Profiles

A Person anywhere in any Data Table must have a Profile with a corresponding ProfileID. A Defendant with 3 cases who is also a witness in another case should have just one Profile that is referenced 4 times. The Profile contains a person’s demographic information including Name, Address, Sex, Race, Height, Weight, SSN and Driver’s License Number.

There are several ways to get to the Profile Table such as:

• - Quick Menu
• - Ctrl-Z
• - Right-clicking a Name field
• - The 'P' button

Quick Menu

Clicking on the Quick Table Menu will display the Profiles Menu Item

The Quick Table Menu button

The Quick Table Menu

This will lead to the Profile Table.

Profile Table

Ctrl-Z

Typing Ctrl-Z will go to the Profile Table from anywhere.

Right Click on a Name Field

A Right Click will display a menu with a choice to Browse/Edit or Create a Profile will display the Profile Record of the name in that field.

A Right Click will display a menu with a choice to Browse/Edit or Create a Profile will display the Profile Record of the name in that field.

Click on the 'P'

The ‘P’ Profile Button will go to the Profile Table and display the Profile Record that is currently in the Name Field.

From a Blank Name Field Right Click and Select Create New Profile

OR

Click on the ‘P’ Button next to a Blank Name Field.

OR

From the Profile Table click on the ‘Add Record’ Button in the upper left.

The Add Record button is on the far left

The New Profile Box will appear. The Last Name is entered followed by a Comma, a Space, First Name, a Space, and Middle Name.

Click ‘OK’ or Press ‘Enter’ to see a List of current Profiles with the same Last Name.

Profile Search Results

If the Name is found, click 'OK' to go to that Profile. A new Profile is not needed.

Otherwise, click 'Not Found' to begin entering the new Profile information.

The Name originally entered will be placed in the Name Fields.

A unique Profile ID will be created from the current date and time.

Note: Up and Down arrow keys, Tab, and Enter may be used to navigate between and change fields, in addition to using the mouse.

The Entity Field is for entering a business or organization instead of a name.

The Alias Fields contain other names this person may be known by.

The Street Number may be entered in a separate field or with the Street itself.

OR

The Mailing Address need only be entered if different than the Main Address.

The Height is entered as a 3 digit number with no punctuation.

Any field with a down arrow has a drop down box from which a selection may be made.

After the available information has been entered, the save record icon should be clicked.

If the Add Profile Originally came from a Name Field in another table, either the ‘ESC’ key should be pressed or the ‘X’ in the upper right should be clicked.

Upon returning to the original table, the new Profile name is auto populated.

In the Profile Table there are 3 History Buttons with a single ‘H’ on them.

The buttons are for saving the Name, the Address, or Vehicle Info to a history area prior to changing the fields.

Navigating to the Profiles table

Name

Navigating to the Profiles table

Before changing ANITA RENEE BARNES to ANITA BARNES HAMILTON, clicking on the ‘H’ button will preserve the original name in the History Section for future reference.

Navigating to the Profiles table

Address

Click on the ‘H’ before changing the address to store in the History section.

Navigating to the Profiles table

The History Section is at the Bottom of the Profile Form.

Navigating to the Profiles table

Vehicle Tag

Vehicle Information may also be saved in History by Clicking on the ‘H’.

Navigating to the Profiles table

Navigating to the Profiles table

There should be only one Profile Record per person in the Profile Data. Duplicate Profiles of the same person should be combined into one Profile Record.