We assume that you already have established ecommerce web application on one of the popular platforms: ASP, ASPX, PHP/MySQL on Windows IIS or Linux. We would like to come through technology level of ecommerce to Great Plains Dynamics GP integration programming
This is very short excurse and if you plan for full-scale Dynamics GP integration project, you should do your further homework, take eConnect training, contract Dynamics GP Dexterity technology partner, deploy automatic solution for Great Plains Integration Manager module to name you few of the possible options:
1. Dynamics GP Integration and Programming tools. eConnect is GP Software Development Kit, which is friendly and has short learning curve for Microsoft Visual Studio C#, VB .Net software developer. Ground level of eConnect is coded in SQL stored procedures, which are encrypted, so you do not see their source code. Dynamics GP Integration Manager – it is Great Plains end user friendly tool, however its integration could be scheduled via Windows macro, or similar OS automation tool. IM, especially with Dynamics GP 10.0 is in large percentage rewritten in eConnect. Microsoft Dexterity, formerly known as Great Plains Dexterity – this is the shell, written in C++, laying in the base of Great Plains architecture. Dex is “almighty” and you can customize and program any integration you wish in Dexterity, however GP Dexterity is not so open and requires long learning curve
2. eConnect batch posting. If you already tried eConnect integration programming, you probably are already aware that eConnect doesn’t post Dynamics GP batches out of the box, you will need to deploy Dynamics GP Add-ons, such as Batch Posting Server
3. Third Party Dynamics GP eCommerce solutions. In the case, when you are just planning to build and integrate ecommerce web site from scratches, consider getting demos from various Dynamics GP ecommerce ISV partners, this publication is not intended as marketing promotion, so we do not name the Dynamics GP VARs, who are specializing in ecommerce add-ons
4. eCommerce for Linux and PHP. As Linux is a bit restricted in calling .Net methods of eConnect, we recommend you to consider ODBC call (ODBC/JDBC bridge, or native SQL driver from Linux) of custom Sales Order Processing integration stored procedure, known as GP Order Connector
Dexterity Customization for Dynamics GP Evaluation Level Paper
When you are developer it is always a good idea to read technical manuals. But if you was just assigned to the IT team to decide if Dexterity is the right tool to customize your ERP application then first you need something which is in style of ‘easy reading papers’ or FAQ
Planning Dynamics GP Customization in Large Corporation
If you are reading this page then chances are high that you were not able to find ISV add-on and need customization project. Let’s talk about planning, quality assurance and future event such as version updates.
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