The evidence broker's main function is to mediate the sharing of evidence. It acts as both a receiver and a broadcaster of evidence. For example, source evidence on a source case is configured to share with target evidence on a target case. Once the source evidence is activated, it is broadcast to the target case. One of the configuration options in the Evidence Broker is to specify whether evidence is automatically accepted onto the target case or manually worked on by a user. Broadcasted evidence configured for manual follow-up is available on the target case as incoming evidence, which the user must action appropriately. A user can compare the incoming evidence to existing evidence on the target case and make informed decisions on whether to accept or reject the incoming evidence. Alternatively, the evidence broker can be configured to automatically accept broadcasted evidence, which removes the need for the caseworker to make these decisions. If configured for automatic acceptance of broadcasted evidence, the evidence broker can also be configured to automatically activate this broadcasted evidence. Note that for systems which are configured to use person/prospect person evidence, and where the person/prospect person record is specified as the target, some configuration settings and functionality do not apply. For further information, see Configuring Evidence Sharing to a Person/Prospect Person Record and also the Cúram Evidence Guide.