SIMS Support and Licensing
Hello. Please can anyone explain how SIMS support and licensing works at your school? I have been tasked with making cuts in the department and this is one of the things that I need to look at. We...
View Article[SIMS] Behaviour Lookup
Hello folks When adding a behaviour incident, the first option is to select a "Type" - from things like Accident Assault Bullying Disruption etc...
View Article[SIMS] Any way to trigger AMPARK auto import?
So after upgrading to Spring 2015, I went into Assessment Manager, expecting the AMPARK popup but nothing happened. All the resources are sitting in the AMPARK folder on my machine and I am using an...
View Article[SIMS] SIMs Solus issue
Hi The LEA updated my Solus clients yesterday to 3.7.147.0 and pushed out the SIM's ugrade which upgraded the SIM's Server this afternoon which has upgraded ok but the SIM's Clients don't seem to be...
View ArticleShared classes with 2 teachers
We have some classes with two teacher allocated but only want one teacher to have to fill in the register, how do we stop the register having to be filled in by both of them. At the moment it is coming...
View ArticleSIMS - Changing a tutor in a tutor group (vertical tutoring structure)
Hi, I am trying to remove a tutor from a tutor group who has now left, and add another member of staff to that tutor group as a replacement. I've gone into FOCUS | SCHOOL | PASTORAL STRUCTURE | CURRENT...
View ArticleData Protection - Third Party
As I'm sure a lot of schools do we use third party web hosted systems for teaching (SAM Learning, MathsWatch, Show My Homework etc.). A parent has asked that their child's personal data are not passed...
View ArticlePutting SIMS / SQL in Simple Recovery Mode
Hi all; I have discovered that my LDF file is 149GB vs 8GB MDF for my SIMS database I discovered it was set to Full recovery mode when Capital installed this a while back (I thought their scripted...
View Article[SIMS] Uploading a child's school report (word file) into SIMS
Hi, Traditionally each kid has gone home with a school report in an envelope, with about 10 bits of paper. We're looking to attaching/uploading the word file of each kids report into sims as our VLE...
View ArticleWhich MIS System ?
Dear MIS Users, We are in the process of choosing a new MIS System. Are there any recommendations as there are so many out there. The most common one seems to be SIMS, but if you had to choose one,...
View ArticleSOLUS Upgrade Failure
Hello I am trying to upgrade my SOLUS from 3.6 to 3.9, the system tells me I need to install 3.7 first. When trying to install 3.7 it fails... does anyone have any ideas why? It fails around 19:59...
View Article[SIMS] FMS Update Failed
Gah, annoying one. Has anyone had an issue where FMS database refused to update? Originally it failed one of our databases (pre-academy) as it had a reported version of 0.0.0.0. So, I removed that from...
View Article[SIMS] Prompt at RunTime in SubQuery of Report
Hi all I am trying to modify a report that pulls together all of a student's current supervisors - it's a clever one designed by my predecessor which lists all of their teachers as well as their...
View Article[SIMS] Hosted SIMS & PARS??
Our Business manager thinks we should move to the Capita hosted SIMS. We currently use PARS for registers and behavior management and INSIGHT as our parents' portal. Capita will provide a VPN for us to...
View Article[SIMS] SOLUS 3.9 AD Browse
Hello I am trying to install SIMS on a computer which has recently been rebuilt using SOLUS 3.9 via AD browse. The computer wont appear via the AD browse and it reports No Computers Found. I am able to...
View Articlesolus 3 will not upgrade database because its version 0.0.0.0.0
Attachment 30506 (http://www.edugeek.net/attachments/forums/mis-systems/30506-solus-3-will-not-upgrade-database-because-its-version-0-0-0-0-0-solus-error.jpg) anyone seen this before , its the first...
View ArticleLong Term sick appearing in cover
I am new to using the cover module and have noticed that the module gets bloated out with staff who are on long maternity leave and also the odd one on long term illness. Is there a way that i can stop...
View Article[SIMS] Solus 3 question
First time to use Solus 3. In the screenshot attached, what do i have to deploy? Obviously SIMS Spring 2015, but what about the rest? SIMS Database 2015? and what about those 4 patches? Do i just...
View ArticleNarrative Reports
Hi, we don't currently use SIMS for our narrative school reports (we use a third-party provider) but our HT has asked me to look at what options are available? What softwares do you use for reports if...
View Article[SIMS] SIMS InTouch emails automoatically going to spam folder
Since the recent upgrade a few of our schools have informed us that emails sent to parents are going straight to the spam folder. Capita have advised that we are the only authority (Hertfordshire)...
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