Installation Roadmap

A brief guide about a suggested timeline for the installation of KAMAR at your school

The smooth installation of KAMAR at your school involves working through a number of key stages as outlined below. While we are happy to discuss your school's individual unique situation, we have found schools that follow this workflow normally have a very smooth installation. 

Normally we suggest you to allow for at-least 3 to 4 weeks to get to stage 3 when thinking about dates.


Stage One - Paper Work / Preparation of KAMAR Databases

  1. The helpdesk will forward out to your school the paperwork which needs to be completed and returned:
    • Contract
    • Survey 
    • Information sheet
  2. Upon completion & return of the contract and the survey form to the helpdesk
    • Logins for our website will be created and permissions applied to those
    • This will provide access to FileMaker software so the schools technical staff can download and begin setting this up on your schools server and client machines
    • Access will now also be given to the restricted web pages (for example, technical guides) and to download any attached PDF's attached to a webpage. 
  3. Dates will be discussed and confirmed for the
    • Extraction and forwarding of the data to be transferred 
    • Importation of that data into KAMAR
    • Technical install and training dates


Stage Two - Installation of FileMaker and Preparation of the KAMAR files

  1. Installation of FileMaker software (server and client) and WSS Wrapper (School)
  2. Completion of student xxports via spreadsheet and return to helpdesk (School)
  3. Preparation of KAMAR data files, importation of student data (KAMAR)
  4. Installation of KAMAR databases and configuration of the FileMaker Server (KAMAR)
  5. Configuration of Opener / Access Testing / KAMAR Network Settings (School / KAMAR)


Stage Three - Install and Initial Training

  1. Trainer on site to carry out initial training
  2. Further training to be undertaken as requested by the school