Enter the supplier’s EDI ordering data

If the supplier accepts purchase orders via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and your library wants to send orders electronically to this supplier, the supplier record must contain the correct EDI ordering information. See Prepare for EDI Ordering for a list of the information you need to get from the supplier.

Important:
If you are implementing ASN processing with a supplier to whom you have previously sent EDI orders, before you select the ASN Shipments check box in the Supplier record, make sure the Hold partial shipment invoices are created for the day ASN processing will begin by following these steps:

- Ask the supplier the exact date when they will start producing ASN files.

- In the morning of the day the ASN processing will begin, wait until the Polaris EDIAgent has run and all remaining EDI invoices for that supplier have been created automatically. If your library does not process partial EDI invoices separately (the Hold partial shipments box is unchecked in the EDI Invoice Defaults profile) go to Step 4 of the procedure below.

- If the Hold partial shipment box is checked in the EDI Invoice Defaults profile for your library organization, go to the Process EDI Invoice workform as soon as the EDIAgent runs, and create the invoices for this supplier. See Process EDI invoices for partial shipments.

To enter information for a supplier that accepts EDI orders:

1. Open the Supplier workform.
2. Select the EDI orders check box.
3. The other selections in the Communications frame are active when you select the EDI orders check box, and the required fields are in bold type.



Important:
If you select EDI orders, you cannot save the Supplier record without the supplier’s seven-digit standard address number (SAN) in the SAN box. See Create a new supplier record.

4. Select one of the following options, if applicable:
• If your library and the supplier have an agreement whereby the supplier provides shelf-ready cataloging services, select the Enriched EDI orders check box.

Note:
Enriched EDI includes cataloging services offered by the vendor, such as branch stickers on books and other materials, fully-cataloged MARC records, and 852 or 949 tags in the bibliographic records that automatically create item records. The type of services and the costs vary according to vendor. For more information, see Enriched EDI Orders and Shelf-Ready Items.

• If the supplier provides an advanced shipping notice, select ASN Shipments.

Note:
If the ASN Shipments box is checked, EDI invoices are not created automatically. See Receive using the Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN).

5. Select Account # or SAN/SAN Suffix to indicate the address or profile ID. Your Polaris Site Manager will confirm this information.
6. Type the FTP address in the FTP Address box.
7. Type the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) username in the Username box.
8. Type the FTP password in the Password box.

Note:
The password does not appear when you type it.

9. Type the directory for the purchase order acknowledgment and invoice in the POA/INV directory box.
10. Type the directory for the purchase order in the PO directory box.
11. Type the file extension for the purchase order in the PO file extension box.
12. Select File > Save.

Related Information

• Setting up EDI ordering - To communicate with a supplier via EDI, you must first contact the vendor and get specific information to enter in Polaris. See Prepare for EDI Ordering.
• Polaris EDIAgent - The Polaris EDIAgent is an SQL job that scans the supplier’s FTP server for files in the library’s directory, retrieves the files, and saves them in the Polaris database. For more information, see About the Polaris EDIAgent Job.
• Sending an EDI order - See Transmit a purchase order electronically.
• Sending enriched EDI orders and receiving shelf-ready items overview - See Enriched EDI Orders and Shelf-Ready Items.
• Electronic Purchase Order Acknowledgment - You can generate the Electronic Purchase Order Acknowledgment from the Utilities menu. See Acquisitions Reports.
• Receiving the EDI invoice - The EDI invoice is created automatically in Polaris from the supplier’s EDI invoice data. For more information, see Review automatic EDI invoices.
• Receiving via the Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN) - See Receive using the Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN).