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Unify Dynamics AX & NAV: Drive Efficiency with Intelligent Integration

Bridge your Microsoft Dynamics AX and NAV systems for real-time data sync, automated workflows, and a single source of truth across your enterprise.

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The Challenge

The Challenge of Disconnected Dynamics AX & NAV Environments

Operating with separate Dynamics AX and Dynamics NAV instances, whether across departments, subsidiaries, or during a migration, often leads to operational inefficiencies, data inconsistencies, and delayed decision-making. These challenges hinder growth and increase operational costs.

  • Manual data entry between AX and NAV leads to errors and delays.
  • Lack of real-time visibility into inventory, sales, and financial data across both ERPs.
  • Complex, custom-coded integrations are costly to build and maintain.
  • Difficulty in consolidating financial reports and customer data.
  • Inconsistent master data (Customer, Vendor, Item) across systems.
  • Limited scalability of existing point-to-point integrations.
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The Solution

Your Intelligent iPaaS for Dynamics AX & NAV Synergy

Our iPaaS provides a powerful, intelligent, and flexible solution to seamlessly integrate Dynamics AX and Dynamics NAV. By abstracting the complexities of each ERP's API and data model, we enable organizations to create resilient, scalable, and real-time integration workflows that drive efficiency and data consistency.

  • Pre-built, optimized connectors for Dynamics AX (AIF) and Dynamics NAV (OData/SOAP).
  • Visual, drag-and-drop workflow designer for rapid integration development.
  • Advanced data mapping and transformation engine with AI assistance.
  • Event-driven architecture for real-time data synchronization.
  • Centralized monitoring, error handling, and alerting.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with Dynamics AX + Dynamics NAV 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 Dynamics AX and Dynamics NAV, 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 Dynamics AX + Dynamics NAV 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, optimized connectors for Dynamics AX (AIF) and Dynamics NAV (OData/SOAP).
  • Visual, drag-and-drop workflow designer for rapid integration development.
  • Advanced data mapping and transformation engine with AI assistance.
  • Event-driven architecture for real-time data synchronization.
  • Centralized monitoring, error handling, and alerting.
  • Robust security and compliance features.
  • Full lifecycle management: Dev, QA, Production promotion pipelines.

Dynamics AX & NAV Integration: Technical Deep Dive

Our iPaaS solution provides a robust framework for connecting Dynamics AX and NAV, leveraging their respective API capabilities while abstracting underlying complexities. This ensures secure, scalable, and efficient data exchange.

Data Flow Steps

Establish Connectivity: Securely connect to Dynamics AX via its Application Integration Framework (AIF) services (SOAP) or custom web services (X++). Connect to Dynamics NAV via its OData V4 or SOAP Web Services.

Define Event Triggers: Configure event listeners or smart polling mechanisms within the iPaaS to detect changes in source systems (e.g., new Sales Order in NAV, Inventory Adjustment in AX).

Extract Data: Retrieve relevant entity data (e.g., Customer, Item, Sales Order) from the source ERP using optimized API calls.

Transform & Map: Utilize the iPaaS's visual data mapper and AI-assisted tools to transform source data into the target ERP's schema, applying necessary business logic and data cleansing.

Validate: Implement pre-posting validation rules to ensure data integrity and compliance with target ERP's business rules (e.g., mandatory fields, data types).

Load Data: Post the transformed and validated data into the target Dynamics ERP via its respective API endpoints.

Error Handling & Monitoring: Implement comprehensive error handling, automatic retries, dead-letter queues, and real-time monitoring with alerts.

Data Touchpoints

Customer Master Data (AX Customer <-> NAV Customer)
Vendor Master Data (AX Vendor <-> NAV Vendor)
Product/Item Master Data (AX Product <-> NAV Item)
Sales Orders (AX Sales Order <-> NAV Sales Order)
Purchase Orders (AX Purchase Order <-> NAV Purchase Order)
Inventory Levels (AX Inventory Journal <-> NAV Item Ledger Entry)
Invoices (AX Invoice <-> NAV Sales Invoice)
General Ledger Entries (AX General Ledger Journal <-> NAV General Ledger Entry)
Payments (AX Payment <-> NAV Payment/Cash Receipt Journal)

"Dynamics NAV (Source) --[Event/Polling]--> iPaaS --[Extract, Transform, Validate]--> Dynamics AX (Target) Dynamics AX (Source) --[Event/Polling]--> iPaaS --[Extract, Transform, Validate]--> Dynamics NAV (Target)"

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Dynamics AX + Dynamics NAV.

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 Dynamics AX

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

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Data Mapping

Key Entities & Intelligent Mapping for AX-NAV Integration

Effective integration between Dynamics AX and NAV hinges on precise mapping and transformation of core business entities. Our iPaaS provides a visual, AI-assisted approach to harmonize these complex data structures.

Customer

Master data for individuals or organizations. Critical for consistent sales, service, and financial processes.

Dynamics AX Fields

CustAccount Name PartyId Currency PaymentTerms CreditLimit CustGroup Address (composite)

Dynamics NAV Fields

No. Name Address City Post Code Country/Region Code Phone No. E-Mail Currency Code Customer Posting Group

Mapping Notes

Requires careful mapping of unique identifiers ('CustAccount' in AX, 'No.' in NAV). Address fields are often composite in AX and require parsing/concatenation for NAV. AI assists in matching 'CustGroup' to 'Customer Posting Group' based on business logic.

Next Steps

See Dynamics AX + Dynamics NAV 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.

eCommerce Order-to-Fulfillment (NAV Sales to AX Fulfillment)

Automate the entire sales order lifecycle, from an eCommerce platform capturing orders into Dynamics NAV, to subsequent fulfillment and invoicing managed within Dynamics AX.

Integration Steps:

  1. 0 Customer places order on eCommerce platform.
  2. 1 Order lands in Dynamics NAV (via iPaaS from eCommerce).
  3. 2 iPaaS extracts NAV Sales Order, transforms, and creates a Sales Order in Dynamics AX.
  4. 3 AX allocates inventory, generates picking lists, and processes shipment.
  5. 4 AX updates Sales Order status and generates invoice.
  6. 5 Invoice and status updates are pushed back to NAV and eventually to eCommerce.

Business Outcome

Real-time inventory accuracy, faster order processing, improved customer satisfaction, reduced manual order entry errors.

Frequency

Real-time

Business Value

Key Integration Benefits

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

Real-time Data Consistency
Ensure critical data like customer records, inventory levels, and financial transactions are always synchronized between Dynamics AX and NAV.
Automated Workflows
Eliminate manual data entry and human errors by automating complex business processes across both ERP systems.
Accelerated Operations
Speed up order processing, financial closes, and supply chain cycles by removing integration bottlenecks.
Unified Business Insights
Gain a holistic view of your business with consolidated data, enabling better reporting and strategic decision-making.
Reduced IT Burden & Cost
Minimize reliance on custom code and specialized developers, lowering integration development and maintenance costs.
Enhanced Agility & Scalability
Quickly adapt to new business requirements and effortlessly scale integrations as your business grows.
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Real-time Data Consistency

99.9% Data Accuracy

📋 What You Get

Ensure critical data like customer records, inventory levels, and financial transactions are always synchronized between Dynamics AX and NAV.

💼 Business Impact

This benefit directly contributes to 99.9% improvement in Data Accuracy, enabling your team to focus on high-value strategic initiatives.

Technical Documentation

API Endpoints & Data Logic

Technical details for developers and architects.

Method Endpoint Purpose
POST /AIF/SalesOrderService/create Creating new sales orders in Dynamics AX from NAV or other external systems.
POST /AIF/CustomerService/create Creating/updating customer records in Dynamics AX.
POST /AIF/InventItemService/update Updating product/item master data or inventory details in Dynamics AX.
POST /AIF/GeneralLedgerJournalService/create Posting general ledger journals into Dynamics AX.

⚡ Transformation Logic

  • Data Type Conversion: E.g., String to Integer, Date format adjustments.
  • Field Concatenation/Splitting: E.g., combining first/last name, parsing address lines.
  • Lookup & Translation: E.g., mapping 'Customer Group' from AX to 'Customer Posting Group' in NAV.
  • Conditional Logic: E.g., if item type is 'service', then no inventory sync required.
  • Default Values: Assigning default values for non-mandatory fields.
  • Currency Conversion: Handling multi-currency transactions with exchange rates.

🛡️ Error Handling

  • API endpoint unavailability (transient).
  • Data validation failure (e.g., invalid 'CustAccount').
  • Business logic conflict (e.g., trying to create an item that already exists).
  • Authentication/authorization failures.
  • Network latency or timeout issues.
  • ERP-specific error messages (e.g., AX AIF fault, NAV Web Service error).
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

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

General Integration FAQs

▸ What are the common challenges when integrating Dynamics AX and NAV?
Common challenges include the distinct data models and API architectures (AIF for AX, OData/SOAP for NAV), managing master data consistency (Customer, Item), ensuring real-time synchronization for critical workflows, handling complex transformations, and robust error management. A modern iPaaS is designed to abstract and resolve these complexities.

iPaaS Advantages FAQs

▸ How does iPaaS improve Dynamics AX and NAV integration compared to traditional methods?
iPaaS offers visual, low-code/no-code development, pre-built connectors for both AX and NAV, robust data mapping and transformation, centralized monitoring, and support for API-first and event-driven patterns. This significantly reduces development time, maintenance costs, and improves the scalability and reliability of your ERP integrations, far surpassing custom coding or point-to-point solutions.

Technical FAQs

▸ Can I achieve real-time data synchronization between Dynamics AX and NAV?
Yes, with a modern iPaaS, real-time integration is absolutely possible. While AX and NAV's native capabilities might lean towards batch processing, an iPaaS can leverage event-driven architecture by polling for changes (NAV OData), utilizing custom AX services for event triggers, or database change data capture to ensure near real-time data flow for critical entities like sales orders, inventory, and customer updates.

AI Features FAQs

▸ What is the role of AI in Dynamics AX/NAV integrations?
AI significantly augments AX/NAV integrations by providing intelligent automation. This includes AI-driven data validation to prevent errors, anomaly detection in financial transactions, smart routing of exceptions, automated mapping suggestions between disparate schemas, and predictive insights, reducing manual effort and improving data quality and operational resilience.

Low-Code FAQs

▸ How do low-code/no-code workflows benefit Dynamics AX and NAV users?
Low-code/no-code workflows empower business users and analysts to build and modify integrations with Dynamics AX and NAV using visual interfaces, rather than relying solely on developers. This accelerates project delivery, reduces IT backlog, and allows business teams to quickly adapt workflows to changing needs, fostering greater business agility.

Security FAQs

▸ What security considerations are crucial for Dynamics AX and NAV integrations?
Key security considerations include robust authentication and authorization for all integration endpoints (e.g., dedicated NAV user with Web Service Access Key, secure AX service accounts), data encryption in transit (TLS/SSL) and at rest, secure storage of credentials within the iPaaS, IP whitelisting, and strict adherence to data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR). Comprehensive auditing of integration activities is also essential.

Data Management FAQs

▸ How can I ensure data consistency between Dynamics AX and NAV?
Data consistency is achieved through a combination of intelligent data mapping, transformation rules, and validation logic within your iPaaS. By defining canonical data models, implementing clear business rules for synchronization, leveraging conflict resolution strategies, and utilizing AI for proactive discrepancy detection, you can ensure data entering or leaving either ERP is always accurate and consistent.

Ecosystem FAQs

▸ Can I integrate Dynamics AX/NAV with other Microsoft products like Dynamics 365 or Power Platform?
Yes, an iPaaS can facilitate robust integrations not only between Dynamics AX and NAV but also with other Microsoft products such as Dynamics 365 CRM, Power BI, Power Apps, and Azure services. This allows for seamless data flow between your legacy ERP systems and newer Microsoft applications, leveraging the strengths of both and enabling truly unified business processes and reporting.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Dynamics AX + Dynamics NAV.

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

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$599 /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 Dynamics AX + Dynamics NAV 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