#Understand Akeneo PIM

To become an Akeneo PIM master, we have many different tools to help you!

#PIM features and data model

#Acquire PIM knowledge

First of all, we advise you to take a look at our Helpcenter where you'll find a lot of documentation about all our features.

Then, if you feel like it wasn't enough, we designed a comprehensive training program to share everything we know about Akeneo PIM. As you can see, we got you covered as well with our training sessions. Don't hesitate to register!

Before you actually start coding to develop your online translation App, here is a selection of PIM concepts you'll need to master:

• The product,
• The product model,
• The family,
• The family variant,
• The attribute,
• The attribute option,
• The channel,
• The reference entity,
• The asset.

#PIM product data that can be translated

Now that you have a good overview and knowledge of Akeneo PIM, you are probably wondering what types of PIM data you can take into account here.

It is now crystal clear for you that, Akeneo PIM is a powerful and flexible tool that can be structured in so many different ways to meet customer needs.

For example, a PIM product structure can be different from one product to another: each type of product has its own family.

Some product attributes may be "localizable" (different attribute values for each PIM locale) AND/OR "scopable" (different attribute values for each PIM channel).

In order to help you, here is the localizable text attribute type list we recommend you to use:

Product attribute type	Comments
Text
Text area	This attribute can be declared as a "rich" text (with some HTML tags )
Simple select	This attribute contains option IDs but these options can be localizable
Multiple select	This attribute contains option IDs but these options can be localizable