Use the Edit Candidate Results option in the External Exams Manager module to manually add any results for a candidate which have not been added from the exam board results file. This is useful for:
- Amending grades which may have been revised since results day.
or - Entering results for exams that are listed in BaseData but candidates have sat at a previous school.
If you want to add results from your previous system into iSAMS:
- Create an exam cycle for the old results.
- Import BaseData for the old data. There is no need to add programmes.
- Upload the exam board results file. Candidates that are listed in the External Exams Manager module are matched automatically.
To edit candidate results:
- Open the External Exams Manager module and select the Results tab.
Select Edit Candidate Results from the right hand menu to display the Edit Candidate Results screen:
- Use the filters available to find the candidates that you want to work with. Use either:
- Filter Search. Search by year group, form group, boarding/academic house and academic leaving year.
or Custom Search. Search by name, UCI number and candidate number.
The Custom Search function only works as expected for current candidates.
- Filter Search. Search by year group, form group, boarding/academic house and academic leaving year.
- Scroll through the list displayed on the left and click on the candidate you want to work with.
Use the drop down list in the top right of the candidate results panel to select the exam cycle that you want to work with.
The candidate's options and any existing results are displayed:
A number of grades and marks are displayed in the columns on the right of the panel:Grade Column Explanation First Grade This is generally an overall grade for the qualification, as a combined result of all of their associated options. Final grades are in bold. Uniform Mark The mark for the unit option. This is not always provided. Uniform Grade The grade for the unit option. This is not always provided.
Expand an option to see any changes to grades that have been made.
- Choose to either:
- Edit or add a grade to any of the options listed:
- Click in any of the results fields and enter a new result.
- Click Save Changes at the bottom of the panel.
- Confirm any changes that you make.
Results are displayed in the panel.
- List a new option and add a result:
- Click Add Result in the top left of the candidate results panel.
The Add Result window is displayed: - Use the drop down lists to select the Programme and Exam Cycle that you want to work with.
All options for the selected programme are listed. - Select the options that you want to work with and enter results, grades and marks.
- Check the Resit box if the candidate has had results for the option before.
- Click Save & Close.
- Confirm that you want to reload the page.
The results are listed for the candidate.
- Click Add Result in the top left of the candidate results panel.
- Edit or add a grade to any of the options listed:
- Click Print Results for a hard copy of the candidate results.
- Results are listed in:
- Manually added results may need to be published to portals and the rest of iSAMS. See View Manual Results for more information.


