Introduction to EDI X12

Learn Electronic Data Interchange used in North America

What you'll learn:

• Overview of EDI X12 (Electronic Data Interchange format used in North America)
• Parsing and Creating an EDI file with C#, Python, and NodeJS (JavaScript)
• Overview of AS2 Transport Protocol
• ECommerce EDI Documents: Purchase Order 850, Confirmation 855, Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN) 856, Invoice (810)
• Motor Carrier EDI Documents: Load Tender (204), Load Tender Response (990), Status (214), Invoice (210) (for Logistics, Trucking)
• HIPAA/Healthcare EDI Documents: 837 Claims, 835 Payment Advice
• Converting EDI to and From XML
• Tricks for formatting EDI for viewing (using PowerShell and NotePad++)
• EDI Notepad - Free tool to view EDI

EDI is often required when dealing with larger companies. Most of the common interactions between trading partners have been codified into various EDI file formats. We'll teach you how to read EDI files, and how to lookup implementation guides to understand what each field means.

This first part of the course is high level, and can be used by managers, business analysts, and quality assurance/testers to gain a deeper understanding of EDI. The second part of the course will show how to process EDI files in several popular programming languages.

The course looks at three families of EDI messages:ECommerce, Motor Carrier (Trucking/Logistics/Freight), and HIPAA/HealthCare. Implementation guides are discussed for the most popular messages in each category.

At the end of this course, a programmer should be able to either create anEDIfile from a database, or receive, parse, and store incoming EDI information into a database. All the programming examples will be done with the EDI850 PurchaseOrder.