All entities available in the ICM master index can be linked together. Add associated entities to each other within a case created in the Investigative Case Management application workspace.
Vorbereitungen
With ICM Entity Management, investigators can create and associate multiple entities to each other and to the case, as well as manage all entities and their relationships to the case, all from one workspace.
Role required: Investigator, admin
Prozedur
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Navigate to the CSM Configurable Workspace and select My active cases.
Alternatively, you can select a case using the CSM Configurable Workspace Lists menu by selecting and selecting the case.
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Select the tab that contains the entity you wish to associate with another.
This can be a vehicle, person, organization, firearm, property, location, or event.
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Select the pencil icon next to the entity to edit the record.
In this view, you can see all of the entities that this entity has already been associated with.
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Select Link Associated Entity.
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Select the entity type from the dropdown menu.
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Select the existing entity from the dropdown menu.
If the entity does not appear in the dropdown, verify that it has been created within the open case.
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Select the relationship type.
The choices displayed here vary based on what two types of entities you are trying to link. If you are trying to link a person to a location, for example, the person can either:
- Have witnessed an event at that location
- Resides at that location
- Works at that location
- Experienced an incident or event at that location
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Select Save to link the open entity to the selected one.