| Enterprise Applications
Integration (EAI)
With Microsoft Dynamics Business Solutions,
you not only have complete customization and integration control,
you also have access to a suite of powerful industry-standard tools
and technologies that millions of developers are already familiar
with. Built on the latest Microsoft technology, Microsoft Dynamics Business Solutions delivers the Modifier with VBA for customizations. For
simple to complex integrations, Microsoft Dynamics Business Solutions provides
eConnect, Integration Manager, and Integration Assistant for Excel
to connect all parts of your business together.
- eConnect:
- Work with powerful developer tools to integrate data from
non-Microsoft platform data sources — including Web
services, CRM applications, Web storefronts, and legacy applications
— with Microsoft Great Plains (GP).
- Connect with external data sources by leveraging Microsoft
SQL Server™ 2000, as well as BizTalk Server, COM, Microsoft
.NET, MSMQ, Web services, stored procedures, and XML.
- Deliver requests to the back office to view specific documents
from an outside data source. Create detailed records of pay,
benefits, and deductions with customized information specific
to your business.
- Integration Manager:
- Easily map external data fields to fields within Microsoft
Great Plains (GP) without underlying knowledge of the data structures
or tables.
- Import data from virtually any database or desktop application,
including comma and tab-delimited text files, XML, and most
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) data sources.
- Schedule data integrations from other systems on a continuous
basis.
- Verify the accuracy and integrity of external data by processing
all imported data through a series of business objects encapsulating
Microsoft Great Plains (GP) business logic.
- Upgrade your integrations easily from version to version.
- Use intuitive drag-and-drop tools to define your integration.
Easy-to-use
- Easy-to-use mapping features enable you to
transfer and integrate data painlessly.
- Customize data processing to your specific needs before,
during, or after an integration run with advanced SQL query
support and built-in Microsoft VBScript.
- Integration Assistant for Excel (IAXL):
- Using comprehensive, intuitive tools that
are designed to be used by non-technical staff, your organization
can easily integrate existing or new Excel business applications
with Great Plains (GP).
- Easiest way to integrate Microsoft Excel business
applications and reporting tools into your business management
system. Non-technical users will find it easy to use the Integration
Assistant for Excel.
- No knowledge of ODBC or the Great Plains (GP) system
tables is required.

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