# system.kanoa.inventory.getManufacturers(paramsDict)

Returns manufacturer records from the inventory catalog. 
A manufacturer represents a part's OEM/maker (e.g. "SKF", "Rockwell Automation"). 
Pass an empty dict to retrieve all manufacturers, or supply one or more filter keys in `paramsDict` to narrow the result set to a specific manufacturer or subset of manufacturers.

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### Parameters
**paramsDict** `Dictionary`<br />
<table class='dictionaryKeyTable'>
	<tbody>
 	<tr><td> - enabled</td><td>Boolean</td><td></td></tr>	
 	<tr><td> - manufacturerId</td><td>Integer</td><td></td></tr>	
 	<tr><td> - manufacturerName</td><td>String</td><td></td></tr>	
	</tbody>
</table>

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### Returns
**data** `pyDataset`<br />

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### Example
```python
paramsDict = {'enabled': True}

data = system.kanoa.inventory.getManufacturers(paramsDict)
data = system.kanoa.utilities.convertDatasetToJSON(data)

for i, row in enumerate(data):
	print 'Row %i'%i
	for k,v in row.items():
		print k,v
	
	break	#Just limiting to returning the columns from the first record for display purposes
>>> 
Row 0
lastUpdatedBy jason
manufacturerName ABB
manufacturerId 3
manufacturerCode None
enabled True
changedDate None
lastUpdated Sun Jun 07 22:48:34 UTC 2026
createdDate Sun Jun 07 22:48:34 UTC 2026
websiteUrl None
createdBy 5
changedBy None
>>> 
```