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SIMS Summer 2024 - Workstation Patch

Updated: 4/10/24

Workstation Patch (version 4) is now available to all schools / TIs with SIMS software within their contracts and is live in SIMS Connected.

Workstation Patch 5 is planned for release on 11th October (subject to confirmation) and then to SIMS Connected the following weekend.)  This patch addresses a third party API issue with lesson attendance marks. A batch can be rejected if there is a validation failure or information message for a single or group of lesson marks. This happens when pupils have multiple classes, rooms or teachers timetabled for a period.

Overview

SIMS - SIMS Newsfeed - CWPsu (Consolidated Workstation Patches Summer Release) 2024 - 19 Sep 10:20 (service-now.com) describes changes above the surface.  This incudes changes within SIMS itself.

History

Summer 24 Workstation Patch #1 - Third parties are not able to save X and B codes is fixed in this release

Summer 24 Workstation Patch #4 - Third parties are not able to enter attendance codes (H, J, etc) for the sessions/lessons before 31st July 2024

Additional Changes for TIs in Summer Workstation Patch 4

In addition there is a fix to the partner APIs to enable codes which are now obsolete to be applied for last term.

In parallel there will be a generic patch to fix a mismatch in length for statutory comments within 3 stored procedures.

New Third Party Features

In order to encourage a more efficient extract of behaviour and achievement, the patch also adds the new fields below:

  <Achievement>
    <PersonID>13632</PersonID>
    <AchievementID>3058</AchievementID>
    <AchievementTypeID>8</AchievementTypeID>
    <AchievementType>Excellent Effort</AchievementType>
    <AchievementDate>2024-04-16T00:00:00</AchievementDate>
    <Points>15</Points>
    <Award />
    <AwardDate />
    <Comments />
    <RecordedOnDate>2024-04-16T00:00:00</RecordedOnDate>
    <RecordedByPersonID>1</RecordedByPersonID>
    <BaseGroupID>15561</BaseGroupID>
    
    -- NEW STUFF
    
    <EventInstanceID>65404</EventInstanceID>
    <LinkedStaff>
      <Link>
        <StaffID>1</StaffID>
        <RoleID>1</RoleID>
      </Link>
    </LinkedStaff>
    <ClassName>9y/Ma3</ClassName>
    <Period>Tue:4</Period>
    <Subject>Mathematics</Subject>

 	-- NEW STUFF END
     
</Achievement>

For

   SIMS.Processes.TPStudentBehaviour tpps = new SIMS.Processes.TPStudentBehaviour();
            string xml = tpps.GetXmlAchievements(All, DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1 * Days), DateTime.Now);
            
      
      // and
      
         SIMS.Processes.TPStudentBehaviour tpps = new SIMS.Processes.TPStudentBehaviour();
            string xml = tpps.GetXmlBehaviours(All,DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1*Days),DateTime.Now);
       

 

In addition various calls to get 'people' have been extended to include the title id and the pronoun id.

e.g.

            SIMS.Processes.TPPersonContact tpco = new SIMS.Processes.TPPersonContact();
            XmlDocument c = new XmlDocument();
            c.InnerXml = tpco.GetXmlContacts();