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Don't know if it would have worked as your previous timetables were submitted into SIMS from KJ.....but in Nova-T6 you can go to Data > Load Dataset > Create Construction Dataset, give the dataset a name and date range and then set the data source to SQL Dataset. This then allows you to select previous datasets (timetables) that are in the SIMS database. I'm assuming if your current (KJ) timetable was available to select and you created a new T6 dataset from that, then the SQLCodes would have remained the same......

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Why won't your LA help migrate SIMS to a new server? That is a bizarre attitude for them to take. You could do it yourself......all of the information you need is here - https://customer.support-ess.com/csm?sys_kb_id=70c50d33fb019e545a34ff40aeefdc89&id=kb_article_view&sysparm_rank=1&sysparm_tsqueryId=2e54f471c3bd1250718b991c050131c6

We are pleased to advise that SIMS database patch 30262 is now available. This patch is designed to address issues that result in an increased frequency of deadlock errors occurring when working within various areas of SIMS. Please note, this patch is only applicable to the SIMS Summer 2024 release. If the patch is applied and the school then upgrades to Autumn 2024 the changes will, unfortunately, not persist post-upgrade. A further patch to address the issue in the SIMS Autumn 2024 release is under development as a priority and will be issued to all affected customers once available. It is worth noting that this patch will primarily address issues that result in a deadlock error presenting within the SIMS user application. Sites may continue to see deadlocks occurring within the SQL database when running deadlock reports via SQL Management Studio, however this is considered to be expected behaviour. Patch 30262 has been released to your site via SOLUS3 and should be available within your Updated Library following a Get Updates check. To run this check please navigate to Settings | SOLUS3 | Updates and click the Get Updates button. A further update will be provided as soon as the new patch for Autumn 2024 is made available. Kind regards, SIMS Support

Install it on the admin machines so they can initiate a sync whenever required. You've got to trust people to be capable of doing the job they were employed for.....

Pretty sure you can do this using lookup tables in SIMS. Focus > Assessment > Lookup Tables

The Consolidated Workstation Patch 2 (for Early Years) contains 2 patches to apply to the main SIMS DB and also updated versions of pulsar.exe and various dll's to install into the client SIMS installation folder (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\SIMS\SIMS .net). If a user gets a prompt to install the patch when logging in it will update the files on the workstation only as the SIMS DB will already have been patched.

Is there anyone from Arbor who can confirm if they transfer statutory assessment data when migrating a school from Bromcom to Arbor. If you don't, how can justify that when you migrate the same data for schools moving from SIMS, Progresso, CMIS and ScholarPack?? https://support.arbor-education.com/hc/en-us/articles/4429619941149-How-do-we-migrate-assessments

If SIMS Services Manager is installed on your DNS server, ports 50000 and 50001 are within the port range that can be randomly used by the DNS service. Add an exception to DNS which will ensure it does not use these ports with the following command: dnscmd /Config /SocketPoolExcludedPortRanges 50000-50001 Restart DNS Server service and SSM service for the change to take effect.

Patch 27976 was released after ESS withdrew System Manager 6, to add the route Focus > System Manager > Database Backup into SIMS. You should be able to ask your SSU to deploy it via SOLUS. https://customer.support-ess.com/csm?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0053122

Student membership of Discover groups starts from the date that group was created. If you then try and run an attendance report where the start date used is prior to the membership start date it will not show up. Use SQL Management studio to identify the base_group_id of the relevant discover group - SELECT [base_group_id],[group_mode_id],[criteria] FROM [simsdbname].[sims].[dw_group] and then use that id to update to membership start dates of pupils in the group - UPDATE [simsdbname].[sims].[sims_member] SET start_date='2022-09-04 00:00:00' WHERE base_group_id=xxxx

Hi, I have just gone into MIS Sync > Staff > Manage Data and clicked to Import staff from the ParentPay website. This brought the current active staff into MIS Sync. I then deleted a staff record and clicked Save and then moved to the Upload tab and clicked Export. In my ParentPay site the deleted member of staff was now marked as a leaver. Back in MIS Sync on the Manage staff tab I re-added the member of staff I had deleted using the same UID. I clicked Save and then uploaded again to ParentPay. The staff member who was marked as a leaver was active again.

Unfortunately some 3rd party services charge a migration fee when schools switch MIS. The Wonde Bromcom MIS migration guide is available here - https://www.wonde.com/wp-content/uploads/Bromcom-Google-Docs.pdf

Bromcom has an inbuilt KS4 Dashboard that can produce all of the KPI's that you need and allows you to drill down into it. It can be configured to use the internal data collections in your school as well as exams data. It is very good.