[SIMS] Connect.ini Will Not Update
Hi All, I have a problem with my Sims connect.ini, when installing the Spring 2015 update on the machines, they are getting the wrong ini file and it is pointing towards an old server, i have spoken to...
View ArticleSOLUS 3.7.161 > 3.9
Hi all; In preparation for Spring 2015 Capita has recommended to go to SOLUS 3.9 prior to doing this Is it a straight forward deploy to 3.9 (I'm a few version behind on 3.7.161) or do I need to do...
View ArticleNova T on a Sat PC
Hi Guys, I need to install Nova-T from our spring 2015 install; to set up on a Sat PC.. Do I have to go through my local LEA support to get this? Or can I get it from my Sims Server? Thanks Si
View Article[SIMS] Which MIS??
Good afternoon all, Just wanted to grasp some veiws of people - we currently use SIMs for our MIS but the cost of running it is seen as extortionate by some of our SLT and for me to investigate other...
View ArticleHow do I change the default backup location for Sims and FMS
Last year when I used the SQL2008 to SQL2012 migration tool it gave me the option of choosing a backup location so if I updated Sims or FMS with any updates the automatic backups would be in a folder...
View ArticleSIMS Formulas
Hi All, I was wondering if anyone could help me please if possible. We have recently started using 4matrix, and one issue I seem to be having is the KS2 sublevel averages do not seem to match as to...
View Articlesolus 3.8 discover service instalation path help please
Morning , im having a blonde day and cannot for the life of me figure out what to enter in the solus tab" environment >Services" when adding in the discover installation path is it the path to the...
View ArticleStudent Missing from Marksheet
Hi, I have come up against a bit of a strange problem this morning. I have built some marksheets for our sixth form and assigned them to the relevant classes, but one such class (a History Y12 group)...
View Article[SIMS] LA tell me SIMS doesn't work with UAC?!
Had a "discussion" with our LA today who insisted that SIMS doesn't work with UAC turned on and wouldn't help us with a problem (completely unrelated to UAC) until it was turned off. I know that this...
View Article[SIMS] Pupil Impact Summary for Cover
I decided to do a quick analysis of our interim Progress 8 scores versus the amount of cover a student has experienced over the school year with the Students Impacted By Absence report in Cover....
View Article[SIMS] CTF Data mismatch - import
Am I right in think that if a user is trying to import a CTF file in SIMS and it gives a data mismatch error, our version of SIMS is a different version of the one where the XML came from?
View ArticleRTF Reports in SIMS
Hi I was wondering if anyone could possibly help me please. I am trying to create my own ERTF report in sims, Bascially I want a table showing me STudent name Address Parents contact details Class...
View Article[SIMS] "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error when...
Morning All Got a problem with SIMS in that when running existing reports, the error "object reference not set to an instance of an object" is shown and it doesn't run. I've just logged onto the server...
View ArticleCan SIMS auto compress word docs with images in as they go into docstorage?
Ok, so one of my schools is using SIMS docstorage more than most, which is great, but.. They are not setting their cameras to a low, but usable, image size. They are not compressing the images in Word...
View ArticleSims Services Manager (InTouch) - port 50001
We split our SQL and sims server over the holidays, since then we have had intouch errors and slowness going into sims.net After spending three days with capita dialling in to sort it out I thought I'd...
View ArticleOnline Parent Payments just got much cheaper
Hi all, We havent posted anything for a while and we are just releasing a pretty innovative new feature in our online payments system and we thought you might be interested: It will save schools A LOT...
View Article[SIMS] Setting up an alert for backup of SIMS in scheduled tasks
Morning all, I've just set-up a scheduled task to run a backup of our SIMS DB and DMS and need to set-up an email alert to inform me whether the backup has been successful or not. Some sites have...
View ArticleSIMS CPU 100%
Hi all, We are currently in crisis mode with SIMS. It is sat on a virtual Windows Server 2008 R2 64bit server with *16GB of RAM* assigned and *a quad core 2.6Ghz CPUs*. For the past few weeks, the SQL...
View ArticleEfficient way of deploying SIMS updates
Hi all, Does anyone know of any efficient ways of deploying SIMS updates throughout the school? We are currently using Solus3 and its fairly awful, causes no end of problems when it comes to update...
View Article[SIMS] SIMS on Server 2008 R2 (SQL 2008 R2) migration to SIMS on Server 2012 R2.
As title, in the summer I will be migrating our SIMS database from Server 2008 R2 (SQL 2008 R2) to SIMS on Server 2012 R2. What is the current thoughts on which version of SQL I should install on the...
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