EDI¶
Important
Harmony EDI is a subscription-based feature. You can search for available trading partners even if you don't have a subscription. To configure trading partners, contact your Customer Success Manager (CSM).
Overview¶
Harmony EDI (EDI) is a web application for managing EDI trading partners and the transactions made with them. To access it and get started, satisfy the application's prerequisites, log in to the Jitterbit Harmony Portal, then click the EDI tile:
Alternatively, use the Harmony Portal menu to go directly to the Transactions page (to view, print, save, acknowledge, or reprocess EDI transactions), the Admin page (to add and manage EDI trading partners), or the Messaging page (to see system log messages):
Prerequisites¶
You can use the latest versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Apple Safari (macOS only) to access Harmony Portal cloud applications, including Harmony EDI. To communicate with the Harmony cloud platform, JavaScript must be enabled, and outbound port 443 (HTTPS) must be open (normally allowed by corporate server firewalls).
An Overview of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)¶
Electronic Data Interchange is the general term for a variety of protocols and standards describing how trading partners across various commercial and industrial sectors transact by exchanging electronic business documents.
Examples of business documents in the supply chain sector include purchase orders, invoices, shipping notifications, and inventory reports.
EDI protocols and standards describe, among other things, the structure of exchanged documents, the communications and security protocols used to exchange documents, and how trading partners identify each other.