...
View ArticleWCBS PASS - has anyone tried to interface to it or do they supply an API
Looking to interface a web based application to WCBS PASS (pupil and teacher data, timetable etc)- was wondering if anyone had any experience of this
View Article[SIMS] Capita pulling support for XP...?
I had an interesting chat with a guy from Capita on Friday, he says that the Spring SIMS update will be that last one to support XP/Vista/2003. Has...
View ArticleProblems taking students off roll
Have had this issue for a couple of weeks now this is the fault I get (please see attachment) any ideas would be great thanks.
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