Sellercloud and Target communicate via EDI documents passed through a VAN (BoldVan account).
- Enter the identification and qualifiers on the Target General Settings page.
Name Instructions Customer ISA Qualifier Enter ZZ Customer ISA ID Typically, the clients phone number is entered Target ISA Qualifier Enter ZZ Target ISA ID Supplied by Target Target Seller ID Supplied by Target (referred to as Vendor ID) Supplier/Warehouse ID Supplied by Target Warehouse Code Supplied by Target (referred to as EDC) - Sellercloud Support will set up a BoldVan account for the client.
- Enter FTP info. This information is supplied by Sellercloud Support.
- FTP Server
- FTP Username
- FTP Password
- FTP Port— 990 by default.
- Enter a safety quantity, if applicable.
- Enter a Default qty for replenishable products, if applicable.
- Check the Target Enabled checkbox.
- Enable the automatic controls, below, after EDI has been tested and you are ready to ship orders. Inventory should be enabled only after you are sure that your inventory is accurate and the products are “Enabled for Target.”
Note: See instructions about setting co-op fees here for dropship.
EDI documents
The following EDI documents are transmitted between Sellercloud and Target. Each document must be tested and approved before you can go live with Target.
- 846 Inventory Upload— Updates inventory.
- 850 Order Download— Purchase order document from Target. Contains customer order info.
- 997 Order Functional Acknowledgement – Acknowledges receipt of order.
- 855 Order Accept— Sends to Target one of two messages, either that the order has been received and will be shipped, or the order has been rejected and is being canceled. The document is sent immediately in response to the 850 order file received. The channel setting “Auto cancel order with no inventory” will auto send a cancellation notice if there is insufficient inventory to fill the order.
- 856 Order Fulfillment Upload— Notifies Target of shipping and provides shipping date/time and tracking.
- 860 Purchase Order Change Request— Buyer Initiated.
- 865 Acknowledgement to a Purchase Order Change Request.
Understanding warehouse breakouts
Using Sellercloud’s Channel Warehouse Mapping feature, you can send inventory information broken down by warehouse to Target.