[Evergreen-acq] Multiple providers with one EDI account

[Tiffany Little]

Thanks Angela! That's really helpful, I'm going to make a note of that.

Tiffany Little, PINES Services Specialist: Acquisitions

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On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 2:46 PM Angela Kilsdonk <
akilsdonk at equinoxinitiative.org> wrote:

> Hi Tiffany,
>
> I use the "1 provider, 1 EDI account" set up as well.  This is a little
> different than your configuration-- but even with a 1 to 1 set up I have
> encountered issues like Galen describes when multiple EDI accounts have
> different account numbers but share the same username, password, path, and
> incoming directory-- the EDI responses and invoices often were linked to
> the incorrect EDI account.  I found that using a Vendor Assigned Code can
> differentiate between account in these types of situations.  You may need
> to work with the vendor to figure out how to make the Vendor Assigned Codes
> work with their system, but some vendors are already using the codes to
> handle multiple accounts.
>
> Thanks,
> Angela
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 8:53 AM Galen Charlton <gmc at equinoxinitiative.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Tiffany,
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 7:14 AM Tiffany Little <
>> tlittle at georgialibraries.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any reason that they *shouldn't* do this? I can't think of
>>> anything off the top of my head, other than if they want to get a complete
>>> picture of that vendor account in reports they'll have to select both
>>> providers.
>>>
>>
>> If the library is receiving order responses and/or invoices from the
>> vendor in addition to sending outgoing POs via EDI, having them share a
>> single EDI account raises the distinct possibility that the responses and
>> invoices may not get linked up properly. While the database schema allows
>> multiple providers to use the same account as their EDI default, an EDI
>> account itself can link directly to only one provider.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Galen
>> --
>> Galen Charlton
>> Implementation and Services Manager
>> Equinox Open Library Initiative
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> Angela Kilsdonk
>
> Product and Education Manager
>
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