Integration · Odoo glossary
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
EDI exchanges structured commercial documents between businesses using agreed formats and identifiers.
Definition
In general ERP practice
EDI exchanges structured commercial documents between businesses using agreed formats and identifiers. The parties must align document meaning as well as the technical file format.
In Odoo
Odoo 19 documents exporting a purchase order as UBL XML and importing it as a sales order in another Odoo database. Electronic invoicing uses additional supported formats and networks; this workflow does not establish automatic support for every EDIFACT or X12 message.
Official Odoo documentation
The Odoo-specific explanation above is based on the documentation for Odoo 19. Features and workflows can differ in other versions.
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