Administration Guide

Creating a List of Software Vendors

Only for Alloy Discovery Enterprise, standalone edition

Alloy Discovery enables you to enter and manage information about the businesses that provide goods and services to your company using the Vendors component.

To add a Vendor record, follow these steps:

  1. Select Tools > Administrative > Vendors from the main menu.
  2. Click New. The Vendor dialog box appears.
  3. On the General tab, specify the basic information about the Vendor, such as the name of the Vendor and enter its contact information: contact person, FEIN, e-mail address, phone and fax numbers, web page and postal address.
  4. If you need to add Software Licenses associated with this Vendor, navigate to the Software Licenses tab and click New.
  5. In the [Software License] dialog box, configure the Software License. For details, see Configuring Software Licenses.
  6. If needed, provide additional information on the Vendor using the Notes tab.

To modify the properties of a Vendor, follow these steps:

  1. Select Tools > Administrative > Vendors from the main menu.
  2. Select a Vendor from the list and click Open. The [Vendor] dialog box opens.
  3. Modify the properties as needed and click OK.

To delete a Vendor, follow these steps:

  1. Select Tools > Administrative > Vendors from the main menu.
  2. Select a Vendor from the list and click Delete.