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Message started by lesleys on 02/04/10 at 13:27:43

Title: EDI (CanDo)
Post by lesleys on 02/04/10 at 13:27:43

We ned to incorporate EDI into our system. Is this a module that we ned to purchase, or have turned on. The menu in DE data exchange states that our path is not valid.
We need the CanDo EDI interface.

How do I go about getting it, and how much (if any) will it cost?

Lesley

Title: Re: EDI (CanDo)
Post by Lynn_Pantic on 02/04/10 at 13:42:00

You do not need the CanDo interface but you do need some sort of translator to take the data you receive from your customer (there is not standard format), convert it to the format the DBA/Evo import is expecting and then do the same thing for invoices going out. Depending on your customer, there may be a number of other factors you will need to manage including UPC codes, label printing, ASNs and a number of other options. www.usiedi.com is one resource we work with to do the integration.

Title: Re: EDI (CanDo)
Post by HB on 02/04/10 at 15:08:29

Let me expand a little on this subject and explain how we handle EDI integration:

You need to create a folder in the root directory where your DBA files are located called "candoedi" this folder must contain the following 2 items: a executable called "candoedi.exe" (I believe the file name is all you need, not necessarily the actual executable) and a subfolder called "transfer".
To import EDI orders you need to create a Flatfile called "DBASO.in". The layout of that FF is posted at http://www.istechsupport.com/resources.php (click on EDIMAP).
After activating a customer for EDI in the EDI module invoices can be exported via the export EDI invoices feature in the EDI module creating a Flat file called DBASO.out. The layout is also in the EDIMAP.txt
We use MSACCESS to convert the FF into tables for header and lines.
Your translation software needs to pickup from the ACCESS tables and convert it to EDI format.
If you need more info feel free to contact me a helmut@generalpencil.com