Adding an Address to Contact Record

This guide is designed to outline the steps required to add an address to a contact record in CIS.

The contact record looks like this:

To add an address to the record, click on ‘Addresses’ tab and click ‘New Address’

The following window will pop up:

Fill out as much information as possible
If you fill in a postcode that is already on the system, a box will pop up to alert you that there may be a duplication:

If there is a duplicate contact, then double click on the contact name, do not add a duplicate
If adding a different person at the same address (such as a family member) then click ‘Use Address’
If you wish to add someone with the same postcode but at a new address then click cancel on the pop up box
Check ‘Valid from’ date is correct, leave ‘Valid To’ unticked
Click ‘Save’

Next, select address usages from the drop down menu and click ‘Save’ and then ‘Close’:

The new address has been added on the record