Installing the Golden EDI Standard App

Installing the Golden EDI Standard App from Microsoft AppSource

Introduction

Installing the Golden EDI App means that you prepare Business Central to be able to use Golden EDI app for EDI flows. No actual functionality is automatically enabled upon installation, but the app will add a number of GEDI menu items and fields into Business Central.

Example of the Golden EDI Menu in Business Central top menu.

Example of GEDI-fields in Customer card

Example of GEDI-fields in Sales Invoice Document

To be able to start sending or receiving EDI-messages the Golden EDI app also needs to be Initialized and configured. Depending on what EDI-flow the app shall be used for, the configuration is done either almost fully automated or with less or more manual additions. In the Beginner Courses we will focus on prepacked and "ready to use" setups done with just a few clicks.

Prerequisites

Before installing the Golden EDI Standard App, make sure the following prerequisites are full filled:

• License agreement with Golden EDI signed.

  Each EDI-flow requires some kind of license agreement, please check with Golden EDI.

• License type for your user in Business Central is a Full User.

• Your permissions are set to 'SUPER' or equal.

• You have permission to install Apps to the Business Central environment.

• Set your Role Center to 'Business Manager' or 'Sales order processor', to get the correct menu setup for easy access the initialization of Golden EDI.

Install Golden EDI from AppSource

Instructions

• Go to Golden EDI app on the Microsoft AppSource.

• Click 'FREE TRIAL' under the logo to install the app:

• You may be prompted to login to the Microsoft Office 365 account, do so if that option comes up.

• Fill out the contact information and accept terms, then click on Continue.

• Choose the environment where the app should be installed.

• Now the app will be automatically installed in the background.

• In Business Central, 'Extension Management' you can see the status. After a few minutes the Golden EDI app should say "Installed".

Next step

Next step is to learn how to initialize the Golden EDI Standard App.