Dynamics GP Connection

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Dynamics GP, short for “Dynamics Great Plains,” is a mid-market enterprise resource planning (ERP) software solution developed by Microsoft. It offers comprehensive financial and operational management tools for businesses.

This topic describes how to authenticate to Dynamics GP and configure any necessary connection properties in the Dynamics GP connection connector.

Connection Configuration #

Each connection property available in the Dynamics GP connector is explained below.

Connection Name #

The name of the connection to be created should be provided. This is the name that will display on the list of available connections.

Auth Scheme #

The scheme used for authentication. Accepted entries are:

• WSS: Set this to use WS-SECURITY encryption for SOAP messages.

• None: Set this to use anonymous authentication and connect to the Microsoft Dynamics GP data source without specifying the user credentials.

• Basic: Set this to use HTTP Basic authentication.

URL #

The URL of the Dynamics GP server.

The full path must be specified.

A typical service URL follows the pattern: http://{servername}:{port}/Dynamics/GPService.

User #

The Microsoft Dynamics GP user account used to authenticate.

Password #

The password used to authenticate the user.

Company Id #

The unique identifier of the company to access as a data source.

This property is required to retrieve data for most of the tables. You can obtain this value by querying the Company table and leaving the property empty at first.

Enable SSL #

Option for creating the connection with SSL enabled.

Upload Keystore File #

Option to upload keystore file.

Add Configuration: Additional properties can be added using this option as key-value pairs.

After entering all the details, click on the TEST button.

If the connection service identification and authentication details are provided correctly, a success message stating “connection available” is generated.

Click on the CREATE button to save the changes.

If the details are incorrect or the server is down, you will get a message “Connection unavailable”.