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v5.2020 Update 1.1 – Release Notes

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Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 New Features ........................................................................................................................................................... 2

Administration ............................................................................................................................................................. 2 New Columns available for Students List Page ....................................................................................................... 2 New Information added to the Student Emergency Report ................................................................................... 2 Contract Options added to Import and Export ....................................................................................................... 3 Exclusions updated ................................................................................................................................................. 3

Analysis ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Headline Figures updated ....................................................................................................................................... 4

Assessment ................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Assessment Module updated ................................................................................................................................. 4 New page Assessment Components added ............................................................................................................ 4

Assessment Collections ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Assessment Columns .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Assessment Types .............................................................................................................................................. 8 Grade Sets .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Marksets ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 Key Stages......................................................................................................................................................... 12 Terms ................................................................................................................................................................ 12

Attendance ................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Registration page updated [Primary School Only] ................................................................................................ 13 Improvement made to Student Images [Primary Only] ....................................................................................... 13 Registration page updated [Secondary School Only] ........................................................................................... 14 New Information added to the Fire Drill Report ................................................................................................... 15 Registration Seating Plan Updated ....................................................................................................................... 16

Census ........................................................................................................................................................................ 19 School Level Annual School Census (SLASC) Census updated .............................................................................. 19 Changes to Pupil Reconciliation section [Primary and All Through] ..................................................................... 19 Questions Removed from Catholic Education Service Census [CAS-118423-M2V1C9] ....................................... 19

Communication .......................................................................................................................................................... 20 New option to Buy Additional SMS Texts added .................................................................................................. 20

Curriculum .................................................................................................................................................................. 22 New option View Timetable added ...................................................................................................................... 22 New Account option added for Clubs ................................................................................................................... 24 Data Item added in Reporting .............................................................................................................................. 24 Page Removed ...................................................................................................................................................... 24

Dashboard .................................................................................................................................................................. 25 A new Behaviour option has been added to the Dashboard ................................................................................ 25

Headline Figures ............................................................................................................................................... 26 Overall Graph ................................................................................................................................................... 26 Doughnut Graph ............................................................................................................................................... 27 Groups Graph ................................................................................................................................................... 28 Timeline Graph ................................................................................................................................................. 29 Owner Graph .................................................................................................................................................... 31

Exams ......................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Exam Module updated ......................................................................................................................................... 32 New page Manage Candidates added .................................................................................................................. 32

Internal Candidates .......................................................................................................................................... 33 External Candidates .......................................................................................................................................... 34 Edit ................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Delete ............................................................................................................................................................... 36 Actions .............................................................................................................................................................. 36 Assign UCI and Candidate Numbers ................................................................................................................. 37 Centre Assignments .......................................................................................................................................... 37 Merge Candidates ............................................................................................................................................ 38 Release Candidates .......................................................................................................................................... 38

New page Manage Entries added ......................................................................................................................... 39 Actions .............................................................................................................................................................. 39 Import Entries ................................................................................................................................................... 40

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Manage Entries By Class ................................................................................................................................... 40 New page Manage Results added ........................................................................................................................ 42

Add Non-EDI Results ......................................................................................................................................... 42 View Non-EDI Results ....................................................................................................................................... 43 Add Results ....................................................................................................................................................... 43 View Results ..................................................................................................................................................... 44 Export Results ................................................................................................................................................... 45 Import Results .................................................................................................................................................. 45

Finance ....................................................................................................................................................................... 46 Invoices & Credit Notes page updated ................................................................................................................. 46 Additions Petty Cash ............................................................................................................................................. 46 Additions to Cheque Definition ............................................................................................................................ 47 Change to Petty Cash Default ............................................................................................................................... 47 Additional Columns added to Purchase Order ..................................................................................................... 47 Adjustments made to Layout of pages ................................................................................................................. 47 New Report Invoice Income added ...................................................................................................................... 48 Additions made to Salary Projections ................................................................................................................... 48 Additional Column added to Excel Add-in Journal ............................................................................................... 48 New Report Automatic Reconciliation Status added ............................................................................................ 49 Changes made to Aged Debtor Report ................................................................................................................. 50

Framework ................................................................................................................................................................. 50 Browser Support ................................................................................................................................................... 50 Page Updates ........................................................................................................................................................ 50 New Menu View option added ............................................................................................................................. 51

MCAS [Admin] ............................................................................................................................................................ 59 New option added to Attendance Configuration ................................................................................................. 59

MCAS [APP] ................................................................................................................................................................ 60 Witness Added to Behaviour Events ..................................................................................................................... 60 On Report option added ....................................................................................................................................... 60 Important Documents option added .................................................................................................................... 61

Reporting .................................................................................................................................................................... 61 New Report Domain added for Finance ............................................................................................................... 61 New Report Data Items added for Detentions [CAS-114828-F0M1H6] ............................................................... 62

Setup .......................................................................................................................................................................... 62 Permissions for viewing Dashboard Widgets added ............................................................................................ 62 Permissions for Page Lists updated ...................................................................................................................... 63

Resolved Issues ...................................................................................................................................................... 64 Administration ........................................................................................................................................................... 64 Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................................... 64 Assessment ................................................................................................................................................................. 65 Attendance ................................................................................................................................................................. 65 Behaviour ................................................................................................................................................................... 65 Census ........................................................................................................................................................................ 65 Communication .......................................................................................................................................................... 66 Cover .......................................................................................................................................................................... 66 Curriculum .................................................................................................................................................................. 66 Dashboard .................................................................................................................................................................. 66 Diary ........................................................................................................................................................................... 66 Dinner ......................................................................................................................................................................... 66 Exams ......................................................................................................................................................................... 67 Finance ....................................................................................................................................................................... 67 MCAS [Admin] ............................................................................................................................................................ 67 MCAS [Parent] ............................................................................................................................................................ 68 MCAS [Parent App] ..................................................................................................................................................... 68 Reporting .................................................................................................................................................................... 68 Student Portal [Admin] ............................................................................................................................................... 68 Student Portal ............................................................................................................................................................ 68 Teacher App ............................................................................................................................................................... 68 Vision .......................................................................................................................................................................... 69

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Introduction This document contains an End User version of the Release Notes for the Bromcom MIS Software for Version 1. The Release Notes contain details of the latest updates, fixes and new features that have been implemented in this release. An enhancement is either an improvement we have added or a new feature. Some of these are user requested, but most are enhancements we make to improve the software. This document contains the Release Notes for v5.2020 Update 1.1 What is an Update? When an enhancement is requested or an issue is found, the details are sent to the Development Team. Once they have made the enhancement or fixed the issue an update is created. This update can contain one or many fixes, for one or many modules, it is then tested by the Testing team and released either to be included into the next Build, (if there is one imminent), or it is passed as an Update to be deployed by the Support Team who will contact you and arrange a mutually agreeable time to apply the Update. Each of the issues listed here has been fixed with the latest Update.

1. Server side Installers: a. MIS v5.2020.1.1

2. Client side Installers:

a. Alerts Application v5.2018.3.28849 b. Timetable v1.15.66.27327 c. Behaviour v5.2017.6.1

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New Features

Administration

New Columns available for Students List Page Students Four new Column options have been added, now when clicking on the Add/Remove Additional Columns icon you will be able to select AA% (YTD), EA% (YTD), P% (YTD) and UA% (YTD). This will then display the Year To Date percentages for Authorised Absence, Educational Activities, Present and Unauthorised Absences.

These figures are based on AM/PM Attendance only Year To Date.

The data is cached and shows up to the end of the previous day to update this go to Modules > Setup > System Configurations > Refresh System Cache or if using the New Look Bromcom from the blue bar go to Config > Setup > System Configurations > Refresh System Cache.

New Information added to the Student Emergency Report Reports > Student Emergency Information The Student Emergency Information report now displays the Year Groups and Tutor Group of the Student.

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Contract Options added to Import and Export Staff > Process > Manual Data Export Staff > Process > Manual Data Import The option to Import or Export Staff Contract Details has been added.

Exclusions updated Students > View Student Details > Exclusions The option to Delete a Document has been added to Exclusions. This previously had to be done via the Documents option.

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Analysis

Headline Figures updated The Headline Figures option has been updated to include an option for 2 x Single Science Passes.

Assessment

Assessment Module updated The Assessment module has been updated to make it easier and quicker to use. Many of the pages have been merged giving more actions in one place instead of moving from page to page.

New page Assessment Components added Routines > Assessment Components A new page has been added Assessment Components, the following pages and options have been merged into this new page and will no longer be available as separate pages; Associations, Marksets, Assessment Collections, Grade Sets, Assessment Columns, Assessment Types, Delete Components and Component Activation. Note: Assessment Collections and Assessment Columns will only visible for Users who have NOT yet migrated to the new Assessment Structure. The Delete option has been added as a button on each section, a Warning Message will be given with information relevant to that section before it can be deleted.

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Assessment Collections [Note: This option will only visible for Users who have NOT yet migrated to the new Assessment Structure]

Assessment Collections are now selected from the dropdown list, which will display the Assessment Collections page listing all of the Assessment Collections, removing the previous Find option.

To Edit select an Assessment Collection and click on the Edit button, the functionality remains the same, when finished click on the Save button.

To create a New Collection, click on the New button, the functionality remains the same, when finished click on the Create button.

When selecting a Collection an Actions button is displayed giving the additional options Set Active State and Set Locked State. Allowing the Collection to be made Active or not and Locked or not.

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Assessment Columns [Note: This option will only visible for Users who have NOT yet migrated to the new Assessment Structure]

Assessment Columns are now selected from the dropdown list, which will display the Assessment Columns page listing all of the Assessment Columns, removing the previous Find option.

To Edit select an Assessment Column and click on the Edit button, an additional option Grade Set name has been added, this will link the Grade Set Version, which is displayed below the Assessment Column section, the rest of the functionality remains the same, when finished click on the Save button.

Clicking on the Grade Set Versions option will display the information for the selected Grade Set in the Assessment Column section.

To add a new Assessment Column click on the New button, other than the addition of the Grade Set Name option, the functionality for the Assessment Column remains the same, click on the Save button when finished.

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When selecting a Column an Actions button is displayed giving the additional options Manage Template, Transfer Result, and Set Active State.

Selecting a Column and the Manage Templates option displays the Manage Templates page.

The Transfer Result will display the Results Transfer page and the Set Active State will allow the Column to be made Active or not.

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Assessment Types Assessment Types are now selected from the dropdown list, which will display the Assessment Types page listing all of the Assessment Types, removing the previous Find option.

To Edit select an Assessment Type and click on the Edit button, make the changes and click on the Save button.

To add a new Assessment Type click on the New button, add the details and click on the Create button.

When selecting an Assessment Type an Actions button is displayed giving the additional option to Set Active State allowing the Assessment Type to be made Active or not.

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Grade Sets Grade Sets are now selected from the dropdown list, which will display the Grade Sets page listing all of the Grade Sets, removing the previous Find option.

To Edit a Grade Set select the Grade Set and click on the Edit button, the functionality remains the same, when finished click the Save button.

To Edit the Grade Set Versions click on the Version and the Edit button, the Version and Grades options have been merged and now when selecting the Edit option you can Edit the Version End Date and Grade information.

To add a new Grade Set click on the New button, the functionality for the Grade Set and the Version remain the same, click on the Create button when finished.

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Marksets Marksets are now selected from the dropdown list, which will display the Marksets page listing all of the Marksets, removing the previous Find option.

To Edit a Markset select the Markset and click on the Edit button, the functionality remains the same, when finished click the Save button.

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To Edit the Markset Versions click on the Version and the Edit button, the functionality remains the same, when finished click the Done button.

To add a new Markset click on the New button, the functionality for the Markset and the Version remain the same when finished click on the Save button.

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Key Stages The Associations page has been replaced and has now been split into two options in the dropdown list under Key Stage and Terms.

Selecting Key Stages will display the saved Key Stages, select a Key Stage and click on the Edit button to Edit or click on the New button to create a New Association.

System Generated Key Stages cannot be edited, Non-System Generated Key Stages can be, make the change and click on the Save button.

Click on the New button to add a new Key Stage Association, enter the name and click on the Create button.

Terms Terms are displayed, edited and created in the same way as the Key Stages by selecting the Terms option from the dropdown list.

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Attendance

Registration page updated [Primary School Only] Registration A new look has been given to the Registration page, the functionality remains the same.

Improvement made to Student Images [Primary Only] Registration The pop-up image of the Student displayed when clicking on the image on the Register has been improved to fully fit the pop-up box.

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Registration page updated [Secondary School Only] Registration A new look has been given to the Registration page.

The Icons along the top of the page have been replaced with buttons, the page has been spaced more proportionally and the colours are more subtle. The functionality of the page remains the same.

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The Student Information panel has also been improved.

New Information added to the Fire Drill Report Reports > Fire Drill The Fire Drill report now displays the Main Tutor Name.

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Registration Seating Plan Updated Registration > Seating Plan The Seating Plan page has been updated and the rigidity of the grid line placement has been removed allowing the free placing of seats. Clicking on the Seating button from within a Register will open the Seating Plan page.

When the page opens for the first time the option to add a New Seating Plan is given. The grey area at the bottom of the screen is the Seating Area, which by default is set at a width of 8 and height of 4.

Select the Settings button to change the Seating Area size, Copy to other sessions for the same class and display Assessment information, these options remain the same as before, click the Apply button when finished.

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Drag & drop the Seat onto the Seating Area, the Seat number will increment after the Seat has added. Once the Seats are in place they can be re-arranged. The brown mark on the edge of the seat denotes the chair, clicking on the arrowed circle in the middle of the Seat will change the orientation of the chair

Once happy with your Seating Plan click on the Design Room Layout slide button, the Students will then be displayed along the top of the page, drag & drop the Students onto the Seats, each Student will then be removed from the top of the page and placed at their Seat.

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The Seats can still be re-arranged by selecting the Design Room Layout slide button. When finished click on the Save button, this will open a pop-up where the Seating Plan can be named. Once done the new Seating Plan will be displayed in the Plan dropdown list.

Selecting the Show Student Information slide button will display the Student Overall Attendance Percentage, the Attendance Mark for the Current Class, if selected the Assessment data and Target Assessment data and any assigned Flags. Note: The Overall Attendance is for all Classes and Groups and updates each night.

Selecting the Seating Plan from the Plan dropdown list and the Delete icon will delete that Plan.

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Census

School Level Annual School Census (SLASC) Census updated Census > SLASC Census Return for Independent Schools has been updated.

Changes to Pupil Reconciliation section [Primary and All Through] Census > School The Apply Funding Hours in the Pupil Reconciliation section has been replaced with a pop-up.

Clicking on the Update Funded Hours button will open the Update Funded Hours option, the functionality remains the same, add the information and click on the Save button.

Note: The Reset button does not apply to the Funded Hours option, it will reset the information in the table below to zero’s.

Questions Removed from Catholic Education Service Census [CAS-118423-M2V1C9] Census > Catholic Education Service (CES) Three no longer required questions have been removed from the Pupil Details section, Number of Year 11 Students on Roll in the previous year return, Destination of those Students: Returned to school and Enrolled in another Catholic School/College.

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Communication

New option to Buy Additional SMS Texts added Communication > Overview > Buy Credit Dashboard > SMS Credits Remaining Widget The option to buy more SMS Text Credit directly has been added. This is displayed by opening the Overview page directly from within the Communication module or via the SMS Credits Remaining Widget.

The person buying the SMS Credit will have to be an Authorised User to do so. If they are not Authorised a message will be given asking them to click on a link to be Authorised by Customer Care. An Authorisation Request Confirmation message will be sent, if you have not heard back within 2-3 days contact Customer Care. If the User is Authorised clicking on the Buy Credit button will display the Buy Credit page, select the number of SMS Texts required from the SMS Bundles dropdown menu, enter a Purchase Order Number, Notes if required and click on the Purchase button.

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A Confirmation message will be given, with the number of SMS Texts selected, the total and the Purchase Order Number. If you want to go ahead click on the Proceed button. Note: The process is irreversible, if you are not sure click on the Cancel button. To view previous purchases click on the View Previous Purchases button, this will display a list.

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Curriculum

New option View Timetable added Routines > View Timetables The option to give access to view Timetables over selected criteria has been added.

Select the View Type of Teachers, Rooms, Departments, Subjects or Non-Contact Codes, each option will display a related Search selection. Only the Teachers option will give an additional selection for Teachers or Years, this will give you the option to select the Teacher/s or the Teaching Year, for example all teachers in Year 8. Select the Week to view and whether to view one or two weeks. Once selected click on the View Timetable button, the Timetable will be displayed, use the scrollbar to scroll right along the days.

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There are additional mouse options on the page as well, which reflect on the View Type selected. For example on the Teacher View clicking on the blue bar with the Teacher Code will display the Timetable for that Teacher for the selected week.

Move the mouse over a timetabled cell on the main screen and it will display the information for the Period.

Where a Period displays as Multiple it is warning of a clash, in this case the Teacher is timetabled twice.

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New Account option added for Clubs Groups > Club Clubs with a Running Balance now have a Mandatory Field, Associated Account.

The BACS Transfers report in MCAS will show these Bank Transactions.

Data Item added in Reporting Reports > Adhoc > Design New Report > Curriculum > Club Details A new Data Item, Associated Bank Account has been added under Club Details.

Page Removed Curriculum > Academic Days & Periods The Academic Days & Periods page has been removed as this was previously incorporated into the Period Structures page.

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Dashboard

A new Behaviour option has been added to the Dashboard Behaviour A new button Behaviour has been added to the right of the Attendance button

Note: Permission to see the Behaviour Dashboard will be allocated by a new access right which is enabled by default for the following roles, Analysis, Behaviour Administrator, Office, Safeguarding, School Administration and SLT. Permission will have to be given to Users outside of these Roles. Selecting this will open a new page displaying a graphical view of the Behaviour Data and Headline Figures.

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The Settings option top right of the page allows the data displayed to be defined, allowing Events Types, Years and Groups, Location and Owner etc., to be included in the Details.

Once selected click on the Reset button to return to the Default Settings, Save as Default to keep these changes as the new Default Settings for the User (this will be what they will see each time they open this page) or the Apply button to apply the Settings for this time only. Once selected the Setting page will close and the page will refresh with the new Settings.

Headline Figures

The Headline Figures are displayed in four Tiles:

Events = Count of Events during the Date Range

Events per Pupil = Count of Events during the Date Range divided by the Max Number of Students on Roll

at any point during the Date Range

Points = Sum of Points during the Date Range

Point per Pupil = Sum of Points during the Date Range divided by the Max Number of Students on Roll at

any point during the Date Range

Overall Graph The Overall Graph displays the Behaviour in more detail. Using the dropdown list the data can be broken down for Number of Events, Total Points, Events per pupil and points per Pupil.

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Clicking on the Expand box in the top right will expand the Graph to the window width and display a drill down page.

Clicking on a Bar will highlight that Bar with red and show a drill down page for that Bar. The Bars displayed depend on the Settings. Clicking on a Student within the drill down list will open the Behaviour page for that Student with their details. There is a Search option and the Grid actions allow the data to be Exported or Printed.

Doughnut Graph The Doughnut Graph displays the Behaviour in more detail. Using a combination of the two dropdown lists the data can be broken down even more.

The dropdown list on the left gives the options for, Location, Event, Event Type, Event Group, Day of the Week or Outcome and the dropdown on the right gives the options for Total Events or Total Points.

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Clicking on the Expand box in the top right will expand the Graph to the window width and display a drill down page.

Clicking on a Section of the Doughnut Graph, will highlight that Section with red and show a drill down page for that Section. Clicking on a Student within the drill down list will open the Behaviour page for that Student with their details. There is a Search option and the Grid actions allow the data to be Exported or Printed.

Groups Graph The Groups Graph displays the Behaviour in more detail. Using the dropdown list the data can be broken down for Number of Events, Total Points, Events per Pupil, Point per Pupil.

Number of Events = Count of Events during the Date Range

Total Points = Sum of Points during the Date Range

Events per Pupil = Count of Events during the Date Range divided by the Max Number of Students on Roll

at any point during the Date Range

Point per Pupil = Sum of Points during the Date Range divided by the Max Number of Students on Roll at

any point during the Date Range

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Clicking on the Expand box in the top right will expand the Graph to the window width and display a drill down page.

Clicking on a Bar, will highlight that Bar with red and show a drill down page for that Bar. Clicking on a Student within the drill down list will open the Behaviour page for that Student with their details. There is a Search option and the Grid actions allow the data to be Exported or Printed.

Timeline Graph The Timeline Graph displays the Behaviour in more detail. Using the dropdown list the data can be broken down for Events per Week, Points per Week, Time of Day (Events) and Time of Day (Points).

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Clicking on the Expand box in the top right will expand the Graph to the window width and display a drill down page.

Moving the mouse over the Graph will display a Vertical Line with a Pop-up box displaying the information for that selection, clicking on the Graph while the Pop-up is displayed will show a drill down page for that instance. Clicking on a Student within the drill down list will open the Behaviour page for that Student with their details.

There is a Search option and the Grid actions allow the data to be Exported or Printed.

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Owner Graph The Owner Graph displays the Behaviour in more detail. Using a combination of the two dropdown lists the data can be broken down even more.

The dropdown list on the left gives the options for, Owner, Subject, Tutor Group or House and the dropdown on the right gives the options for, Number of Events or Total Points. Clicking on the Expand box in the top right will expand the Graph to the window width and display a drill down page.

Clicking on a Bar, will highlight that Bar with red and show a drill down page for that Bar. Clicking on a Student within the drill down list will open the Behaviour page for that Student with their details. There is a Search option and the Grid actions allow the data to be Exported or Printed.

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Exams

Exam Module updated The Exams module has been updated to make it easier and quicker to use. Many of the pages have been merged giving more actions in one place instead of moving from page to page.

New page Manage Candidates added Routines > Manage Candidates A new page has been added Manage Candidates, the following pages have been merged into this new page and will no longer be available as separate pages; Assign UCI and Candidate Numbers, Centre Assignment, External Candidates, Internal Candidates, Merge Candidates and Release Candidate Numbers.

The Internal and External Candidates pages have been replaced with the New button option, now clicking on New will display the New Candidate page.

Select either Internal Candidate or the External Candidate option.

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Internal Candidates Selecting the Internal Candidate option will give the same options as before to Add New Candidate or to Add From Previous Seasons.

When adding a New Candidate you will be asked for the Centre Number.

When clicking OK the Student Selector will display and the Student/s are selected in the same way as previously and will be displayed in the Manage Candidates list.

When selecting the Add From Previous Seasons option the functionality of the page remains the same. Select the Student/s from the Candidate Selector and click the Done button. The Manage Candidate page will now be updated with the selection.

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External Candidates Selecting the External Candidate option will give the same options as before to Add New Candidate, to Add From Previous Seasons or to Add Leaver Candidates.

When adding a New Candidate the Personal Details and the Exam Details will still need to be entered, click the Save button when complete.

The Candidate Name Format can be changed by clicking the Edit button.

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Once the details have been entered and Saved the Links to Other Entries, Candidate Entries and Candidate Results sections will be displayed the same as previously.

When selecting the Add From Previous Seasons option the functionality of the page remains the same. Select the Student/s from the Candidate Selector and click the Done button. The Manage Candidate page will now be updated with the selection.

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When selecting the Add Leaver Candidates you will be asked for the Centre Number.

When clicking OK the Student Selector will display and the Student/s are selected in the same way as previously and will be displayed in the Manage Candidates list.

Edit The information on the Manage Candidates page can be edited by selecting one or more Candidates and clicking on the Edit button.

Delete Candidates can be deleted by selecting one or more Candidates and clicking on the Delete button. A Confirmation message will be given, select Proceed to continue, if any of the selected Candidates have been entered into Exams a Warning message will be given and the Candidates will NOT be deleted.

Actions The Actions dropdown menu gives access to some of the other options available from this page.

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Assign UCI and Candidate Numbers Select the Candidates and click on Actions > Assign UCI & Candidate Numbers. The parameters remain the same as previously, enter the details and click on the Save button.

The changes will then be displayed.

Centre Assignments Select the Candidates and click on Actions > Centre Assignments. Select the Centre Number and click on the Save button.

The selected Candidates will now show the selected Centre Number.

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Merge Candidates Select the Source Candidate and click on Actions > Merge Candidates. Select the Destination Candidate from the Candidate Selector and click on the Done button.

A Confirmation message will be given with the Merge details, click the Proceed button to continue with the Merge.

Release Candidates Select the Candidates whose Numbers are to be Released and click on Actions > Release Candidates. If the Candidate Numbers are still in use a Message will be given.

If the Candidate Numbers are no longer in use the Numbers will be released and a Message will be given.

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New page Manage Entries added Routines > Manage Entries A new page has been added Manage Entries, the following pages have been merged into this new page and will no longer be available as separate pages; By Candidates and Exam Options, By Class and Import Entries.

To Manage the Candidates and Exams select a Student and click on the Manage button to open the Option Selector page, removing the old Find Selector.

Actions The Actions dropdown menu gives access to some of the other options available from this page.

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Import Entries Selecting the Import Entries option will open Step 1, the functionality remains the same.

Manage Entries By Class Selecting the Manage Entries By Class option will open the Group Selector. The functionality remains the same. Select the Group and click on the Done button.

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If any of the Students to be entered are not Candidates for the selected Season a Warning Message will be still be given as previously, select the Proceed or Cancel button.

The Entry Maintenance page is then displayed, the functionality for this page remains the same.

The Forecast and Teacher Marks options are now displayed in the Entry Type dropdown list. The functionality for both of these pages remains the same.

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New page Manage Results added Routines > Manage Results A new page has been added Manage Results, the following pages have been merged into this new page and will no longer be available as separate pages; Add/Edit Non-EDI Exam Results, Add/Edit Results, Export Results and Import Results.

Each of the buttons at the top has a dropdown list to access the merged options.

Add Non-EDI Results Selecting Candidates and Non-EDI Results from the Add option will open the Non-EDI Exam Results Input page. The functionality of the page remains the same.

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View Non-EDI Results Selecting Candidates and Non-EDI Results from the View option will open the Non-EDI Exam Results Details page. Select the Add Result button to return to the Non-EDI Exam Results Input page or a Result and the Edit button to open Results Details page. The functionality of the page remains the same.

Add Results Selecting Candidates and Results from the Add option will open the Exam Option Selector page, select the Option and click on the Done button.

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This will open the Results Details page. The functionality of the page remains the same.

View Results Selecting Candidates and Results from the View option will open the Results Details page.

Click on the New button to return to the Exam Options Selector page to Add Results or the Edit button to Edit the Results. The functionality remains the same.

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Export Results Selecting Candidates and Export Results from the Actions option will open the Export Results page. The functionality remains the same.

Import Results Selecting Candidates and Import Results from the Actions option will open the Import Results page. The functionality remains the same.

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Finance

Invoices & Credit Notes page updated Accounts Payable > Invoices & Credit Notes > Purchase Order Invoice The Purchase Order Invoice page has been made simpler to use.

Clicking on the Order Number Magnifying Glass icon will open a dropdown list.

If a Supplier has been selected only Order Numbers pertaining to that Supplier will be displayed.

Additions Petty Cash General Ledger > Petty Cash Processing The Narrative on the Expense Transaction Posting Details pop-up now defaults to the same as the Description. Now when clicking the Save and Post button the Expense Transaction Posting pop-up displays the same Description.

The option to Cancel a Reimbursement has been added, when the Transaction is selected a Cancel Reimbursement button is now displayed. When selected a Warning message will be given before the Transaction Reimbursement can be Cancelled.

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Additions to Cheque Definition Maintenance > Cheque Definition Two new options have been added to the Cheque Definitions page, Supplier Advice Cheque No and Supplier Advice Total Value.

Change to Petty Cash Default General Ledger > Petty Cash Processing Now when opening the Petty Cash page the Petty Cash Account is automatically displayed without having to select it. If there is more than one available Account the first in the list will be opened by default.

Additional Columns added to Purchase Order Accounts Payable > Purchase Orders The Order Lines page has three new columns added, Cancel Qty, Invoice Qty Due and Deliver Qty Due. The Deliver Qty Due column will only be displayed on Purchase Orders where the Supplier is set to process Delivery Notes or where the Purchase Order previously had a Delivery Notes added irrespective of the Supplier currently having process Delivery Notes set.

Adjustments made to Layout of pages General Ledger > Journals The Journal pages have been adjusted to remove scrolling when the page has blank space at the bottom and to increase the width of some of the columns.

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New Report Invoice Income added Reports > Invoice Income The Invoice Income report displays all Invoiced Income for the selected parameters.

Additions made to Salary Projections Staffing > Salary Projections The Salary Projections page has been updated, the Fund option has been removed and now shows a Pay Date Range. The Pay Factor option has been removed and replaced with a Pro Rata option. A new Tick box option Includes Additional Allowance has been added, this will be ticked if one or more Additional Allowances have been included in the entry.

Additional Column added to Excel Add-in Journal General Ledger > Journals > Excel Add-in The Excel Add-in for Journals has an extra column Signed VAT Amount.

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New Report Automatic Reconciliation Status added Reports > Automatic Reconciliation Status The Automatic Reconciliation Status report shows the activity either associated with Automatic Reconciliations that have already been processed or with the contents of a selected Automatic Reconciliation file.

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Changes made to Aged Debtor Report Reports > Aged Debtor The Parameter page has been updated Debtor has been changed to Customer and the Balance Radio button has been moved alongside the Customer Reference option.

On the report, Debtor has been changed to Customer, the Sequence: Balance has been changed to Customer Name, the Account Number column will display Account Numbers and a new column Customer Ref. has been added.

Framework

Browser Support Important Notice: From this release Explorer IE11 will no longer be supported however, we will now be supporting Firefox instead, Chrome, Edge and Safari remain unchanged. This means you can continue to use IE11 but we will not be looking into any issues caused by the browser display.

Page Updates Continuing with the update of the User Interface more pages have been updated from the old style to the new style look. In most cases the functionality has remained the same only changing in areas where it has been simplified for ease of use. A video is available showing these changes click here to view. The updated pages are:

Analysis o Assessment o Attendance o Behaviour o Power BI Viewer o Progress o Student Breakdown o Venn Viewer

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Attendance o Bulk Attendance Update o Merge Attendance o Transfer Attendance o User Timetables

Behaviour o Automated Events o Detention Review o Event Records was previously Student Events

Census o Catholic Education Service o School o Workforce

Cover o Publish Cover o Special Events o Suspend Classes

Curriculum o Apply Timetable Model o Apply Timetable Model (Nova-T6) was previously Nova-T6 Timetable Model Apply o Assign Student Year Groups

Diary o Equipment Booking Requests o Parents Evenings o Room Booking Requests o School Diary

New Menu View option added Switch to New Bromcom A new Menu option has been added, replacing the options from the Top Toolbar with a new Sidebar. This is currently a selectable option allowing you to use either the New look Menu or the Old look Menu. The Old look Menu will no longer be available after April this year. Note: What will be displayed on the menu depends on the User Access and Rights. To switch between the New and Old look Menu, click on the Switch to New Bromcom slide button. To switch back to the Old look Menu click on the Switch to Old Bromcom option from the My Account dropdown list.

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The option to force all Users to use the New Menu has been added, this will remove both the Switch to New Bromcom option from the toolbar and the Switch to Old Bromcom option from the My Account dropdown list. This can only be done by a User with the correct access rights. To make the change if you are already in the New Menu view go to Config > Setup > System Settings, if yo are still in the Old Menu view go to Modules > Setup > System Settings. From the New UI Settings section select either Allow users to switch between new and old user interface or the Force all users to use new user interface option.

Remember the Old Menu view will no longer be available after April 2020. Once switched the old Toolbar with the Modules and options is no longer displayed.

The Notifications icon remains and is now displayed as a new Bell icon and a new Help icon has been added that opens the Documentation Centre. Note: If the Data Boundary is set to Nucleus nothing will be displayed however, if the Data Boundary is set for an Interval this will be displayed on the Toolbar.

When using Single Sign On for Multiple schools the Switch Schools option will no longer be in the My Account dropdown list, it will now be displayed in the Toolbar to the right of the School Name.

Clicking on this will open a dropdown list of the schools available to switch to.

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Clicking on the Notifications icon will display your Notifications, the number displayed will be the combined number of Notifications.

Clicking on the Go to Page link will open the Notifications Menu Page, giving access to Alerts, Announcements and Messages. Clicking on the Dismiss All link will dismiss the list of Notifications, clicking on the X to the right will dismiss that Notification only.

Clicking on the See More… link will open the page for the selected option, for example the See more… under the Alerts section will open the Alerts page and clicking on the See More… link under the Announcements section will open the Announcements page.

From the Notifications menu click Alerts, Announcements or Messages to read your Notifications.

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Click on the Message to display the Conversation content to the right.

Click on the New Chat button to start a new Conversation with a Student, Member of Staff or a Contact, select the Recipient and click on the New button. These one to one Conversations, depending on the Recipient can be read via MCAS on the Parent Portal or Parent App, the Teacher App or Student Portal.

The Recipient will display highlighted, enter the Message in the Message box at the bottom of the screen and click on the Flight Arrow button to the right to send it.

URLs can also be added within the message by typing the URL in directly for instance www.bromcom.com will automatically become a live link when sent. No longer having to add the [url] tag at the beginning and end of the link.

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The Search option remains but has been updated to a Global Search, now typing the first characters in the Search box will display ALL associated options, Contact, Features, Groups, Reports, Staff, Students in one search, displaying the first 20 items, continue typing to narrow the search.

The new Menu on the left can be displayed in four different colours by clicking on the coloured boxes at the bottom of the Menu just below the Version number.

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Selecting Home will return you to the Home page from wherever you are within the MIS.

Selecting Favourites will display your Favourites list of My Favourites, Most Used Pages and Recently Used Pages, clicking on any of these options will display the relevant list. Clicking on the Add to Favourites link will open the Add to Favourite box.

Selecting Modules will open the Modules list, select the Module to see the available options. The options displayed are those used most frequently. The options that are used less frequently will be displayed in the Config option on the Menu. The Reports have also been moved into a Reports section which also contains the Reporting options.

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When a page has been selected the Menu will display the other options in that section, this view can be closed by

clicking on the blue Arrow icon and opened again by clicking on the blue List icon .

Selecting Students will open the Student List page.

Selecting Staff will open the Staff List page.

Selecting Groups will open the Groups List page.

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Selecting Others will open the Others List page.

Selecting Reports will open the Reports list, the Reports for all of the Modules are now displayed here.

Selecting the Adhoc option will give access to view the List Reports or Design a New Report, previously in the Reporting module.

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Selecting Config will open the Configuration list. This contains options within Modules that are used least frequently for example Configurations and Setup pages.

MCAS [Admin]

New option added to Attendance Configuration Configuration > Attendance A new option Hide Period Times for has been added which when selected will no longer display the time of the AM/PM Periods or all Periods, when viewing the Attendance for the day. This Configuration will hide the times in both the MCAS and the MCAS App Attendance pages.

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MCAS [APP]

Witness Added to Behaviour Events Behaviour The Behaviour Events page now displays Witness information.

On Report option added On Report The On Report option can now be viewed via the MCAS APP the same as in MCAS.

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Important Documents option added Important Documents The Important Documents option can now be viewed via the MCAS APP the same as in MCAS.

Reporting

New Report Domain added for Finance Report Domains A new Reporting Domain DfE CoA has been added under Finance

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New Report Data Items added for Detentions [CAS-114828-F0M1H6] Report Domains > Behaviour > Student Detentions New Reporting Items have been added under Prior Attendance Details, Teacher, Room, Class and Period.

Setup

Permissions for viewing Dashboard Widgets added System Security > Roles and Permissions > Profile The option to give access to view the Widgets on the Dashboard has been increased. Now only Widgets with access selected will be available based on the User Role. For example a User with a Teacher Role, may need to know if another Teacher is absent that day but would not need to see the reason for the absence.

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Permissions for Page Lists updated System Security > Roles and Permissions > Framework > People The option to give access to view the Page List buttons on the right of the Students, Staff, Groups and Others pages has been increased. Now only buttons with access selected will be available based on the User Role.

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Resolved Issues

Administration Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-117703-G6N1N3 School > Rooms Room Name was truncating as more than 10

characters could be entered

CAS-118109-L0N8R5 Students > View Student Details > Health Background

Notes was truncating when there were more than 255 characters

CAS-115844-W3L4F2 Students > View Student Details > Documents

Important Documents were not staying flagged

CAS-114756-R7K7T6 Students > View Student Details > Clubs & Trips

Was being prompted to Save when moving away from page

CAS-116896-S3T7W6 Students > Support Event When selecting the Support Event option inactive Support Event Types were displayed in the dropdown list

CAS-119098-G3M9Y4 CAS-119502-F2P7D9 CAS-117226-J6K1C4

Students > View Student Details > Exclusions

Adding an Incident Report via Behaviour was appealing the Exclusion

CAS-118971-X6M1X Reports > Club Schedule by Group Was giving an error when a Student was in multiple clubs

CAS-118400-T9K8M5 Students > Send SMS/Email When adding an HTML link in the message box the Text and Tooltip field were not editable

CAS-115092-L4N5V3, CAS-117068-X5K6R8 CAS-117411-C2Y0W3, CAS-116976-H8D3S0 CAS-116131-J7K7P5, CAS-116765-S5F3N3 CAS-116722-J7Z1C5, CAS-114157-M8Q4Y2

Contacts Contact name changes were not updating in the system if they had a preferred name already in the database

CAS-117419-J4B7V3 Students > View Student Details > Exclusions

Part time Exclusion was auto marking the register with E

CAS-117864-H2R9Q7 Students > View Student Details > Exclusions

Was not able to select non-academic days

CAS-116914-Y8S0X0 Staff > Staff Details > Basic Details or Contact Details

Gave an error when trying to send an e-mail

CAS-116039-R2M7T8 Administration > Maintenance >Base Pay Structures

Was failing when transferring into Vision if the Base Pay Hours per Week filed was empty

CAS-119487-V6Y0B8 Excel Add-in The Date of leaving column was not displaying

CAS-119888-L0H7X1 Student > View Student Record Was able to delete the phone number of a student, without the access rights to edit when using Edge

CAS-115589-P7D5D9 Student > View Student Details > Behaviour Changing an outcome assigned to an Event record which previously scheduled a detention was not deleting the detention record

CAS-109387-K6V1W8 Student > CTF Import Matched Student column was not loading quick enough when doing a CTF import which caused duplicate records to be created

CAS-121383-Z7L8Y4 Student List > Behaviour Event Group option was displaying blank

Analysis Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-118204-D9H3H6 Analysis > Headline Figures > Attainment 8 A 8 estimates were giving incorrect results

CAS-117030-P3G2N7 Analysis > Headline Figures Combined Science Grades were not displaying under EBacc

CAS-117028-J7D5Y5 Analysis > Headline Figures Was giving incorrect figures for students taking 2 or more languages

CAS-109464-J2G1Y0 Routines > Analysis Data Transfer Overnight process was failing to complete

CAS-118539-Q0C4J2 Maintenance > Exam Option Subjects If a Subject no longer exists the page would not reload after saving

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Assessment Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-118820-G6L8M4 Primary Tracker > Early Years Assessment

Sheets Only 4 subjects were displaying, when there should have been 7

CAS-119266-H5X5W3 Templates > Tracking Templates Marksheets for templates created for Clubs were not displaying any students

CAS-118330-N3D9S4 CAS-116356-Y9Y8V0 CAS-115326-Z6Z2S7

Routines > Assessment Components > Assessment Types

When the Assessment Type had a comma in the name it was splitting across multiple cells when exported via CSV

CAS-119356-L7Q2W2 CAS-119834-F6M2P7

Primary Tracker > Standardised Tests Assessment Sheets

On the Download and Upload Topic and Questions setups page was crashing if static data was not there

CAS-119415-L7W5T7 Housekeeping > Template Processing Was slow to run

Attendance Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-119748-M2N3W5 Reports > Attendance Certificate Grammatical change to wording There is no

Comments to There are no Comments

CAS-117357-C1Q6N1 Reports > Attendance Analysis Exports > Student Attendance by Subject

Was not producing data if a Subject name was longer than 30 characters

CAS-119598-L7Q2H9 CAS-117364-T6S6M0 CAS-116734-L3F1W9 CAS-117364-T6S6M0

Maintenance > Attendance Codes Was giving an error where some code colour were blank

CAS-119228-R9Y5C1 Primary Registration Was allowing the \ mark to be used when only the / should be

CAS-118292-Z9D2Y2 Reports > Traditional AM PM When run for a group that had a student join later than the rest, the report was not ordering correctly

CAS-118306-D0Z3W1 Register Student Year Group and Tutor group information was not displaying for future dates

CAS-120190-M6G6L3 CAS-120052-M4T7Z1 CAS-120813-K8H0C1

Registers > Amend Student Attendance Attendance mark was reverting back to original mark when a comment was put in

Behaviour Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-108929-G5T4H2 Reports > Event Analysis Report Scheduled report was giving an error when run

CAS-111440-J3S5T6 Behaviour > Student Events Adding additional columns , moved the columns out of sync

CAS-118384-L9P4C6 CAS-120100-S7J0S2

Maintenance > Detention Types Detention Schedule was not saving if a selected event in the Students marked as not having attended this detention will receive the following event field has now ended

Census Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-115946-F1P1W7 Reports > Staff Contract Details Report The report was showing No in the Authorised column

regardless of the authorised status

CAS-116176-F2Z5S5 Census > School Workforce Class field was not mandatory

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Communication Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-118284-J7Y9P8 Communication > Send New Messages Was not able to use all of the HTML features for a

Message Template

CAS-116576-J3G7N Communication > Send New Messages Was sending messages deselected recipients

CAS-116006-C0L3B6 Communication > Send New Messages Consolidate Multiple Messages was not working for Push Notifications

CAS-117523-X7L6M8 Communication > Send New Messages When a SMS schedule was edited it was showing as an Email

Cover Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-117206-W6S3K1 Cover > Suspended Classes Page was not fully loading

Curriculum Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-118221-X0G4D3 Groups > Club > Dietary & Medical Report Report was showing incorrect Tutor name

CAS-118360-P5H8Q0 CAS-111861-T1P6S2

Reports > Timetable Was displaying the incorrect staff information when teacher had been changed for the group

CAS-114746-R9Z0B2 Reports > Timetable When a teacher was timetabled for a period and added as a non-timetabled associate member for another. When an Inclusion was then added for the timetabled period, the teacher was displaying with a clash

Dashboard Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-119542-S7F7Y0 CAS-117681-K7Q7K5

SMS Credits Remaining Was giving an error when selecting the Go to Communications Overview page option

CAS-114667-X3K5K6 Attendance Non Compulsory age students were not displaying in the attendance dashboard

Diary Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-115945-D3W5K8 Diary > School Diary > Parent Evenings >

Manage Bookings Page pop-up was not displaying on screen correctly when using Chrome

CAS-117369-X8W1L9 Diary > School Diary > Parent Evenings Send Push Notifications was still displayed when the Enable parents Evening option was unticked, sending Notifications when saved

CAS-110428-H3V8H3 Diary > School Diary > Departmental Diary Non departmental teaching staff were able to select departments to view in the diary

Dinner Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-117736-H8K6S0 Reports > Banking Return The Other Received section was showing Total

Received whe it should not

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Exams Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-116300-V3H3Z4 CAS-117921-S7B7D8

Maintenance > Exam Rooms Was not saving after changes had been made

CAS-115973-C7Y6K1 Candidates > Internal Candidates Was unable to enter more than 30 characters for Special Candidates

Finance Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-116726-V1F4B5 Reports > Cost Centre Transactions The report was including cancelled entries

CAS-111535-F3Y2C5 Accounts Payable > Payments Processing > Cheque

When 2 cheque books have been selected the second cheque book details were not being displayed

CAS-117331-N0M3B9 Accounts Payable > Invoice & Credit Notes Was not updating Total Cost after editing

CAS-120369-N6T7T5 Routines > Bank Reconciliation After editing the page was not automatically updating

CAS-114142-J1Z1S0 General Ledger > Journals Was giving incorrect VAT total when deleting a row

CAS-120474-D6Z4V4 Reports > Ledger Code Transactions Was slow to run

CAS-119954-Y5J1L3 Reports > Ledger Code Transactions Was not able to open report

CAS-119498-M9W2V0 Reports > Bank Claim Report was not including cancelled Journals

CAS-116649-X3T9N5 Budgeting > Fund Allocation Budget Funding Allocation was displaying the incorrect budgeted figure

CAS-116654-T0K5N3 Accounts Payable > Purchase Orders Save and Save & Next buttons were greyed out after adding a new PO

CAS-119390-Z7R6G9 Reports > Ledger Code Transactions Was not displaying the cancelled Journals

CAS-120478-M8T2X4 Reports > Ledger Code Transactions Ledger Code Transaction Listing report is showing positive value instead of negative

CAS-119295-V3D3J8 Reports > Detailed Cost Centre Transactions

If a BACS run was cancelled and an invoice run in another BACS run

CAS-117180-S0C5D6 General Ledger > Cost Centre Enquiry Commitment total not being shown correctly when Period filter is applied

CAS-118957-P1M0F1 Reports > Detailed Cost Centre Transactions

Actual figure on the Detailed Cost Centre Transactions Report was different to the total of the report

CAS-119107-J7T4F6 Accounts Receivable > Supplier’s Products Was saving the journal against the product Cost Centre/Ledger Code/Fund Code combination every time regardless of the changes made

CAS-120391-K6F1N Reports > Bank History Report The report was not balancing with some contra journals

MCAS [Admin] Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-115960-M7H9L8 Online Payment > View Orders Was not able to issue a refund if the product had an

apostrophe or a hyphen in the name

CAS-119788-R4J9K2 Online Payment > View Orders > Create Order

Was not able to complete the Create Order option when the selected Product had a £ character in the Product name

CAS-117633-Z6R5T1 Reports > Order Details Was giving and error if the order item description was more than 255 characters

CAS-120773-Q5D6F8 Online Payment > View Orders Order was showing as failed but was paid

CAS-115940-F6Y2B1 Online payment > View Purchases Partial Refunds were not being taken into account

CAS-110713-J6X1S6 Online payment > View Purchases Payment made after a failed purchase was not displaying

CAS-114642-B6N5C6 Online payment > View Purchases Was displaying payment over multiple rows and not just one

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MCAS [Parent] Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-119022-P1T4H8 Dinner Dinner Money balance Alerts were being sent for a

sibling who is now a leaver

CAS-111866-H7N3S6 Announcements Announcements created in School Diary were displaying the incorrect created date and displaying in the wrong order

MCAS [Parent App] Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-116031-F5G5S9 Adverts Adverts were displaying when they were switched off

CAS-114354-N2K4C5 Behaviour Total Behaviour Points were not being displayed

Reporting Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-114153-F0Q4T0 Ad-hoc Report Was not able to change the schedule

CAS-110993-S2L6V5 CAS-117676-B4Z8L7

Ad-hoc Report When a new table report was created with a comma I the name and added to DMS, it gave an error when opening in Chrome

CAS-120987-J2J6V9,CAS-120996-C3X3K4 CAS-121004-B7G3W9, CAS-121048-S4N9J0 CAS-121049-Q3C8T0, CAS-120969-H3P0Q3 CAS-120958-H2Y3Z0, CAS-120928-N0W3W9 CAS-120883-Y7Z3P9

Webmerge Was giving an error

Student Portal [Admin] Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-116727-B2D0J2 Administration > Overview Was not displaying the number of login details

CAS-117022-K8R3G5 Configuration > Attendance When the mark codes / or \ were used within the Period Structure, saving this page was giving an error

CAS-119509-K9T9C5 CAS-116893-P6R2Q7

Configuration > Resources Was slow uploading Resources to the Student Portal

Student Portal Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-113164-H9B3V5 CAS-115717-K1Q1T0

Homework Was displaying the main Teacher and not the Teacher who set the Homework

CAS-114314-G3Z9Y7 Timetable Was displaying the Timetable for Saturday and Sunday when it was not set to display these days

CAS-116848-S8D6Q9 Attendance Was displaying no information

Teacher App Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-116868-S1Q1N2 View Student Tab Not all of the students were displayed

CAS-117325-Z4L6W0, CAS-116946-V4C2T CAS-113209-B1Z3L8, CAS-113003-M0X9G4

Register Protected Mark could be changed with no given warning

CAS-116869-W9L4M9, CAS-116641-T0D4P8 CAS-114006-B7C1P4, CAS-114088-Y4D8G2 CAS-110463-W9D5K8, CAS-114901-M5P1X0 CAS-108636-W9H5Q9

Home > View Details When viewing a Student Timetable the periods after PM were not displaying

CAS-114052-D7Q4X0, CAS-112158-H2K0F9 CAS-116767-L5N9J6

Register When no colours have been set for Attendance Codes the marks some were covered by a black circle

CAS-111762-C4D0H5 Timetable Was only displaying the first period of a double

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CAS-116588-M5C8Y9

CAS-115815-D8R1Z7 CAS-115809-G1H8F8

Classwork Observation Gave an error when saving an Observation with a Photo attachment

CAS-114088-Y4D8G2 Register Both / and \ were displaying as available Attendance Codes

CAS-113450-Z5B6P5 Push Notifications Push Notification Registration was not being recorded correctly

Vision Reference(s) Affected Area(s) Issue Description CAS-71510-Q4H1G0 OData > Behaviour Summary Was counting the Events against the type instead of

the Event Adjustment Category