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title: "Staging - Connectivity Studio"
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tags: ["Concept topic"]
status: "update"
updated: 2026-10-05T12:14:36Z
published: 2026-10-05T12:14:36Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/staging-concept"
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# Staging - Connectivity 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.

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**.

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%20image884A8AC2-D55B-42CE-9415-37DFFA2C6ABA)

## Related

- [Customize staging tables - EDI Studio](/customize-staging-tables.md)
- [Staging journal statuses - Connectivity Studio](/staging-journal-statuses.md)
- [Set up Staging document](/set-up-staging-document.md)
- [Monitor staging journal](/monitor-staging-journal.md)
- [Staging](/staging.md)
- [Set up Staging journal connector](/set-up-staging-journal-connector.md)
- [Set up document - Staging](/set-up-document-staging.md)