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Unify Dynamics NAV & SAP Business ByDesign: Intelligent ERP Integration

Break down data silos and automate critical workflows between your Dynamics NAV and SAP Business ByDesign systems with our AI-powered iPaaS solution. Achieve real-time visibility, enhance financial accuracy, and drive operational efficiency across your enterprise.

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The Challenge

The Challenge: Disconnected ERPs & Operational Inefficiencies

Organizations often leverage Dynamics NAV for specific business units or legacy operations while adopting SAP Business ByDesign for broader cloud ERP capabilities or corporate oversight. This dual-ERP strategy, while strategic, can lead to significant operational challenges if not properly integrated.

  • Manual data entry and reconciliation between NAV and ByDesign.
  • Inconsistent master data (customers, vendors, products) across systems.
  • Delayed financial reporting and consolidation processes.
  • Lack of real-time visibility into inventory, orders, and cash flow.
  • Errors and discrepancies due to manual data transfer, impacting data quality.
  • High IT overhead for custom, point-to-point integrations that are hard to maintain.
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The Solution

The Solution: Intelligent Integration with Dynamics NAV & SAP Business ByDesign

Our AI-powered iPaaS provides a comprehensive, low-code platform to seamlessly connect Dynamics NAV and SAP Business ByDesign. We bridge the gap between your on-premise (or hosted) and cloud ERPs, automating complex workflows, ensuring data consistency, and delivering real-time operational insights.

  • Bi-directional Master Data Synchronization
  • Financial Transaction & GL Entry Automation
  • Procure-to-Pay & Order-to-Cash Workflow Orchestration
  • Real-time Inventory & Shipment Updates
  • Automated Payment Reconciliation
Implementation Timeline

Go live with Dynamics NAV + SAP Business ByDesign 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 NAV and SAP Business ByDesign , 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 NAV + SAP Business ByDesign deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

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

Comprehensive Solution Details

  • Bi-directional Master Data Synchronization
  • Financial Transaction & GL Entry Automation
  • Procure-to-Pay & Order-to-Cash Workflow Orchestration
  • Real-time Inventory & Shipment Updates
  • Automated Payment Reconciliation
  • Custom Workflow & Business Logic Support

Technical Integration Overview: Dynamics NAV & SAP Business ByDesign

Our iPaaS provides a robust and flexible architecture for integrating Dynamics NAV and SAP Business ByDesign, leveraging their native API capabilities. The integration is designed for high performance, data integrity, and scalability, supporting both real-time and scheduled synchronization patterns.

Data Flow Steps

API Connectivity: Establish secure connections to Dynamics NAV's Web Services (OData/SOAP) and SAP Business ByDesign's OData/SOAP APIs.

Data Extraction: Configure event-driven triggers (webhooks, change data capture) or scheduled polling to extract relevant data from source systems.

Data Transformation & Mapping: Utilize the iPaaS's visual data mapper and AI assistance to transform and standardize data schemas, ensuring compatibility between the two ERPs.

Business Logic & Validation: Implement conditional logic, data validation rules, and enrichment steps within the iPaaS workflow.

Data Loading: Push transformed data to the target system via its respective APIs, ensuring idempotency and error handling.

Error Handling & Monitoring: Deploy comprehensive error handling, logging, alerting, and reconciliation mechanisms to maintain data integrity and operational oversight.

Data Touchpoints

Dynamics NAV: Customer, Vendor, Item, Sales Order, Purchase Order, Sales Invoice, Payment (Cash Receipt Journal), General Ledger Entry, Shipment.
SAP Business ByDesign: Customer, Supplier, Product, Sales Order, Purchase Order, Supplier Invoice, Payment, General Ledger Entry, Inventory.

"Dynamics NAV <--> iPaaS (AI-powered Orchestration, Transformation, Validation) <--> SAP Business ByDesign. Data flows bi-directionally for Master Data, Financials, Orders, and Invoices. iPaaS acts as the central hub, handling API calls, data mapping, and error management."

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Dynamics NAV + SAP Business ByDesign .

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 NAV

Integrating Dynamics NAV 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 between Dynamics NAV and SAP Business ByDesign

Successful integration hinges on precise mapping of core business entities. Our iPaaS facilitates this with a visual mapping canvas and AI assistance, handling schema differences and ensuring data integrity for the following critical entities:

Customer

Represents business partners who purchase goods/services. Essential for consistent sales, invoicing, and CRM records.

Dynamics NAV Fields

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

SAP Business ByDesign Fields

ID Name Street City Country Email PhoneNumber AccountType SoldToPartyID

Mapping Notes

NAV's 'No.' typically maps to ByDesign's 'ID'. Address fields require careful concatenation/splitting. 'Customer Posting Group' in NAV needs to map to a relevant financial account determination in ByDesign. AI can suggest mappings for custom fields.

Next Steps

See Dynamics NAV + SAP Business ByDesign 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.

Subsidiary Financial Reporting & Consolidation

A global enterprise uses SAP Business ByDesign as its corporate ERP for consolidated financials, while a subsidiary operates on Dynamics NAV. This integration automates the periodic transfer of detailed General Ledger entries and trial balances from NAV to ByDesign.

Integration Steps:

  1. 0 NAV: Financial period closes, triggering an event or scheduled extraction.
  2. 1 iPaaS: Connects to NAV's `GenJournalLines` OData endpoint, extracting posted transactions.
  3. 2 iPaaS: Applies transformation rules to map NAV G/L accounts and dimensions to ByDesign's chart of accounts and cost centers.
  4. 3 iPaaS: Aggregates data as required and posts it to ByDesign's `General Ledger Entry` equivalent or directly to financial reporting structures.
  5. 4 ByDesign: Automatically updates consolidated financial statements for corporate reporting.

Business Outcome

Reduced manual effort in financial consolidation, faster and more accurate corporate reporting, improved compliance and audit readiness.

Frequency

Monthly (Scheduled), or event-driven for critical adjustments.

Business Value

Key Integration Benefits

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

Achieve Real-time Data Synchronization
Ensure critical data like inventory levels, sales orders, and customer profiles are always consistent and up-to-date across Dynamics NAV and SAP Business ByDesign, enabling faster, informed decision-making.
Automate Financial Consolidation
Streamline the transfer of General Ledger entries and financial reports from NAV to ByDesign, significantly accelerating your month-end close process and improving financial accuracy.
Boost Operational Efficiency
Automate procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, and master data management workflows, eliminating manual data entry, reducing errors, and freeing up your team for higher-value tasks.
Enhance Data Quality & Consistency
Leverage intelligent mapping and AI-driven validation to ensure data integrity and consistency for all entities flowing between Dynamics NAV and SAP Business ByDesign.
Gain Unified Business Visibility
Break down silos to get a holistic view of your operations, finance, and customer interactions across both ERP systems, empowering strategic insights.
Accelerate Time-to-Value with Low-Code
Rapidly design, deploy, and modify complex integration workflows without extensive coding, accelerating your digital transformation initiatives.
Future-Proof Your ERP Landscape
Build scalable, resilient integrations that adapt to evolving business needs and system updates, ensuring long-term value from both Dynamics NAV and SAP Business ByDesign.
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Achieve Real-time Data Synchronization

90% Reduction in Data Latency

📋 What You Get

Ensure critical data like inventory levels, sales orders, and customer profiles are always consistent and up-to-date across Dynamics NAV and SAP Business ByDesign, enabling faster, informed decision-making.

💼 Business Impact

This benefit directly contributes to 90% improvement in Reduction in Data Latency, 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
GET, POST, PATCH, DELETE /ODataV4/Company('CompanyName')/Customers Manage customer records for CRM sync, order processing, and master data management. Crucial for customer master data synchronization.
GET, PATCH /ODataV4/Company('CompanyName')/Items Retrieve product information, update inventory levels, and synchronize pricing with eCommerce platforms. Key for item master data and inventory updates.
GET, POST, PATCH /ODataV4/Company('CompanyName')/SalesOrders Create new sales orders, retrieve order details, and update order statuses from external systems like eCommerce. Essential for order-to-cash workflows.
GET, POST, PATCH /ODataV4/Company('CompanyName')/Vendors Manage vendor master data for procurement and accounts payable processes. Vital for vendor master data synchronization.
GET, POST, PATCH /ODataV4/Company('CompanyName')/PurchaseOrders Create purchase orders, track their status, and integrate with procurement systems. Central to procure-to-pay processes.
GET, POST /ODataV4/Company('CompanyName')/SalesInvoices Generate and retrieve sales invoices for financial reporting and reconciliation. Used for intercompany billing or financial consolidation.
POST /ODataV4/Company('CompanyName')/GenJournalLines Post general journal entries for financial transactions, including payment applications and manual adjustments. Critical for financial consolidation.

⚡ Transformation Logic

  • Schema Harmonization: Converting NAV's flat table structures to ByDesign's object-oriented entities and vice versa.
  • ID Cross-Referencing: Maintaining a lookup table for matching NAV's 'No.' fields to ByDesign's 'ID' fields for Customers, Vendors, Items/Products.
  • Unit of Measure Conversion: Standardizing units (e.g., 'PCS' to 'EA', 'KG' to 'LB') based on predefined rules.
  • Address Standardization: Parsing and reformatting address strings to match target system conventions.
  • Financial Account Mapping: Complex mapping of NAV's G/L accounts and dimensions to ByDesign's financial structures for consolidation.
  • Currency Conversion: Applying real-time or daily exchange rates for financial transactions between different currencies.

🛡️ Error Handling

  • API Connectivity Failure: (e.g., NAV Web Service unavailable, ByDesign OAuth token expired) - Automated retries, alerts.
  • Data Validation Error: (e.g., invalid customer ID, missing required field) - Route to dead-letter queue, AI suggests fix.
  • Business Logic Error: (e.g., order value exceeds credit limit) - Route for human approval, contextual alert.
  • Duplicate Record Creation: (e.g., re-processing a message) - Idempotent design prevents this, or flags for merge.
  • Schema Mismatch: (e.g., new field in source not mapped) - AI suggests mapping, or defaults/skips based on config.
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

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

General Integration FAQs

▸ Why integrate Dynamics NAV with SAP Business ByDesign?
Integrating Dynamics NAV and SAP Business ByDesign is crucial for organizations running both ERPs, typically for subsidiary operations, phased migrations, or specialized functions. It eliminates data silos, automates workflows (e.g., financial consolidation, master data sync), reduces manual errors, and provides a unified view of business operations, leading to greater efficiency and accuracy.

Challenges FAQs

▸ What are the common challenges when integrating Dynamics NAV and SAP Business ByDesign?
Common challenges include differing data schemas, distinct API authentication methods (Web Service Access Keys vs. OAuth 2.0), managing data consistency for high-volume transactions, handling custom fields, and ensuring robust error handling. A modern iPaaS is specifically designed to abstract and manage these complexities effectively.

iPaaS Benefits FAQs

▸ How does an iPaaS facilitate this integration?
An iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) provides pre-built connectors for both Dynamics NAV and SAP Business ByDesign, a visual low-code environment for designing workflows, intelligent data mapping, robust error handling, and centralized monitoring. It acts as the orchestration layer, ensuring secure, scalable, and real-time data flow between the two ERP systems.

Master Data FAQs

▸ Can I synchronize master data (Customer, Vendor, Item) between NAV and ByDesign?
Absolutely. Master data synchronization is a cornerstone of this integration. The iPaaS can establish bi-directional syncs for entities like Customer, Vendor/Supplier, and Item/Product, ensuring consistent records across both ERPs. AI-assisted mapping and deduplication logic ensure high data quality.

AI Capabilities FAQs

▸ How does AI enhance Dynamics NAV and SAP Business ByDesign integrations?
AI significantly augments integrations by providing auto-mapping suggestions, intelligent data validation to prevent errors, anomaly detection in transactions, and predictive error resolution. It reduces manual effort, improves data accuracy, and makes integration workflows smarter and more resilient.

Financial Integration FAQs

▸ Is it possible to automate financial consolidation between NAV and ByDesign?
Yes, automating financial consolidation is a key use case. The iPaaS can extract General Ledger entries, trial balances, or other financial actuals from Dynamics NAV, transform them to match SAP Business ByDesign's chart of accounts and dimensions, and then post them for consolidated reporting, significantly speeding up the financial close.

Security & Compliance FAQs

▸ How do you handle security and compliance for this integration?
Security is paramount. We employ OAuth 2.0 for ByDesign, Web Service Access Keys for NAV, TLS 1.2+ encryption for data in transit, AES-256 for data at rest, IP whitelisting, and least privilege access controls. Comprehensive audit trails ensure compliance with standards like GDPR, SOC 2, and ISO 27001.

Customization FAQs

▸ Can I customize the integration workflows without extensive coding?
Yes, our iPaaS features a low-code/no-code visual designer that empowers business users and citizen integrators to customize workflows, define business rules, and map custom fields without writing extensive code. This provides agility and reduces reliance on IT development resources.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Dynamics NAV + SAP Business ByDesign .

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 NAV + SAP Business ByDesign 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