---
title: "How to Create a Key Holder"
description: "How to create a new key holder in portier Vision 5, save the record and make the person available for key issuance."
url: https://help.portiervision.com/en/articles/78-how-to-create-a-key-holder
collection: "Personnel & Access Control"
updated: 2026-08-28
language: en
alternates: [de, fr]
---

# How to Create a Key Holder

How to create a new key holder in portier Vision 5, save the record and make the person available for key issuance.

In the **ADMINISTRATION / PERSONNEL** module, click the **ADD RECORD** button in the toolbar.

![The PERSONNEL window opens.](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/g/X8El3gztCVhYFJJcWNpAe7vxmHMVyLfDNhhcpRfNPukogfmd2r6r51hFxlc9WsRsVPTZW7tRovH.png)

The **PERSONNEL** window opens.

![Enter the future key holder's last name in the NAME - 1 field. NAME - 2 is for the first name.](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/g/aTjEBbsJmW9JLJUjDqlQRGVD1kjkx5OnrU18zbUYkTYmff25zo8VKQQ7Am5nGDu8MIQTDrA6ggG.png)

Enter the future key holder's last name in the **NAME - 1** field. **NAME - 2** is for the first name.

We strongly recommend sticking with the field assignment you choose at the outset.

Save the record by clicking the **SAVE** button.

![Note: you can complete the key holder's details at any time afterwards.](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/g/LvHhfNJymtQyreNVaq41Pvz3KsIxgmiDIGLB4gp8W4Zfum8jlN2YT0TIEXqAfdVgsED5XUzXRVW.png)

Note: you can complete the key holder's details at any time afterwards.

Close the **PERSONNEL** window with the **BACK** button.

![The new person is now available as a key holder.](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/g/P3YC7fGqxwqyZu4v1v74Wk2kUxI1HpTnSsDNTfARQMDEC6pL7tHj3jOgoDQydq34uTloR9eW87W.png)

The new person is now available as a key holder.

**TIP**

During key issuance you have another opportunity to add a new key holder on the fly. Use the **CREATE PERSON** button, which opens the same **PERSONNEL** window described above.