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title: "Staging - EDI Studio"
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description: "Validate and import data into D365 F&SCM using staging journals for sales orders, purchase confirmations, and more. Ensure accuracy before processing."
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updated: 2026-10-05T12:26:39Z
published: 2026-10-05T12:26:39Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/edi-studio-concepts-staging"
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# Staging - EDI Studio

You can use the staging concept to validate data in an intermediate area before it is further processed. This is usually used to import data into D365 F&SCM from another system. In this way, you can validate the data before it is written into the D365 F&SCM database. Examples where you can apply a staging journal are:

- Incoming sales orders from customers.
- Incoming purchase order confirmations from vendors.
- Incoming items, BOMs, and routes from a PLM application.

### Staging scenario

A staging scenario consists of:

- A message to import the data from the source into the staging journal. This message has a target document of type Staging and a target connector of type Staging journal.
- A staging journal which is an additional table in which the data is validated and approved before the data is imported into the target. Usually, the target is D365 F&SCM.
- A message to get the approved data from the staging journal and process it. Usually, the approved data is imported into D365 F&SCM. This message has a source document of type Staging and a source connector of type Staging journal. If the data must be imported into D365 F&SCM, the target connector is of type D365 F&SCM and the target document is one of the internal document types, usually D365 F&SCM.

### Staging process

This picture shows the staging process and related setup for data to be imported in D365 F&SCM: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/da662430-6a41-47b1-8c7e-7e4ac37a9756/Images/Documentation/Images/File%20image65EF00FE-1BDC-4EE9-BF85-F4D2558AA36D)

## Related

- [Customize staging tables - EDI Studio](/customize-staging-tables.md)
- [Staging journal statuses - EDI Studio](/edi-studio-concepts-staging-journal-statuses.md)
- [Monitor EDI sales order journal](/monitor-edi-sales-order-journal.md)
- [Monitor EDI purchase order confirmation journal](/monitor-edi-purchase-order-confirmation-journal.md)
- [Monitor EDI Delfor journal](/monitor-edi-delfor-journal.md)
- [Monitor EDI inventory order journal](/monitor-edi-inventory-order-journal.md)
- [Set up EDI validations](/set-up-edi-validations.md)