[sims] Migration from Progresso to SIMS

[Xeba37]

Hi there lovely people. Have any of you migrated from Progresso to SIMS? I have a few questions to ask re extraction of data. To be honest, if any of you have migrated from Progresso to any other MIS system, then you may be able to help me. I have been informed that we are moving MIS, I was aware this would likely be the case, but they have a ridiculously tight timescale for the project. That aside, I really need to know...1)When you ceased to be able to access Progresso, did they provide a copy of your school database and in what format? (We know that the school actually owns the data but how that would be given to us is somewhat of an unknown.) I am hoping that it is something we would actually be able to use going forward?2)Did your access to Progresso end on the date you signed the contract or date you went live?3)If you migrated to SIMS, how did they assist you with the migration, did they provide reports etc. To be totally fair, I should hear from SIMS project management team in the next couple of weeks to ask this directly of them - but I am trying to get ahead due to the time frame.I do not want to approach Advanced learning support directly as we do not want them to know we are leaving prior to us actually having to give notice/not renew for next year. Thanks in advance.

[Banjo]

I think someone else asked these questions recently, maybe worth searching for their post. Not many schools have been through the process. Capita will provide you with template Excel files for the data that you will need to capture out of Progresso and send off for the conversion. You just need to have the reports ready in Progresso to export this data.

[Xeba37]

This, I fear, is the issue. There is nobody here able to create SSRS reports so if it is not a pre existing report in the system then I truly have no idea how we will be able to extract it. This is partly why I want to know how Progresso will send us our data once we can no longer access the system, although we will need most of it for current students in order to go live in SIMS.

[Lissydoll4]

No sorry we have just gone the other way. Do you have any ad ice on progresso we are struggling at the moment thanks