If you are eCommerce .Net c#, VB or SQL developer, you need to know eConnect â?? Microsoft Dynamics GP Fantastic Plains SDK for e-commerce developers architecture and limitations. eConnect was specially built up for eCommerce programmers, but at the same time it complies to GP Dexterity architecture frameworks, such as GP batches and transactions posting is GP user prerogative. If you as eCommerce designer plot to post Gp transactions or batches involuntarily from your e-commerce web application, you will nee either Albaspectrum autoposting server or program Fantastic Plains Dexterity source code with your internal programmers or Dex subcontractors. If you expect eCommerce website just to make so-called working orders or invoices in backend ERP Fantastic Plains SOP Sales Order Processing module, then you are fine with eConnect development and use only. But if you only expect GP to fulfill invoices with goods delivery, then autoposting might be required. The rest of this article is dedicated to technology highlights:
1. Autoposting as Microsoft Dynamics GP Dexterity source code application. There is the way to command GP engine to post specific batch in any GP module: GL, SOP, POP, AR, AP, Payroll, Inventory control. But if you reckon this is simple solution, this is not the case, you need at least 5 years of Fantastic Plains Dexterity programming with exposure to source code (DYNAMICS.DIC with all the sanscripts code not stripped out)
2. After Hours Posting in GP user interface. This is natural solution, when you have limited number of orders per day, letâ??s say 20 or up to 100. In this case if order size is feasible to sustain your business, you can hire Fantastic Plains users, who will manually post your daily or weekly Sales Orders batches and transfer them for fulfillment and consignment to shipping department.
3. eCommerce integration to GP notes. There are several tools for you to consider, each has pluses and minuses as you can expect: eConnect â?? if you have developers inhouse, consider first eConnect as it is what Microsoft Business Solutions recommends in long run. If you reckon you are low amount orders per day business, consider Fantastic Plains Integration Manager (10-1000 transactions, maybe more if you consider IM automated integration with some custom logic to launch IM)