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# What is EDI Format ?

An EDI file follows one of several Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) standards and stores information in plain text format.

 **Example of EDI file** 

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b219050a5836c000/04da6c58-c16a-441b-a900-f83dd1_zfaumb.jpg)

If your file looks like the image above, you can use this tool [https://onlinetexttools.com/find-text-length](https://onlinetexttools.com/find-text-length) to find the length of each text column.  

Once you determine the length of the text column, you can then assign it to the corresponding column index.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ab99f42c453f0000/f90640a7-dd47-4d4d-97b1-c23083_1r2slc0.gif)

The first column index will be mapped to numbers 1-35, while the second column will be mapped to numbers 36-48 due to its length of 12 characters (36+12=48)  

||| Unfortunately, we do not support this standard EDI X12 846 format currently.
||| ![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b219050a5836c000/image7ol6ei-2_mk5k38.jpg)