Guides overview
EDI implementation guides define the format for a particular EDI transaction type. Stedi guides are a machine-readable version of the implementation guides your partners would typically provide to you as PDF, Word, or Excel files.
When you attach a guide to a transaction setting, Stedi uses it to validate and translate (inbound) or generate (outbound) the EDI files you exchange with your partner.
Stedi Network
Stedi has thousands of pre-built guides available in the Stedi Network catalog. Once you find your partner’s guides, click Import guide into your account to add a copy to your Stedi account. Then, you can add the guide to any partnership’s [transaction settings]((/edi-platform/configure/trading-partners/transaction-settings#using-guides).
If you can’t find your partner or guide listed in the network, you can submit a request and we’ll build it for you for free within 1-2 business days using our best practices. If you’re an EDI expert with experience building EDI guides already, you can create a guide yourself using the self-service guide builder.
View guides
You can view a list of all your guides on the Guides tab in your Stedi account.
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