We all know... it's rarely a good idea to allow direct calls from the front-end system (e.g. an e-commerce website) to the back-end (ERP). But in some situations we have to expose the OData endpoints for either internal or external consumers. Like when you integrate the ERP with a warehouse management system, where the communication … Continue reading Dynamics 365 FinOps: OData load testing
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Dynamics 365 FinOps: Batch import automation with Azure Functions, Business Events and PowerBI
Design automation for real-time/synchronous interfaces in Dynamics 365 for Finance has its challenges but it’s quite often less complex than do the same for batch/asynchronous interfaces, for a couple reasons. On batch interfaces we need to manipulate files across servers, be aware of network traffic, quotas, operation timeouts, storage limits and costs, and so on. … Continue reading Dynamics 365 FinOps: Batch import automation with Azure Functions, Business Events and PowerBI
Exporting DMF files using JSON
One common question from people working with Data Management Framework in Dynamics 365 for Finance is about the possibility to use other file formats - more specifically JSON - rather than the standard ones (XML, CSV, Excel). The answer is yes, it's possible using a XSLT (eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) file in your export project. … Continue reading Exporting DMF files using JSON
Azure Functions: event-driven integration with Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
Business events for Dynamics 365 Finance comes with a couple of out-of-the-box endpoints that enables a seamless integration with most Azure tools available for event-based integration scenarios: Event Grid, Event Hub, Service Bus Queue and Topics, Power Automate and Blob Storage. For anything else not listed, like any web API or web application hosted on-premises … Continue reading Azure Functions: event-driven integration with Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations