Extending the distributor object

Decide where the service requires additional information about distributor in order to provide the service to customers. The standard information about the distributor, which is sent to the service, is described in the table below.

Name		Data type	Description
distributor		object	General information about the distributor who sold the subscription. distributor information is stored and managed in the ActivePlatform installation
	id	integer	Distributor ID
	name	string	Distributor name
	region	string	Distributor location: region
	currency	string	Distributor currency: ISO 4217 currency code
	attributes	object	Set of additional attributes required to the subscription provisioning: key — key that is used to determine the element in API. value — attribute value entered by the distributor.

Distributor attributes are used to provide additional information about the distributor to the service. The diagram bellow shows the flow of data with distributor attributes. You can add the attributes in the Attributes section of Vendor Portal if you need to receive additional information during subscription provisioning.

After creation distributor attribute in Vendor Portal (see Product attributes), an additional field is displayed in the Reseller Panel and can be filled by the distributor. During subscription creation ActivePlatform sends additional distributor information to the service to create a subscription.