Getting Started

EdiFabric provides developer tools for manipulating EDI documents. This page is an overview of the EdiFabric documentation and related resources.

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Try EdiFabric

EdiFabric's products have been designed from the start for gradual adoption, and you can use as little or as much EdiFabric as you need. Whether you want to get a taste of EdiFabric or start a complex EdiFabric-powered app, the links in this section will help you get started.

• Quickstart: Translate EDI file in one minute
• Download: EDI Examples

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Learn EdiFabric

People come to EdiFabric from different backgrounds and with different learning styles. Whether you prefer a more theoretical or practical approach, we hope you’ll find this section helpful.

• Tutorial Basic: What are EDI templates and how to read or generate EDI files
• Tutorial Advanced: How to validate EDI documents, serialize to/from JSON or XML, create and query DB
• Benchmark
• Changelog
• API Reference

Although EdiFabric only requires basic knowledge of .NET and EDI, it does have a learning curve. With practice and some patience, you will get the hang of it.

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Supported formats

All EdiFabric products support X12, HIPAA, EDIFACT, EANCOM, VDA, and IATA standards, and all transaction sets are provided either as ready-made templates or can be created on-demand.

List of available templates per standard:

• X12 Templates
• HIPAA Templates
• EDIFACT Templates
• EANCOM Templates
• IATA PNRGOV Template
• VDA Templates

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I'm new to EDI

Familiarize yourself with the basics of EDI

• EDI Basics
• What is EDI Translator
• X12 format
• EDIFACT format

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Something Missing?

Please use the search or the FAQ section to try and find an answer to your question. If something is missing in the documentation or if you found some part confusing, please file an issue with your suggestions for improvement, or tweet at the @edifabric account. We love hearing from you!