Definitions
Constituent records are for any organization or vendor that interacts with your foundation.
A Primary Contact is the person that you would contact if you had a question about the constituent.
start with a dataverse search
Begin with a dataverse search to be sure the Constituent isn’t already entered in akoyaGO.
If you do not see your Constituent listed, move on to the next step.
create new constituent record
Go to the Constituent entity
Click new in the Command Bar.
Enter all required information and any optional information that you have.
Enter the Constituent Name as it should appear in publications
Use AKA for acronyms and “formerly known as” data
akoyaGO will automatically add “https://” to the beginning of the Website field data
Zip Code will populate the City and State fields when entering an address
You’ll notice that one of the required fields is Primary Contact. A Primary Contact is the person that you’d contact if you had a question about the constituent. The Primary Contact field is a lookup field, meaning that you’ll use it like a Quick Search to find the record you want to link here. If you do not see the correct record after searching, you can add a new record right there.
After you’ve entered as much data as you can, click save in the Command Bar to save your record.
You’ll know your record has been saved because the name of the Constituent will replace the words “New Constituent” at the top of the record.