Creating a New Agent
Before you create a new record, please check with them that they are an agent acting on behalf of the Principal (contributor) supplier of content to GNM. If the agent is the principal supplier of content to GNM then they should be entered as an organisation.
Enter the Agent's details
Fill in the Compulsory fields including Company Name and then at least one of the following information:
a) Telephone/mobile number
b) Email address
c) Street address AND Town
Avoiding duplicates
You may get a warning about the contributor being a potential duplicate of an existing contributor: Please see this note on avoiding duplicates.
Data required to pay the Agent
RCS (and the Oracle payments system) need the Street address and Town to pay the agent; you can fill this in later (along with other payment necessary information) if you do not have this to hand. If this information is not entered, the fields will be highlighted in yellow (along with any other preferred data):
Save changes
Once you are happy with all the details you can click on Save . This agent will now appear in the agent lookup in the Individuals and Organisations screens.