Getting Started with Fluent Big Inventory
Essential knowledge
Author:
Fluent Commerce
Changed on:
4 June 2024
Overview
This document will explain how to use Big Inventory for existing Customers and Partners. Additionally, we will cover any pre-requisites for each new feature and any existing configuration needed.
Key points
- Fluent Big Inventory has added many new features and capabilities to the Fluent Commerce platform. These features must be configured to ensure they work to their full potential.
- These are:
Pre-Requisites
To start using any of the new services, you must:
- Be using Global Inventory for your Inventory Availability orchestration
To start using Batch Pre-Processing:
- You must ensure that your workflows and implementation are compatible with Batch Pre-Processing. To do this, follow our How to Enable Batch Pre-Processing guide.
To start using the Metrics API:
- You must configure permissions to allow your users to make Metrics queries. See getting started with Metrics API
To start using the Inventory Web App:
- You need to configure the correct user roles to access the web app. See Getting Started Configuring Fluent Big Inventory Web App
To start using Inventory Feeds:
- You must set up and configure Inventory Feeds per your business needs. See Inventory Feeds User Guides
- Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is required to store the inventory feed data files
