Dynamics 365 Business Central integration is often put off because it can seem messy, expensive, and time-consuming, but there’s an easier way. Business Central (BC) users don’t have to stay cuffed to siloed information. With integration, they can sync data across Microsoft products, external systems, and third-party applications, unlocking more efficiency and visibility across the board.

Why is Dynamics 365 Business Central Integration Necessary?

In any business, one of the biggest roadblocks to efficiency is the inability to quickly and easily access, find, and work with accurate, up-to-date data.

According to Statista, the average organization uses an average of 112 SaaS applications, with each employee using an average of 9-11 apps for their daily work. In order to have an efficient workflow, every business needs to harness the power and benefits of integrating Business Central with its other software applications.

As an enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) system, Dynamics 365 offers business intelligence (BI) tools, and Business Central is one of their biggest products. Carrying out a Dynamics 365 Business Central integration with your other data sources can be a game changer when using the right integration products.

Through integration, you can incorporate data from other systems, applications, and websites in D365 Business Central. Whether you’re physically moving data from one source to another or just using BC as a portal to all your data, both traditional and virtual integrations can be instrumental in the success of your workflow processes.

Having all your information in one central location can streamline business procedures, allowing you to more easily bridge communication gaps and glean more accurate and up-to-date information.

Whether you need to integrate your sales and CRM systems, create financial reports, improve the accuracy and process of inventory management, or various other scenarios, integrations make work operations much more seamless.

Business Central can connect to these Microsoft products:

  • Microsoft 365
    • Microsoft Excel
    • Field Service
    • Microsoft Graph
    • OneDrive for Business
    • Microsoft Outlook
    • Microsoft SharePoint
    • Microsoft Teams
    • Microsoft Word
  • Power Platform
    • Power Apps
    • Power Automate
    • Power BI
    • Power Pages
  • Dataverse
  • Dynamics 365 Sales
  • Dynamics 365 Field Service
  • Azure
  • Great Plains (GP)
  • And more

Business Central can also connect to many other apps through built-in connectors.

What is Involved When Integrating Dynamics 365 Business Central with Other Data?

Before you start a Dynamics 365 Business Central integration, your team needs to plan and decide what the integration process will need. The right integration tool must be chosen thoughtfully, and someone needs to make the connections, define data mappings, and figure out and set up workflows for the data transfers.

Many Business Central integrations are done through web services. However, there are scenarios where there are built-in integrations.

Business Central supports these web services:

  • REST API
  • SOAP
  • OData

While there are different options from which to choose, Microsoft recommends using the REST API stack for integrations. 

How Do API Endpoints Work?

APIs (application programming interfaces) help programs talk to and share data with each other. Whether you’re working with BC on-premise or online, you can find the API and run through the necessary steps to allow connections with other applications. Code can be written that enables BC to integrate with other web services or applications.

However, not everyone has an IT department, and not everyone wants to pay an IT specialist to write code for all their integration needs. Thankfully, there’s another way. 

With eOne Solutions’ integration tools, SmartConnect and Popdock, you can easily integrate BC with other products using their low- to no-code connection capabilities.  

Through traditional (SmartConnect) and virtual (Popdock) integrations, you can synchronize your data across Dynamics 365 and other apps in real-time and scale integrations as your business grows without technical barriers. You can also cover more types of integration: physical, virtual, and embedded actions.

These user-friendly integration tools can help you connect to virtually any source and map it to almost any destination. Many out-of-the-box connections are offered, and eOne is continually adding more connections to other applications.

Common Dynamics 365 Business Central Integration Use Cases

After integrating with other systems, you can collect, view, and manage the data you need to access in one user-friendly dashboard in Business Central or online. When all the sources are connected, you don’t need to worry about using inaccurate and outdated data, freeing up time, saving money, and reducing stress.

From your human resources department to your executive team, here are some common use cases for businesses integrating Business Central with other sources.

  • Through integration, CFOs can bring down the costs of their accounting processes and view accurate, real-time financial information at any time.
  • Controllers can use Excel to add the expenses from one Microsoft program to another.
  • Controllers can easily add daily journal entries/deposits, and much more.
  • When data from all business applications is up to date in Business Central, real-time information on customers, sales and inventory, your supply chain, and much more is accessible, making everyone’s jobs easier.
  • Reduce mistakes through automated reporting and automated manual tasks.
  • Integration enhances project management by giving managers an accurate, up-to-date picture of projects, costs, and deliverables.
  • eCommerce processing can be made much easier, faster, and less chaotic by bringing order information from your websites to Business Central in a flash, enabling your business to instantly save customer information in CRM, add information to financials, update inventory, and get the product ready to send to the customer.
  • By instantly importing, collecting, and analyzing data from multiple sources, reports can be made in a snap in Business Central, helping your business plan and make data-driven decisions strategically.

Easily Integrate D365 Business Central

If you’d like to learn more about how eOne’s integration and data reporting tools can help your team access, transform, and report on data, contact our sales team at sales@eonesolutions.com or 888-319-3663 ext. 1.