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Unlock Seamless eCommerce: Microsoft Dynamics AX & 3dcart Integration

Automate your order-to-cash, synchronize inventory in real-time, and unify customer data with our AI-powered iPaaS solution.

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The Challenge

The Challenge of Disconnected eCommerce & ERP for Modern Businesses

Operating Microsoft Dynamics AX and 3dcart as isolated systems creates a chasm of inefficiencies, leading to fragmented data, delayed operations, and frustrated customers. Businesses struggle to maintain accurate inventory, process orders promptly, and reconcile financials without extensive manual intervention.

  • Manual data entry for orders, customers, and products leads to errors and delays.
  • Inaccurate inventory levels result in overselling, stockouts, and customer dissatisfaction.
  • Delayed order processing and fulfillment impacts customer experience and revenue recognition.
  • Fragmented customer data prevents personalized marketing and efficient support.
  • Lack of real-time financial reconciliation complicates reporting and audits.
  • High operational costs due to labor-intensive data management.
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The Solution

Achieve Commerce & ERP Synergy: Dynamics AX & 3dcart Integration with iPaaS

Our intelligent Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) provides a comprehensive, low-code solution to seamlessly connect Microsoft Dynamics AX with 3dcart. It automates crucial business processes, ensures real-time data synchronization, and eliminates the operational bottlenecks that plague disconnected systems.

  • Pre-built Connectors for Dynamics AX (AIF) and 3dcart (REST API)
  • Event-Driven Architecture for Real-time Data Flow
  • Visual Drag-and-Drop Workflow Builder
  • AI-Powered Data Mapping and Validation
  • Centralized Monitoring and Error Handling
Implementation Timeline

Go live with + in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both and , with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most + deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Comprehensive Solution Details

  • Pre-built Connectors for Dynamics AX (AIF) and 3dcart (REST API)
  • Event-Driven Architecture for Real-time Data Flow
  • Visual Drag-and-Drop Workflow Builder
  • AI-Powered Data Mapping and Validation
  • Centralized Monitoring and Error Handling
  • Scalable & Secure Cloud-Native Platform

Technical Integration Architecture & Data Flow

The integration between Microsoft Dynamics AX and 3dcart is built on a modern iPaaS, leveraging an API-first, event-driven architecture. This ensures high performance, scalability, and data integrity across your enterprise systems.

Data Flow Steps

Connectivity & Authentication: Secure connections are established using dedicated service accounts for Dynamics AX AIF and API keys/tokens for 3dcart, managed securely by the iPaaS.

Event Triggering: 3dcart webhooks (e.g., new order, customer update) and scheduled polls/AX change capture events initiate iPaaS workflows.

Data Extraction: The iPaaS pulls relevant data from 3dcart (e.g., Order, Customer, Product) and Dynamics AX (e.g., Inventory, Sales Order status) via their respective APIs/AIF services.

Data Transformation & Harmonization: A visual mapping canvas within the iPaaS transforms and harmonizes data schemas to ensure compatibility between 3dcart and Dynamics AX, applying business rules and validations.

AI-Powered Validation: AI algorithms proactively validate data for accuracy and detect anomalies before data is committed to either system.

Data Loading: Transformed and validated data is then pushed to the target system via API calls (e.g., creating a SalesOrder in AX, updating Inventory in 3dcart).

Error Handling & Monitoring: Centralized error logging, automated retries, and real-time monitoring dashboards ensure reliable data flow and prompt issue resolution.

Data Touchpoints

3dcart: Orders, Customers, Products, Inventory, Payments, Shipments
Microsoft Dynamics AX: SalesOrder, CustCustomer, EcoResProduct, InventOnHand, LedgerJournalTable, CustInvoiceJour

"3dcart (Event/Webhook: New Order) -> iPaaS (Extract Order Data via 3dcart API) -> iPaaS (Transform & Validate with AI) -> iPaaS (Create Sales Order in Dynamics AX via AIF) -> Dynamics AX (Update Inventory) -> iPaaS (Extract Inventory Update from AX) -> iPaaS (Update Inventory in 3dcart via API). Bi-directional flow for Customer Master and Product Data. Payment data from 3dcart also flows through iPaaS to AX LedgerJournalService."

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for + .

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
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Innovative & Robust

How Middleware Integration Works

Benefits of Integrating

Integrating fosters greater efficiency and data accuracy. Automate your critical business processes to deliver consistently outstanding results.

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Data Mapping

Key Data Entities & Canonical Mapping

Effective integration hinges on robust data mapping and harmonization. Our iPaaS provides a canonical data model approach, simplifying the alignment of diverse data structures between 3dcart and Microsoft Dynamics AX, ensuring data integrity and consistency.

SalesOrder (AX) / Order (3dcart)

Central to the Order-to-Cash process, mapping customer purchases from 3dcart to Sales Orders in Dynamics AX.

Fields

SalesId CustAccount OrderDate SalesType CurrencyCode SalesOriginId DeliveryDate CustPurchaseOrder SalesLine (ItemId, SalesQty, SalesPrice, LineAmount)

Fields

order_id customer_id order_status total shipping_address payment_status items (product_id, SKU, qty, price) tax shipping_cost coupon_code

Mapping Notes

The core of eCommerce integration. 'order_id' from 3dcart becomes 'CustPurchaseOrder' or a custom field in AX. Line items (products, quantities, prices, discounts, taxes) require detailed mapping to 'SalesLine' in AX. Customer lookup or creation is a prerequisite. AI can help validate complex pricing rules and discount applications.

Next Steps

See + integration in action.

Explore a guided demo, start a sandbox integration, or speak directly with our solution architects about your specific use cases.

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Real-World Applications

Integration Use Cases

Explore how the integration behaves in real business scenarios, with clearly defined steps, outcomes, and execution patterns.

Automated Order Fulfillment (3dcart to Dynamics AX)

When a customer places an order on 3dcart, the integration automatically creates a Sales Order in Dynamics AX, initiates inventory allocation, and triggers fulfillment processes.

Integration Steps:

  1. 0 Customer completes checkout on 3dcart.
  2. 1 3dcart webhook notifies iPaaS of new order.
  3. 2 iPaaS fetches order details, including line items, shipping, and customer info from 3dcart.
  4. 3 iPaaS maps 3dcart order to Dynamics AX SalesOrder schema.
  5. 4 iPaaS creates SalesOrder in Dynamics AX via AIF/SalesOrderService/create.
  6. 5 Dynamics AX processes order, allocates inventory, and updates fulfillment status.
  7. 6 AX fulfillment updates are sent back to 3dcart via iPaaS, updating order status and tracking info.

Business Outcome

Faster order processing, reduced manual errors, accurate inventory allocation, and improved customer satisfaction with timely order updates.

Frequency

Real-time (event-driven)

Business Value

Key Integration Benefits

Discover the strategic advantages and business value of seamless integration between your systems.

Automated Order-to-Cash Cycle
Streamline the entire sales process from 3dcart checkout to invoice generation in Dynamics AX, eliminating manual entry and accelerating revenue recognition.
Real-time Inventory Accuracy
Synchronize inventory levels between Dynamics AX and 3dcart instantly, preventing overselling, reducing stockouts, and improving customer satisfaction.
Unified Customer View
Consolidate customer data from 3dcart into Dynamics AX, creating a 360-degree profile for personalized marketing, sales, and support.
Reduced Operational Costs
Eliminate manual data entry, reduce errors, and free up staff time for higher-value tasks, leading to significant cost savings.
Accelerated Financial Close
Automate the posting of 3dcart transactions and payments to the Dynamics AX General Ledger, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
Enhanced Business Agility
Quickly adapt to market changes, launch new products, and scale operations with flexible, low-code integration workflows.
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Automated Order-to-Cash Cycle

30% Faster Order Processing

📋 What You Get

Streamline the entire sales process from 3dcart checkout to invoice generation in Dynamics AX, eliminating manual entry and accelerating revenue recognition.

💼 Business Impact

This benefit directly contributes to 30% improvement in Faster Order Processing, enabling your team to focus on high-value strategic initiatives.

Implementation Timeline

Go live with + in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both and , with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most + deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Technical Documentation

API Endpoints & Data Logic

Technical details for developers and architects.

Method Endpoint Purpose

⚡ Transformation Logic

  • Field Mapping: Direct one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-one field mappings for entities like Customer, Product, Order, and Inventory.
  • Data Type Conversion: Automatic conversion of data types (e.g., string to decimal, date formats).
  • Value Lookups: Translate values (e.g., 3dcart 'Pending' order status to AX 'Open Order' status code).
  • Conditional Logic: Apply transformations based on specific criteria (e.g., apply a different tax code for certain product categories).
  • Data Aggregation/Splitting: Combine multiple 3dcart fields into one AX field or split a single 3dcart field into multiple AX fields.
  • Default Value Assignment: Assign default values for non-mandatory fields in AX if not provided by 3dcart.
  • Currency Conversion: If multi-currency, handle conversion rates as per AX configuration.

🛡️ Error Handling

  • API Downtime: Either 3dcart or Dynamics AX API becomes unresponsive.
  • Rate Limit Exceeded: Too many requests sent to 3dcart within a short period.
  • Data Schema Mismatch: Changes in either system's schema break existing mappings.
  • Business Logic Violation: Data fails to meet AX's specific business rules (e.g., attempting to create a Sales Order for an inactive customer).
  • Network Latency/Interruption: Slow or broken connection between iPaaS and either system.
  • Authentication Failure: Expired API keys or invalid service account credentials.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for + .

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
View full pricing & options
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about integration implementation, security, and best practices.

General Integration FAQs

▸ What is the best way to integrate Microsoft Dynamics AX with 3dcart for eCommerce?
The most effective way is to leverage a modern Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS). This enables API-first, event-driven integrations, abstracting AX's AIF complexities and 3dcart's API, allowing for real-time synchronization of orders, inventory, and customer data with robust data mapping and error handling.

Low-Code/No-Code FAQs

▸ Can I use low-code/no-code tools to automate workflows involving Dynamics AX and 3dcart?
Absolutely. Modern iPaaS platforms offer low-code/no-code interfaces that empower business users and citizen integrators to visually design, build, and deploy automated workflows connecting Dynamics AX to 3dcart. This democratizes automation and reduces reliance on IT for every integration change.

AI Capabilities FAQs

▸ How does AI enhance Microsoft Dynamics AX and 3dcart integrations?
AI significantly enhances integrations by providing intelligent automation. This includes AI-powered data validation and cleansing, anomaly detection in orders or financial transactions, smart routing of orders, predictive inventory analytics, and automated error resolution, leading to higher data quality and operational efficiency.

Challenges & Solutions FAQs

▸ What are the common challenges when integrating Dynamics AX and 3dcart, and how are they solved?
Common challenges include complex data mapping between different schemas, managing AX's AIF services, handling 3dcart's API rate limits, ensuring real-time data consistency, and managing errors. A robust iPaaS solves these by providing visual mapping, dedicated connectors, intelligent throttling, event-driven sync, and centralized error handling with automated retries.

Data Synchronization FAQs

▸ How do I ensure real-time inventory synchronization between Dynamics AX and 3dcart?
Implement an event-driven architecture using an iPaaS. Configure Dynamics AX (or an iPaaS connector) to publish inventory change events. The iPaaS then immediately captures these and pushes them to 3dcart's Inventory API, ensuring near real-time stock level updates and preventing overselling.

Financial Integration FAQs

▸ Is it possible to integrate 3dcart payment data with Dynamics AX for financial reporting?
Yes, using an iPaaS, you can securely integrate 3dcart payment data. The iPaaS transforms payment transaction details into Ledger Journal entries, which are then posted to the Dynamics AX General Ledger. This automates financial reconciliation, ensures accuracy, and simplifies month-end close processes.

Integration Governance FAQs

▸ How does an iPaaS help manage different integration environments (Dev, QA, Prod) for Dynamics AX and 3dcart?
A modern iPaaS facilitates this with robust environment management features. You can configure separate connections for your Dynamics AX Dev, QA, and Production instances, as well as 3dcart staging and live stores. It supports version control for integration flows and mappings, and provides automated promotion pipelines to move changes systematically between environments.

Security & Compliance FAQs

▸ What kind of security measures are in place for this integration?
Enterprise-grade security measures include strict access controls (least privilege, RBAC), secure API key management (encrypted vaults, rotation), end-to-end data encryption (TLS 1.2+ for in-transit, AES-256 for at-rest), and compliance with standards like ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR, and CCPA. AI also helps detect suspicious activities.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with + in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both and , with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most + deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for + .

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
View full pricing & options
Next Steps

See + integration in action.

Explore a guided demo, start a sandbox integration, or speak directly with our solution architects about your specific use cases.

Start Free Trial Request Live Demo