Microsoft Business Solutions Navision serves both European and American megamarkets. It was originally written by Denmark-based Navision Software in its own proprietary language C/SIDE (Client/Server Integrated Development Environment). Currently Navision is supported on two platforms - Navision native (C/SIDE) database and on Microsoft SQL Server. In this small article we would like to give you the clue on Navision integration with Microsoft Retail Management System - Microsoft RMS.
Legendary Strength of C/SIDE database - the history of Navision design reveals the primary goals to have its own proprietary database with the built-in features of database transaction integrity. As far as database is proprietary - Navision can manipulate its and tune it to serve its application. You can have users use the system heavily and suddenly shut down the power - when power is back on - Navision will be in the same good shap. The second goal was to provide robust graphical interface.
Microsoft RMS is SQL based application - this means that even C/ODBC is limited - Microsoft RMS is using alien database platform and we do not recommend you to use MS SQL linked server to address Navision native database. The good news is - you can deploy our custom integration tool, which imports transactions from MS RMS to native Navision Database.
If you use MS SQL Server as Navision platform? - then you are open for all Microsoft SQL Server tools, such as linked server and distributed query. You can deploy your own programmers to move data from RMS to Navision via Transact SQL scripts/stored procs
Additional things t consider:
Do you plan on Crystal Reports? - you can always deploy C/ODBC to enable your C/SIDE database for Crystal Report
Do you need OLAP/Datawarehousing? - if you use MS SQL Server - you are positioned better. It has built in Analytical Server with OLAP cube creation and Excel data pivoting
Do you plan to expose Navision data to other applications? - Navision has tools to expose the data from C/SIDE database (C/ODBC, C/FRONT), but in the case of SQL Server you certainly have standard Microsoft technologies in your disposition
Good luck in integration and if you have issues or concerns ? we are here to help! If you want us to do the job - give us a call 1-866-528-0577! help@albaspectrum.com
About The Author
Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer in Microsoft Business Solutions Partner: Alba Spectrum Technologies ? USA nationwide Navision, Great Plains, Microsoft CRM customization company, based in Chicago, California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, New York, Georgia, Washington, Colorado, Canada, UK, Australia and having locations in multiple states and internationally (help@albaspectrum.com). You can contact Robert: help@albaspectrum.com.
express cleaning service Arlington Heights ..The world of small business accounting software can be a... Read More
Most people understand that the "hardware" part of their computer... Read More
An operating system (abbreviated OS) is essentially the path through... Read More
As seeing large number of implementations ? in our case... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is very popular ERP/MRP applications... Read More
Looking at all the ads which promise to get rid... Read More
If you have Microsoft Great Plains and support it... Read More
Before September of 1995, Microsoft ignored the Internet because their... Read More
In part III of this ISDN primer, we learned that... Read More
If you've been using MySQL database to store your important... Read More
#5 All your hardware components like Printers, PCs etc come... Read More
Crystal Reports is the most flexible tool on the market... Read More
In the previous ISDN article, we looked at how and... Read More
The vast majority of us will have, at some point,... Read More
Collaboration SoftwareCollaboration Software, also known as group collaboration software or... Read More
Several years ago Microsoft purchased Great Plains Software, then Navision... Read More
MSN messenger is a pretty cool invention. I mean I'm... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains and MS CRM (client relation... Read More
At the end of XX century, in the late 1990th... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is marketed for mid-size companies... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains fits to majority of horizontal... Read More
Bill of Lading is required report for Logistics and Freight... Read More
When you think... Read More
We are in a transition phase in the Managerial Administration... Read More
Most people don't use Photoshop to its fullest capabilities. Here... Read More
tidy up service Arlington Heights ..When you double-click a layer in the Layer Palette, you... Read More
Spyware, what it is and what it does. Basically, spyware... Read More
Currently Microsoft Business Solutions is on the way of creating... Read More
MSN messenger is a pretty cool invention. I mean I'm... Read More
Hey Guys! Don't raise your eyebrows or fear by hearing... Read More
The purpose of one of our projects was MS Exchange... Read More
(1) Avoid using the same variable again and again for... Read More
In the real world a "fire wall" is a fireproof... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is marketed for mid-size companies... Read More
Microsoft Great Plains is main mid-market application from Microsoft Business... Read More
Let's say that you have a software project that's under... Read More
The world of small business accounting software can be a... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions CRM is now approaching the phase of... Read More
In a previous article, I wrote about OpenOffice... Read More
Preventive Maintenance (PM) is defined as scheduled work done on... Read More
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is marketed for mid-size companies... Read More
It is now common thing when large corporation selects mid-market... Read More
If you are in the market for new staffing software,... Read More
Internet worms. Is your PC infected?If your computer has become... Read More
Our hosted solution allow you to run your own search... Read More
Anyone who has ever used Microsoft Word knows that it... Read More
While Adobe is the most known maker of PDF tools,... Read More
Sales are all about leverage, because there is only so... Read More
Creating a new markup language.Introduction.General Reuse Markup Langauge, or GRML,... Read More
When you visit department stores and see that majority of... Read More
Software |