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Yep - we already have something but it doesn't pull out exclusions so hopefully this would be a huge issue. - - - Updated - - - Did they charge you for providing these things?

@Sibrows we do have OneDrive for Business and the App. I work for a MAT and we want to export exclusions data from all of our schools on a weekly basis and upload to a central folder.

Does anyone know whether it is possible, using Command reporter or otherwise, to export a report and upload to Sharepoint or OneDrive or does it have to be stored on a local machine? I have little experience with this so any help/advice would be appreciated. TIA

@Mattjones47We are having the same issue. I noticed it yesterday on some reports which were working fine. Is there an easy resolve or should I log a support call.

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I am new to the school - I started a couple of weeks ago so I do not know the full history. I believe that they signed up with Progresso on a 5 year contract. There were a lot of issues initially which has affected staff confidence in the product so they felt they needed a change, in addition, they were struggling with being able to extract the information they needed with SSRS. As for why SIMS, they went through a process of researching alternatives and decided upon SIMS. I was not here at the time so I don't know the full details/ins and outs of why SIMS to be honest.

We will have a project manager from SIMS who will apparently make contact with me in 2 weeks time - when I am out of the country... Hopefully I can have a chat with them on my return. I am not totally sure of the services they offer however I believe, after talking to a fellow DM, they will likely supply templates which I need to populate. I am also likely to have to export extra data which is not deemed mandatory.

Morning. Following this now with interest due to being thrown into the same position at my new school. We are super worried because we have nobody on site able to write SSRS. The last DM has moved on and I have had no SSRS experience - I think I was employed more because I know SIMS! Eek

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.

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.

Good morning lovely fellow data people. We are in the process of migrating out MIS from SIMS to Progresso. I am trying (and getting there) with setting up templates and screens and I was wondering if there was any way to copy the colour coding from one screen to another. I have tried searching in the saved condition drop down but this appears to be only able to bring up saved conditions for the current screen. I also tried copying the screen and that didn't copy the colour coding either. Really don't have the time to spend hours working on each one individually as there are 16 to do for each screen...Any secret hacks anyone has? Thanks in advance

Yes, they would need to make changes hence why a report is not sufficient in this case sadly.

Hi All Progresso users...I am guessing there are not many of you but hoping someone sees this! Is the only way you can assign a whole year group to a markbook in Progresso by creating an ad hoc group which will require constant maintainence because of students entering and leaving the academy or is there a way to create a dynamic group or add a year group to a markbook? I need heads of year to be able to access a whole year markbook to review targets (one markbook will contain all target review columns) without having to look on a class basis by subject. I am a Progresso noob as our Academy Trust is moving us all over to Progresso but I cannot access their support help desk (although I have heard that even if I could it may not be of much use) as we are not yet 'live' but are building our system at the moment and have to have certain things in and ready to go. Any help greatly appreciated! Ta!

I have SIMS marksheets already set up although I can easily amend these to work with 1-8 as long as I know. The sort of information they want 'NOW' as soon as results are out is not just headlines it is in depth (we are a school that is under a lot of scrutiny) and means that I do not have the time to set up a new and complex Excel sheet for summer results in full (long story but I have a lot to deal with next half term and will be spending a significant amount of time working on a project for our academy trust) although I do have one that works from my exported SIMS sheets to give me everything I need in a couple of minutes. But this relies on the SIMS calculations being correct in the first place. Just had a thought though - in KS4 I actually use grades to move things from the results aspects into my own banked grades aspects so it should not cause a massive problem. If I had half a brain I would be dangerous...that said, it would be useful to know what is going on.

Morning all. Does anyone on here have any inside information on the new interim 1-8 GCSE points and new A Level/Tech Level 3 points and whether these new points are going to be attached to the summer results when we download them. I, perhaps rather ignorantly, assumed so, but the GCSE's our students took in Autumn have come back with the old APS gradeset. I spoke to our SIMS support who advised me to contact JCQ (as they specify to SIMS the gradeset they will be using), which I have done this morning. I will likely have to wait weeks for a reply! It is important that I know either way so I can manage my results day templates. As much as I would love to rely on the SIMS reports for KS4, in our school we have had issues with these not working correctly with BTEC and also, our LA and Academy Trust require both first and best entry data so I need my templates to be able to calculate these, which rely on points scores and I need to know which! We are not lucky enough to have SISRA which would give us almost instant access to the results data - we have to send away our data! I have to work out all the Level 3 figures myself. Aaaargh!

Be warned also, the smart motorway at J38-42 have some HADECS3 cameras which seem pretty snap happy (I have seen them flashing northbound literally every time I pass at the moment - not seen them go off southbound yet). Some are next to the gantries and some are just on a stand at the side of the motorway. They are on the M62 now between Huddersfield and Leeds although I have never seen these ones flash to date but apparently they are live even though I have seen folk tearing through at 90+ and not getting snapped.

The caffeine content of diet coke/pepsi max is what made it hard to give up for me. So perhaps having an extra cup of coffee will help with the cravings. If it is full sugar stuff then a sugar addiction is somewhat harder to deal with eek. I used to drink about a litre a day. I gave it up a couple of years ago now. I mean I still have it, but not every day, just the odd glass. Not having it in the house helped...same with chocolate. If it is not there, I can't consume it! I have committed to 3 days per week of a sugar free, wheat free vegan diet as a bit of a detox and to cut down on my meat consumption but I have been building up to it for a few months. Unlikely I will ever go full vegan though, even more unlikely I will quit sugar all together....Hendersons Relish being the reason! Yorkshire folk will understand!

Not will be...are! I have seen the ones on the M62 flash folk when the gantries are not displaying anything (just blank not even NSL). My speedo overreads and i can happily cruise through at indicated 80 (about 75mph) but some dude going about 5 mph faster than me got flashed...probably set to 79

I was annoyed that my journey back from Leeds to Hudd took 15 minutes longer than unusual...then I heard about the chaos and I think I was lucky. my satnav did take me a weird route, but I trusted it for once..thankfully. Driving to Leeds in the morning is taking 10 minutes longer than it did 18 months ago smart motorway, yer right...just push the problem further back up the motorway! Plus they seem to have adjusted the timing of the lights when you get off at Junction 24, hello 1 1/2 mile queues at 4:30pm

I usually mix it in with yoghurt or add it to recipes, but I can detect it in yoghurt if it tastes gross!

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Anyone got any recommendations for a decent vanilla protein powder that does not taste like wet towels, is not extremely overloaded with sugar and for a reasonable price?

I have uploaded to students' linked documents the incorrect reports for a year group by mistake. I have now uploaded the correct replacements but I want to know if it is possible to bulk delete linked documents so I do not have to go through each student individually, which will take a few hours! Google provided no answers so I am relying on your wisdom.

I have had a couple of successes this weekend. 1) I posted a while back about tight hamstrings. I have found that increasing my yoga practise to 6 days per week (from 2/3) is actually making a huge difference, way more than my usual 6 day per week stretches. Still miles from touching the toes, but I have gained a couple of inches more flexibility in the beastly muscles. Big commitment though on top of the rest of my physical activity so I will see if I can stick it. I've cracked it at last.... vegan flapjacks that don't have the consistency of cardboard and only contain natural ingredients. No refined sugar, butter, syrup etc. Still packs a few calories, but as we know not all calories are made equal and these tasty beauties keep me fuelled for a workout.

Yes, fructose is sugar, however it is being consumed in its natural form, i.e. with the fibre etc of the whole fruit - this makes a huge difference to how your body processes it. The fruits and nuts are chopped and cold pressed so you get everything you would get from eating 3 or 4 dates and a few raisins and a few cashew nuts, nothing bad there. Anyone who is educated in nutrition knows that too much fruit is a bad thing, if I ate 5 packs a day, yes I would be consuming too much sugar (and would also likely have a bad time in the bathroom)- it would be bad for me, but eating these in moderation is healthy. Balanced is the key, as I said...healthy 'treat'.