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title: "Set up EDI setup for legal entity"
slug: "set-up-edi-setup-for-legal-entity"
tags: ["Task topic"]
updated: 2026-03-20T10:14:45Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:44:24Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/set-up-edi-setup-for-legal-entity"
---

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

# Set up EDI setup for legal entity

Before you can exchange EDI messages, set up the EDI setup for your legal entity.

### Steps

1. Go to **Organization administration** > **Organizations** > **Legal entities**.
2. Click **Edit**.
3. In the list, find and select the desired legal entity.
4. If the GLN code is a bar code, you must define the relevant bar code setup.

Usually, the GLN code is a 13-digit number. However, you can also define your own location number. And accordingly, define the related bar code setup.

Expand the **EDI setup** section.
5. You can enter the **Global Location Number (GLN code)** of the legal entity. This usually is a unique 13-digit identification of the location of the legal entity. However, you can also define your own location number.

In the **Bar code setup** field, enter or select a value.
6. You can enter the Global Location Number (GLN code) of the legal entity. This usually is a unique 13-digit identification of the location of the legal entity. However, you can also define your own location number.

In the **GLN code** field, type a value.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> You can use a specific **GLN code** but once. If you have set it for a legal entity, you cannot set it for another legal entity as well.
7. Close the page.