Released on = September 12, 2006, 4:47 pm

Press Release Author = Alba Spectrum Group

Industry = Computers

Press Release Summary = Microsoft Great Plains integrations scenarios with legacy
systems, EDI, software customizations and modifications upgrade

We would like to describe several popular scenarios from technical standpoint, their
performance and feasibility, including following support and upgrade


Press Release Body = Alba Spectrum Group 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-861-5918,
help@albaspectrum.com

Microsoft Great Plains integrations scenarios with legacy systems, EDI, software
customizations and modifications upgrade

We would like to describe several popular scenarios from technical standpoint, their
performance and feasibility, including following support and upgrade
. Microsoft Dexterity integration. You may have these custom integrations, written
in Great Plains Dexterity to read tab delimited text files or ODBC data. Nowadays,
Microsoft Dynamics GP Integration Manager should do most of the job.
. Integration Manager. This tool is user-friendly and intuitive. Historically IM
had drawback - it was using Microsoft Great Plains OLE server, validating business
logic via hidden forms - the drawback was moderate performance. However IM is on
the way of being rewritten with eConnect, next subject.
. eConnect - initially it was intended as a tool for eCommerce developer to use GP
as accounting back server. eConnect breaks through the limitations and complexity
of pure Dexterity development and through its several interfaces (including XML Web
Services) opens up GP objects to .Net developer. eConnect is realized for core and
most popular modules, however in some cases you may find that it is not realized for
the module you intended for your integration (Invoicing, for example). eConnect is
very efficient and has excellent performance
. SQL Stored Procedures. This scripting is very powerful and at the same time
requires good understanding of data distribution (and some understanding of
Microsoft Dexterity architecture). The first advice would be - create intended
transaction through GP interface and carefully analyze where data goes and then
imitate your integration scripts. SQL Stored Procs give you the best performance,
so if your integration processes high volume of transactions - you may end up to use
SQL scripts

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