Workato EDI connector

The Workato EDI connector, powered by Orderful, enables seamless and automated Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between businesses and their trading partners using Orderful’s modern cloud EDI platform. Use this connector to exchange critical business documents, such as purchase orders, invoices, and shipment notices in standardized EDI formats within Workato’s low-code automation environment.

WORKING WITH THE WORKATO EDI CONNECTOR

The Workato EDI connector includes a New transactions in bucket trigger, which monitors a polling bucket for new transactions in Orderful. This trigger automatically approves delivery for each transaction it retrieves and clears your bucket right after retrieval to avoid data duplication. Note that the Delivery status of retrieved transactions shows as Sent rather than Delivered. This is because the status is captured at the moment of retrieval before the approval completes.

API version

The Workato EDI connector uses the Orderful API v3 (opens new window).

Supported data formats

The Workato EDI connector supports the following document formats:

• JSON
• X12

How to connect to the Workato EDI connector

Complete the following steps to establish a connection to Workato EDI in Workato:

1

Click Create > Connection.

2

Search for and select Workato EDI as your connection on the New connection page.

3

Enter a name for your connection in the Connection name field.

Create your connection

4

Use the Location drop-down menu to select the project where you plan to store the connection.

5

Use the Data center drop-down menu to select the data center for your Workato EDI account. Defaults to US.

6

Enter your Orderful API key.

You can retrieve your API key from Orderful in Settings > API Credentials.

7

Click Connect.