Pre-requisite if not ready completed 

  1. Instruction from Lantern http://lantern.fireflycloud.net/lantern/parent-portal/reports/reports-from-sims

  2. Lantern requires a username and password details of which are held in the IT Support security file

  3. Extract the zip file to a required location normally W:\OFFICE ADMIN\FireFlyReportIntegration

  4. Copy the batch file Clean.bat from O:\FireFlyReportIntegration to W:\OFFICE ADMIN\FireFlyReportIntegration

  5. SIMS username and password can be entered manually by editing the file FireflyReportUploader_SIMS_CFG.config

Method of Operation

  1. Close all instances of Microsoft Word

  2. Navigate to W:\OFFICE ADMIN\FireFlyReportIntegration

  3. Run the Clean.bat file which will delete the folder C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Temp\FireflyReportUploader and all its contents

  4. Run the FireflyReportUploader_Run.bat file. This will open a command window and upload reports.

  5. This task will take some time so be patient

Log File

  1. A log file of the operation is created for example FireflyReportUploader-2017-07-21_08.23.44.log this is useful for reporting any errors but can be deleted when it is confirmed that the operation was a success.