EDI Setup for Midwest

Midwest is a little different than Baker and Taylor or Ingram in that they do the “grid” setup for you on their end. You might want to decide what fields you want to import with your order records before you contact them. Set up your chosen fields in the provider record. Instructions for adding a provider record are here.

General instructions for adding an EDI account are here.

Specific EDI Account setup for Midwest:

Label: Enter a provider label

Host: ftp://ftp.miswesttapes.com

Username: Assigned by Midwest

Password: Assigned by Midwest

Account: Enter an account name

Owner: Select your library

Provider: Enter a provider code

Path: /In/

Incoming Directory: /Out/

Vendor Account Number: Enter your account number

Vendor Assigned Code: Leave Blank