Supply Chain › Electronic Data Interchange
EDI Partners
The customers, suppliers and carriers you exchange EDI with: X12 004010/005010 or EDIFACT D96A/D01B, the interchange IDs and qualifiers on both sides, the separators, and how files travel.
Where to find it
- Module: Supply Chain
- Group: Purchasing
- Section: Electronic Data Interchange
- Screen: EDI Partners
Address in the console: /scm/edi-partners
List · 10 columns · 28 fields on its form · 7 of them required
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Partner | Code | partner_code |
| Name | Text | name |
| Type | Status | partner_type |
| Standard | Status | standard |
| Version | Code | version |
| Their ID | Code | partner_id |
| Our ID | Code | our_id |
| Connector | Code | connector_code |
| Interchanges | Number | interchanges |
| Status | Status | status |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner code required | Text | ||
| Name required | Text | ||
| Type required | Choice | customer, supplier, carrier, logistics | |
| Customer | Choice | Looked up from existing records | Their purchase orders become sales orders for this customer. |
| Supplier | Choice | Looked up from existing records | Their acknowledgments, ship notices and invoices answer our purchase orders to this supplier. |
| Carrier | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Standard required | Choice | x12, edifact | |
| Version required | Choice | 004010, 005010, D96A, D01B | X12 004010 or 005010; EDIFACT directory D96A or D01B. |
| Our ID qualifier | Text | ISA05: ZZ mutually defined, 01 DUNS, 12 phone, 14 DUNS+suffix. | |
| Our interchange ID required | Text | ISA06 / UNB sender. At most 15 characters for X12. | |
| Their ID qualifier | Text | ||
| Their interchange ID required | Text | ISA08 / UNB recipient. Files from this ID are matched to this partner. | |
| Our GS application code | Text | Leave empty to use the interchange ID. | |
| Their GS application code | Text | ||
| Our UNB qualifier | Text | ||
| Their UNB qualifier | Text | ||
| Segment terminator | Text | X12 usually ~ ; EDIFACT ' | |
| Element separator | Text | X12 usually * ; EDIFACT + | |
| Component separator | Text | Usually : | |
| Repetition separator | Text | X12 005010 ISA11, usually ^ | |
| Release character | Text | EDIFACT escape, usually ? | |
| Test or production | Choice | T, P | |
| Acknowledgements (997 / CONTRL) | Yes or no | ||
| Connector | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Status | Choice | active, testing, inactive | |
| Their EDI contact | Text | ||
| Contact email | Email address | ||
| Notes | Long text |
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.