AM18 DATA INTEGRATION TODAY AND TOMORROW Henning Lund, RapidiOnline

#NAVUGCongress16 Henning Lund, CEO RapidiOnline 2 YOUR PRESENTERS

#NAVUGCongress16 The "Internet of Things" holds exciting new opportunities for ubiquitous data that provides unforeseen insight into your operations. But sharing your Dynamics NAV data across interface points, and especially into the cloud, includes new concerns and challenges. Get an overview of data interface possibilities in NAV and best data sharing practices in regards to standard interface vs. standard integration tool vs. custom programming. We will also talk about common issues and data errors, and how upgrades impact your integrations. SESSION OBJECTIVES 3

#NAVUGCongress16 AGANDA 44 Integration challenges Integration requirements in the future Integration technologies in NAV Most common integrations CRM Networking Q&A

#NAVUGCongress16 WHAT’S IN THE CENTER OF THE INTEGRATION? ERP CRM Sub systems CRM IoT Social ERP 5

#NAVUGCongress16 INTEGRATION CHALLENGES

#NAVUGCongress16 Data quality Preserve data quality Field validations in receiving system only (e.g. ) Format and size of fields Code page / UTF8 / Unicode Security Can you avoid exposing your systems externally? Placing temporary data in a secure way (ftp, mail etc)? Encryption (protocol) Operation Monitoring/notifications Error handling Data staging Consistency New integration points Upgrades Impact on cost/time of upgrading Changing of database structures Implementation Multiple stakeholders Multiple system experts needed Business vs. technology Testing INTEGRATION CHALLENGES 7

#NAVUGCongress16 INTEGRATION REQUIREMENTS IN THE FUTURE 8

#NAVUGCongress16 IoT and social will drive a need to get data into your system. But what system? Fast way is to lean on CRM systems to utilize big data or rich data Integrate your ERP and CRM FUTURE? 9

#NAVUGCongress16 INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGIES IN NAV 10

#NAVUGCongress16 INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGIES IN NAV 11 Extracting data ODBC SQL Database ODATA (Office pack) Updating data WEB services Page Codeunit + XML port Semi manual updating XML ports ASCII-files Typical use ODBC (user driven extracts like an Excel sheet) SQL Database (Application driven data extract) ODATA (Like ODBC and often used in combination with simple BI solutions) Web services (Application Integrations) XML and ASCII files (Manual imports/exports)

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#NAVUGCongress16 Contact information Henning Lund, RapidiOnline – 13 THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING

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