EDI standards
Integration provides EDI profile types for common EDI standards. Each standard includes pre-loaded business document definitions, which give you a starting point for building a profile. You can customize these definitions to match your trading partner's specification.
EDI documents have a hierarchical structure of loops, segments, and data elements. Each standard handles data differently. Integration handles the basic EDI functions for each standard, such as enveloping and segment counts.
Supported standards
- X12 is the standard primarily used for EDI. It defines standards for many EDI document types and subsets, which serve particular vertical markets.
- EDIFACT is an international standard developed by the United Nations. It provides syntax rules, an interactive exchange protocol, and a set of standard messages so that countries and industries can exchange electronic business documents.
- HL7 is a standard for health information technology interoperability. HL7 supports clinical practice and the management, delivery, and evaluation of health services.
- ODETTE is based on EDIFACT and is primarily used in the European automotive sector.
- TRADACOMS is primarily used in the UK retail sector.
Integration also supports the RosettaNet standard. RosettaNet is an XML-based document standard that defines message guidelines, business processes interfaces, and frameworks for interactions between major computer, consumer electronics, semi-conductor manufacturers, telecommunications, and logistics companies.
To create a RosettaNet profile, create an XML profile, and then select RosettaNet to build the profile from.
User Defined profiles
If your EDI document does not conform to a supported standard, create a User Defined profile. A User Defined profile supports proprietary file formats. You build the segments, loops, and data elements yourself, from your own specification.
Adding or deleting segments, loops, and elements shows how to build a User Defined profile.
