Dsco Inventory Upload (Item Setup) - Automated EDI Upload via SFTP

Using EDI in Dsco

If you wish to manage your inventory data using EDI documents, you can do that in CommerceHub’s Dsco platform.

Complete details on the Dsco EDI specification, as well information about support document types and interchange headers, can be found in this EDI Documentation article.

NOTE: Different retailers may have specific requirements about which documents or standard versions you should use to manage your data via EDI in Dsco. Please confirm with your trading partner what these requirements are.

Configuring Your SFTP Connection

Each account in Dsco comes with its own SFTP server. You can choose to use this server to send and receive data with EDI files, or you can connect your Dsco account to your own internal SFTP servers to do this. You will only need to configure a single SFTP Import Job for all EDI document types you wish to import into your account.

• Option 1: Dsco SFTP Server

To proceed using the Dsco SFTP server, please retrieve your SFTP credentials by navigating to the SFTP page in your Dsco Portal. From there, select the Guide Me button above to learn how to configure your EDI Import Job.

To learn more about your Dsco SFTP server, please review the information provided here.

• Option 2: Your Internal SFTP Server

To connect your own SFTP server to your Dsco account, you will provide the password, username, and of the location of your server on your EDI Import Job. To learn how to create this Automated Job using your own SFTP server credentials, please click the teal Guide Me above.

NOTE: File naming conventions provided in the location field is case sensitive, regardless of whether you’re connecting to your own SFTP server or Dsco’s. Additionally, each file you send to Dsco MUST have a unique file name.

Confirming Import Results

Once you’ve sent an 846 document to your account, you’ll need to check the import results. For automatic imports, CommerceHub’s Dsco platform will email a notification of any failure to import to the address(es) you provided on your Import Job. If you did not receive a failure notification email, and are not seeing your assortment on the main Inventory page in the Portal, you can email dscopartnersetup@commercehub.com for further assistance.

To learn how to check import results from your Portal manually, please select the Guide Me button immediately above. If you don’t understand the error messages in the process logs, this article will help.

Once you have successfully imported at least 3 items with 11 units each to your account with an 846 document, please click the VERIFY INVENTORY UPLOAD below to proceed to Step 3.