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EDI Guide For Developers

From 'WTF?!' to 'I Got This'

Introduction

When I encountered EDI for the first time, my immediate reaction was, "you've got to be kidding me!" I was already accustomed to complaining about XML. This was a whole new level of pain.

This is the guide that I wish existed back then. It is focused on X12 EDI, the most common format in North America. By the time you're done with this guide, you will know how to:

  1. Process inbound EDI that you have received from a .
  2. Generate valid outbound EDI that you can send to a trading partner.
  3. Construct mappings to transform your data into the format your trading partner expects.
  4. Process and generate .

X12 Reference

Tediware features a comprehensive X12 Reference. Throughout this guide, you'll be given opportunities to open relevant X12 reference material. Like this:

X12 View X12 transaction sets, segments and elements in the X12 Reference

Note that viewing the X12 Reference requires signing up , which is free.

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