> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.alvys.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Requesting an EDI Connection

> Start an EDI setup with a customer or trading partner directly from Alvys.

### Overview

You can kick off an EDI onboarding yourself from the EDI & Visibility page — no need to email support to get started. Fill out a short form with the trading partner and the documents you want to exchange, and Alvys creates the request and hands it to our EDI team to begin setup.

### Submit a request

1. Go to **Manage → EDI & Visibility**.
2. Click **Request EDI**.
3. Complete the form (see **What you’ll enter** below).
4. Click **Submit**. The button stays disabled until every field is valid.

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### What you’ll enter

* **Customer** — the company you’re setting up EDI with. Start typing to search for it; if it’s not in Alvys yet, you can add it right from this field.
* **Subsidiary** — the subsidiary this connection is for.
* **SCAC** — your SCAC code (2–4 letters or numbers).
* **Transaction types** — the EDI documents you want to exchange. Select all that apply: 204 (Load Tender), 210 (Invoice), 213 (Status Inquiry), 214 (Shipment Status), 990 (Tender Response), 997 (Acknowledgment).
* **Your contact** — your email, filled in automatically. Add others on your team if you’d like.
* **Trading partner contact** — the email address(es) for the customer’s (or their EDI provider’s) contact. Enter their addresses, not your own.

### Track your connection

After you submit, your new EDI connection appears on the **EDI & Visibility** page as an integration card — the same card as any other integration. Its status shows where it is in onboarding: it starts when your request is submitted, moves through onboarding (for example, **In Progress**), and finishes at **Active** once the connection goes live. Check that card any time to see where things stand — our EDI team handles the setup from here and reaches out to the contacts you provided as needed.