Case Report - Contributing Officers
The Contributing Officers page displays the officers who are adding or editing information on the case report and provides insight into whether their work is complete or still in progress. Note that while all users can open a case report to view it, only officers listed as contributors can edit its information.
You can become a contributing officer on a case report using the following methods:
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You create the case report.
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Another user adds you as a contributing officer to a case report you did not create.
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Using the Contribute
button, which displays at the top of case reports with a status of In Progress or Rejected. -
Using the Active Report dialog, which displays when attempting to create a case report with a case number or incident number that is already in use by another case report that has a status of In Progress or Rejected.
When you open a case report that has another user contributing to it, the Contributing User 
icon displays on the navigation bar to provide awareness as to which page is currently being worked on by that user. If you open that page, the outline of the field in which the other user is currently adding or editing information, along with the field's name, displays in magenta, with the Contributing User icon next to it.
Additionally, as a contributing officer, it is important to be aware of major changes made to the case report, such as your supervisor rejecting it. For information on the notifications you may receive while being a contributing officer on a case report, see Email and In App Notifications.
Clicking the + Add new contributing officer button allows you to add a new contributing officer to the case report, while clicking an existing contributing officer allows you to view and edit their information.
When finished adding/editing information, click the Back 
button.
For information on the Contributing Officers page's fields, see Case Report - Contributing Officers - Field Descriptions.
Contributing officers who have not added or edited any information on the report may be deleted. To delete a contributing officer, click their associated Delete 
button. Depending on how many contributing officers have been added to the report, the following occurs:
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If there is only one contributing officer, a warning message displays, notifying you that a contributing officer is required. As this officer cannot be removed, click Dismiss to close the warning message.
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If there is more than one contributing officer, a confirmation message displays, asking you to confirm that you want to delete the selected officer. Click Delete to complete the action.
When finished, click the Next button or select Documents on the navigation bar.
