> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.valaclaims.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Contacts > Find Clients and related people or organizations in the Contacts workspace. ## Overview **Contacts** is the workspace for the people and organizations involved in your Vala work. **Clients** is the default view. A Client has the full Vala case and workflow record for one veteran. Other Contacts are reusable people or organizations you can relate to Clients when needed. The Contacts workspace with the Clients view selected. *Clients is the default Contacts view. Use the view list to move to another contact group.* ## Find the right contact Use the view that matches the work you need to do: * **Clients** for veterans with a full Client record. * **Representatives** for reusable representative contacts. * **Providers** for reusable provider contacts. * **Organizations** for reusable organization contacts. * **All Contacts** when you need to search across the available contact types. The Clients table supports the current search, column, sorting, and filtering controls. Use them to find a record, then open it and confirm the identity before making changes. ## Add or open a Client Select Contacts from the global navigation. Use Clients to review existing Client records first. Search by the available Client information or use table controls to narrow the list. Open the matching Client record, or select Add Client if the Client does not already exist. ## Best practices * Check for an existing Client or Contact before adding another record. * Use **Client** for the Vala interface record and veteran naturally for the person being represented. * Link related people and organizations through **Relationships** instead of duplicating information across Client records. ## Related pages Create a Client record during onboarding. Choose the right Client workspace.