B2B – Wording change from SIMS Primary API to SIMS API (3.77)
Description To avoid confusion, SIMS Primary API wording has been changed to SIMS API as follows: Bases B2B | Scheduled Tasks
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Statutory KS1 (Locale 1) – Key Stage 1 Assessments (3.77)
Description This release supports the following changes to the 2022 return: There are no changes to KS1 Assessments other than yearly changes, therefore, you should use the Tools | Administration | Attainment Projects Calendar Year Update function to update the assessments tables without upgrading the whole system. Science Assessment is now required as part of the statutory collection (it was […]
» Read moreB2B – The NCY value defaults to ALL when not set in scheduled tasks (3.77)
Description If an NCY value is not set for an Attendance scheduled task, the value defaults to ALL. Users don’t need to manually edit all tasks to set an NCY value. Children Exempt from NCY are included.
» Read moreB2B – Changes to import of Attendance to support latest SIMS API (3.77)
Description The following changes have been made to support the latest version of the SIMS API so that users are not exposed to the risk of the SIMS API being de-supported. Users can select to import attendance data for specific NCYs to prioritise data imports. Users can select to import attendance data for Academic Years as well as Unauthorised absences. […]
» Read moreB2B – SIMS API Base credentials and B2B System Parameters (3.77)
Description Although present in this release, this functionality is in preparation for a feature update to implement B2B APIs and is currently non functional. API Settings Previously the SIMS API Settings had to be manually populated once the SIMS API tickbox was ticked. System defaults A new set of system parameters has been introduced so that the fields can be […]
» Read moreAttendance – SQL Script to delete duplicate attendance data in bulk for LA’s (3.76)
Description A SQL script is available to delete duplicate attendance data in bulk. Script to manage delete duplicate attendance data on mass for LA’s. The script will: Identify and correct all duplicate student attendance records so that a student has a single attendance record for school / academic year combination Produce a summary output for any duplicate student attendance information […]
» Read moreB2B – Data Items added to SIMS8 and SIMS Primary data transfer files (3.76)
Description SIMS Primary Student and Carer GUIDs added to SIMS Primary files as follows: SIMS8 Grounds for Removal added to the transfer file as follows: (for example) <SchoolHistory> <School> <LEA> </LEA> <Estab> </Estab> <SchoolName> </SchoolName> <EntryDate> </EntryDate> <LastSchool> </LastSchool> <LeavingDate /> <RemovalGrounds>B</RemovalGrounds> <EnrolStatus> </EnrolStatus>
» Read morePersonnel & B2B Personnel Modules – The Personnel modules are no longer supported (3.75)
Description Personnel and B2B Personnel modules will be decommissioned from the summer 2021(3.75) release, both modules had at the time of the End of Life notice a very small number of active users but had been used by large numbers of customers historically. For brevity references to Personnel below will include B2B Personnel. What happens in the 3.75 release? The […]
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