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Welcome to the Aligni Documentation Pages. Visit this Wiki first when you have questions about using Aligni. If you don't find what you're looking for here, please email us at: support at aligni dot com.
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Getting Started
- Getting Started - Start using Aligni from an empty database.
- Import Parts - Import parts to your database from a CSV file.
- Accounts - Creating and managing other users on your site.
- Units - How Aligni stores and converts between units of measure.
- Custom Parameters - Working with custom part parameters.
- Amazon S3 - Setting up your Amazon S3 for Aligni asset storage.
Aligni Best Practices
These pages help guide you to best practices when using Aligni with your organization. Here you can benefit from the hindsight of others without having to experiment on your own! If you have any suggestions for articles in this section, please let us know.
- Manufacturers, Vendors, and Contacts - How they relate in Aligni.
- Part Numbering - A discussion on the choice of part numbering style.
- SI Prefixes - Standard prefixes help specify use-as and buy-as quantities.
- Demo Guide - Notes and references to help guide you around the demo database.
- Generics and Part Alternates - A word about 'generic' parts and how to use part alternates.
Common Tasks
The pages below help guide you through some common tasks with Aligni.
- ActiveQuote - Submitting RFQs to vendors and managing their responses.
- Cost Sheet - Determining the cost of a bill of materials.
- Inventory Transfers - Moving inventory units from one location to another.
- Inventory Consumption - Consuming inventory to build finished goods.
- Inventory Shortlists - Determining short inventory for one or more builds.
- Importing Partlists -- Importing partlists as subparts to a manufactured item.
- Comparing Partlists -- Comparing two partlists (partlist "diff").
Additional Features
- Change History - A way to track changes to your data.
- Inventory Minimums - Set minimum inventory levels to aid long-term planning.
API Documentation
The data you store in your Aligni site is important and sometimes you need to access it from your own custom software. That's why we created the Aligni API. Our API provides access to the fundamental data in your site. The documentation below will help you understand how best to access this data from your custom applications.
