Dynamics NAV

The Lyftron Provider for Dynamics NAV offers the most natural way to access Dynamics NAV data from Lyftron with ease and also enables to connect with BI, MDM & ML tools, Data warehouses, Databases and other SAAS based applications with zero code and zero infrastructure requirements. The provider wraps the complexity of accessing Dynamics NAV data into easy-to-integrate relational fully managed ANSI Sql format. Make faster and better business decisions with Lyftron’s Dynamics NAV data provider and automatically build your data migration pipelines in minutes, not months

The provider hides the complexity of accessing data and provides additional powerful security features, smart caching, batching, socket management, and more.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Delta load mechanism.
• Real-time access to Dynamics NAV.
• Comprehensive full support of ANSI Sql to query data with ease.
• Collaborative query processing.

Prerequisites

The user must have credentials for Dynamics NAV, Lyftron and your destination data warehouse, lake or database to perform the data pipeline operation with Lyftron

Establishing a Connection with Lyftron's Quickstart Steps

Create your Dynamics NAV connection with Lyftron by following the 5 easy steps show below:

Step1. Add your connection

Click on Connect section on the left panel →  Click on Add Connection button

Step2. Select your connector

In the connector selection panel, search and click Dynamics NAV for your connection 

Step3. Enter your connection details

In the Connection String section enter the values of the below parameters. The following connection string is required to establish Dynamics NAV connection with Lyftron.

"URL=http://myserver:7048;User=myserver\Administrator;Password=admin;ServerInstance=DYNAMICSNAV71;"

Key	Value	Field
Connection Name	Enter your connection details	Required
URL	http://myserver:7048	Required
User	Your Dynamics NAV User	Required
Password	Your Dynamics NAV Password	Required
ServerInstance	DYNAMICSNAV71	Required
Logfile**	Use the logfile option to debug your job and provide your connection name to generate the log file.  [ConnectionConfigurationPath]\Connection_name_log.tx	Optional
Verbosity**	Choose verbosity 1-5 based on the severity of debugging	Optional

** For more information, check the Lyftron logging and debugging section.

If you want more detailed information about how to establish a connection with Lyftron, click on Lyftron Connection Quick Start guide.

Step4. Test your connection

Once you are done entering your connection details, simply click on the Test Connection button to test the connectivity. In case your connection fails, add Logfile and Verbosity parameters and check the Lyftron logging and debugging section, to debug the error.

 Step5. Save your connection

Hurray! Now you have successfully connected with the Lyftron Dynamics NAV connector and can utilize the connector to Extract, Warehouse, Analyze, Visualize and Share your data.

Data Model

The Lyftron Provider for Dynamics NAV models DynamicsNAV entities in relational tables. The table definitions are dynamically obtained from the OData service you connect to.

The provider models the data in DynamicsNAV into a list of tables that can be queried using standard SQL statements.

Generally, querying DynamicsNAV tables is the same as querying a table in a relational database. Sometimes there are special cases, for example, including a certain column in the WHERE clause might be required to get data for certain columns in the table. This is typically needed for situations where a separate request must be made for each row to get certain columns. 

Only Pages that are published as Web Services in Dynamics NAV will be available as tables. The Data Model shows the tables available in the demonstration database; the actual tables available will depend on your DynamicsNAV instance.

Name	Type	Description
Company	Tables	The DynamicsNAV table Company.
Country	Tables	The DynamicsNAV table Country.
Currency	Tables	The DynamicsNAV table Currency.
Customer	Tables	The DynamicsNAV table Customer.
GeneralProductPosting	Tables	The DynamicsNAV table GeneralProductPosting.
PurchaseLines	Tables	The DynamicsNAV table PurchaseLines.
PurchaseOrder	Tables	The DynamicsNAV table PurchaseOrder.
PurchaseOrderPurchLines	Tables	The DynamicsNAV table PurchaseOrderPurchLines.
PurchaseOrders	Tables	The DynamicsNAV table PurchaseOrders.
ResourceCard	Tables	The DynamicsNAV table ResourceCard.
SalesOrder	Tables	The DynamicsNAV table SalesOrder.