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Dynamics NAV & Walmart Marketplace: AI-Powered Integration for Mid-Market Growth

Automate your entire eCommerce operation, from real-time order processing to inventory sync, with our low-code iPaaS and AI-first approach.

The Challenge

The Manual Maze: Why Disconnected Systems Hold Back Your Walmart Growth

Mid-market businesses often struggle to scale their Walmart Marketplace operations due to the complexities of integrating their robust ERP, Dynamics NAV, with the fast-paced demands of eCommerce. Manual processes create a bottleneck, leading to costly errors and missed opportunities.

  • Manual Order Entry: Transcribing orders from Walmart into Dynamics NAV is slow, prone to human error, and delays fulfillment.
  • Out-of-Sync Inventory: Discrepancies between NAV's stock levels and Walmart Marketplace lead to oversells, backorders, and customer dissatisfaction.
  • Product Data Inconsistencies: Manually updating product listings, pricing, and descriptions across both systems is time-consuming and risks inaccurate information.
  • Delayed Fulfillment & Returns: Slow processing of shipment updates and returns impacts seller performance metrics and customer trust.
  • Lack of Real-time Insights: Without a unified data flow, gaining a holistic view of sales, inventory, and financial performance is challenging.
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The Solution

The AI-Powered iPaaS Solution: Unlocking Growth with Dynamics NAV & Walmart

Our AI-first iPaaS provides the intelligent, low-code platform needed to effortlessly connect Dynamics NAV with Walmart Marketplace. It automates your mission-critical workflows, ensuring real-time data synchronization, unparalleled accuracy, and operational agility.

  • AI-Assisted Workflow Generation: Smart co-pilot to auto-suggest and build integration flows.
  • Low-Code/No-Code Visual Builder: Drag-and-drop interface for business users to create and manage integrations.
  • Pre-built Connectors: Optimized connectors for Dynamics NAV (OData/SOAP) and Walmart Marketplace APIs.
  • Real-time & Batch Sync: Flexible data synchronization for immediate updates and bulk operations.
  • Intelligent Data Mapping & Transformation: AI-powered mapping suggestions and robust transformation engine.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with Dynamics NAV + Walmart Marketplace 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 Walmart Marketplace, 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 + Walmart Marketplace deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

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

Comprehensive Solution Details

  • AI-Assisted Workflow Generation: Smart co-pilot to auto-suggest and build integration flows.
  • Low-Code/No-Code Visual Builder: Drag-and-drop interface for business users to create and manage integrations.
  • Pre-built Connectors: Optimized connectors for Dynamics NAV (OData/SOAP) and Walmart Marketplace APIs.
  • Real-time & Batch Sync: Flexible data synchronization for immediate updates and bulk operations.
  • Intelligent Data Mapping & Transformation: AI-powered mapping suggestions and robust transformation engine.
  • Proactive Error Handling & Monitoring: Automated retries, dead-letter queues, and real-time alerts.
  • Centralized Governance & Observability: Unified dashboard for monitoring, auditing, and managing all integrations.

Dynamics NAV & Walmart Marketplace: Technical Integration Details

Our iPaaS provides a robust, secure, and performant integration layer between Dynamics NAV's Web Services (OData/SOAP) and Walmart Marketplace's RESTful APIs. This section details the technical aspects of establishing and maintaining this critical connection.

Data Flow Steps

Connection Setup: Configure secure connections to Dynamics NAV (using Web Service Access Keys) and Walmart Marketplace (using OAuth 2.0 Client ID/Secret). iPaaS securely stores credentials.

Schema Discovery: The iPaaS automatically introspects available entities and fields from both NAV's OData endpoints and Walmart's API documentation.

Workflow Design: Visually design integration flows using the low-code editor. AI co-pilot suggests triggers, actions, and data transformations.

Data Mapping & Transformation: Use the visual data mapper to define how fields from NAV entities (e.g., `Sales Order`) map to Walmart entities (e.g., `Order`). Apply transformation rules (e.g., date format conversion, currency mapping, conditional logic). AI assists with mapping suggestions.

Validation & Error Handling: Implement AI-assisted data validation rules to ensure data quality before entry into either system. Configure automated retries, dead-letter queues, and alerts for robust error handling.

Deployment & Monitoring: Deploy workflows to dedicated environments (Dev, QA, Prod). Monitor integration health, performance, and data flow through centralized dashboards. AI flags anomalies.

Data Touchpoints

Orders: Walmart Order to NAV Sales Order
Items/Products: NAV Item to Walmart Item/Product Listing
Inventory: NAV Item Inventory to Walmart Inventory
Customers: Walmart Customer Info (Shipping) to NAV Customer
Shipments: NAV Sales Shipment to Walmart Order Fulfillment Status
Prices: NAV Item Unit Price to Walmart Price
Returns: Walmart Return to NAV RMA/Financial Adjustments

"Dynamics NAV <-> iPaaS (AI & Low-Code Layer) <-> Walmart Marketplace 1. Walmart Order Ingestion: Walmart (New Order Event) -> iPaaS -> Dynamics NAV (Create Sales Order, Customer, Item Reservation) 2. Inventory Sync: Dynamics NAV (Inventory Change Event) -> iPaaS -> Walmart (Update Inventory) 3. Product Listing/Update: Dynamics NAV (New/Updated Item) -> iPaaS -> Walmart (Create/Update Item, Price, Feed) 4. Shipment Update: Dynamics NAV (Sales Shipment) -> iPaaS -> Walmart (Update Order Status, Tracking) 5. Returns Processing: Walmart (Return Request) -> iPaaS -> Dynamics NAV (Initiate RMA/Refund Process) iPaaS Core Capabilities: Event Listeners, API Connectors, AI Data Mapper, Transformation Engine, Validation Rules, Error Handling, Logging, Monitoring, Workflow Orchestration, Security."

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Dynamics NAV + Walmart Marketplace.

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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Data Mapping

Key Entities & Intelligent Mapping for NAV-Walmart Integration

Understanding the core entities and their intelligent mapping is fundamental to a successful integration. Our iPaaS, powered by AI, simplifies this complex process, ensuring data consistency and accuracy between Dynamics NAV and Walmart Marketplace.

Order

Represents a customer's purchase. Critical for fulfillment and financial processes.

Dynamics NAV Fields

Sales Order No. Sell-to Customer No. Order Date Ship-to Name Ship-to Address Currency Code Status Sales Lines (Item No., Quantity, Unit Price, Line Amount)

Walmart Marketplace Fields

purchaseOrderId customerOrderId orderDate orderStatus shippingInfo (name, address, city, state, zip) orderLines (sku, productName, quantity, price, tax, shippingPrice)

Mapping Notes

Walmart's `purchaseOrderId` and `customerOrderId` map to NAV's `Sales Order No.`. `shippingInfo` requires careful parsing into NAV's structured `Ship-to Address` fields. Walmart's `orderLines` map directly to NAV's `Sales Lines`, ensuring `sku` aligns with `Item No.` and `price` with `Unit Price`.

Next Steps

See Dynamics NAV + Walmart Marketplace integration in action.

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

Real-World Applications

Integration Use Cases

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

Walmart Order-to-Cash Automation

Automate the complete lifecycle of a Walmart Marketplace order, from its placement to financial reconciliation in Dynamics NAV, ensuring efficiency and accuracy.

Integration Steps:

  1. 0 Order Ingestion (Walmart to iPaaS): New orders are pulled from Walmart's `/v3/orders` endpoint via API calls, triggered by event-driven notifications or frequent polling.
  2. 1 Data Validation & Transformation (iPaaS): AI-powered validation checks for data integrity. The iPaaS maps Walmart's `Order` entity (including `purchaseOrderId`, `customerOrderId`, `shippingInfo`, `orderLines`) to Dynamics NAV's `Sales Order` and `Customer` entities. AI suggests mappings for `sku` to `Item No.` and `shippingAddress` to `Ship-to Address`.
  3. 2 Customer Sync (iPaaS to NAV): If a customer is new, a `Customer` record is created in NAV (`/ODataV4/Company('CompanyName')/Customers`). For existing customers, the record is updated. Limited PII from Walmart is mapped for fulfillment purposes.
  4. 3 Sales Order Creation (iPaaS to NAV): A `Sales Order` is created in NAV (`/ODataV4/Company('CompanyName')/SalesOrders`), populating `Sell-to Customer No.`, `Order Date`, `Ship-to Name/Address`, and `Sales Lines` (mapping Walmart `orderLines` to NAV `Item`, `Quantity`, `Unit Price`).
  5. 4 Inventory Reservation & Update (NAV to Walmart): NAV automatically reserves inventory. A subsequent event or scheduled sync updates Walmart's `/v3/inventory` endpoint with the reduced stock quantity, preventing oversells.
  6. 5 Shipment & Tracking Update (NAV to Walmart): Once the order is shipped from NAV/WMS, the `Shipment` details (tracking number, carrier) are pushed to Walmart's `/v3/orders` endpoint (PUT request to update status) via iPaaS, providing customers with real-time tracking.
  7. 6 Sales Invoice & Payment Reconciliation (NAV): Upon fulfillment, a `Sales Invoice` is generated in NAV. Payment reconciliation can be automated by pushing payment gateway data (if applicable) to NAV's `Cash Receipt Journal`.

Business Outcome

Reduced order processing time by 70%, near-zero manual errors, improved order accuracy, enhanced customer satisfaction with timely updates, and accurate financial records.

Frequency

Real-time (Order Ingestion, Inventory Update, Shipment Update), Near Real-time (Customer Sync), Event-driven (Sales Order Creation)

Business Value

Key Integration Benefits

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

Boost Operational Efficiency
Automate manual data entry and reconciliation tasks, freeing up your team to focus on strategic initiatives.
Prevent Costly Oversells
Achieve real-time inventory synchronization between Dynamics NAV and Walmart, ensuring accurate stock levels and preventing oversells.
Accelerate Order Fulfillment
Automate order processing and shipment updates, leading to faster delivery times and higher customer satisfaction.
Enhance Data Accuracy
Leverage AI-assisted mapping and validation to ensure consistent, clean data across both Dynamics NAV and Walmart Marketplace.
Scale with Confidence
Our scalable iPaaS architecture handles increasing transaction volumes, allowing your business to grow on Walmart without performance bottlenecks.
Rapid Time-to-Value
Utilize low-code tools and AI-generated starting points to deploy critical integrations quickly, seeing ROI sooner.
Improve Financial Visibility
Automated reconciliation of sales and payments provides a real-time, accurate financial picture of your marketplace operations.

Boost Operational Efficiency

80% Reduction in manual data entry

📋 What You Get

Automate manual data entry and reconciliation tasks, freeing up your team to focus on strategic initiatives.

💼 Business Impact

This benefit directly contributes to 80% improvement in Reduction in manual data entry, 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 Retrieve, create, update, or delete customer records, primarily for linking Walmart order customers to NAV customer master data.
GET, PATCH /ODataV4/Company('CompanyName')/Items Retrieve product information, update inventory levels, and synchronize pricing for product listings on Walmart Marketplace.
GET, POST, PATCH /ODataV4/Company('CompanyName')/SalesOrders Create new sales orders in NAV based on incoming Walmart Marketplace orders, retrieve order details, and update order statuses.
GET, POST /ODataV4/Company('CompanyName')/SalesInvoices Retrieve or generate sales invoices for financial reporting and reconciliation, potentially triggered after a Walmart order is fulfilled.
POST /ODataV4/Company('CompanyName')/GenJournalLines Post general journal entries for financial transactions, including automated payment applications from Walmart sales.

Transformation Logic

  • ID Harmonization: Map Walmart `sku` to NAV `Item No.`, and `purchaseOrderId` to NAV `Sales Order No.`. Generate unique IDs for NAV customers from Walmart orders if required.
  • Address Standardization: Parse and reformat Walmart `shippingInfo` into NAV's structured address fields (Street, City, Post Code, Country). Leverage AI for address validation.
  • Currency & Date Conversion: Convert date/time formats and currency codes to match system requirements (e.g., ISO 8601 to NAV date format).
  • Conditional Logic: Apply rules such as 'create new customer if not found in NAV', 'update inventory only if quantity > 0'.
  • Data Enrichment: Pull additional product attributes from NAV to enrich Walmart listings, or vice versa if needed.
  • Error Remediation: AI-suggested transformations to correct common data entry errors or format issues.

🛡️ Error Handling

  • API Rate Limit Exceeded (Walmart): iPaaS throttles requests and retries with exponential back-off.
  • Invalid Item No. (NAV): Order lines with unknown SKUs are quarantined, and an alert is sent for manual correction.
  • NAV Web Service Unavailable: iPaaS retries connection. If persistent, alerts IT. Dead-letter queue for pending transactions.
  • Data Validation Failure: Malformed address or incorrect price format. AI suggests correction or moves to dead-letter for human review.
  • Duplicate Order ID: Idempotency ensures the order is not re-created in NAV; instead, the existing order is updated if needed.
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

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

General Integration FAQs

What is the best way to integrate Dynamics NAV with Walmart Marketplace?
The most robust and scalable approach is to use a modern, AI-powered iPaaS platform. This allows you to leverage Dynamics NAV's Web Services (OData/SOAP) and Walmart's APIs to synchronize orders, inventory, products, and pricing in real-time. The iPaaS handles complex data mapping, transformation, error handling, and orchestrates the entire workflow, significantly reducing manual effort and ensuring data consistency.

Low-Code/No-Code FAQs

Can I automate workflows in Dynamics NAV without custom coding for Walmart Marketplace?
Absolutely. Our iPaaS offers low-code/no-code workflow automation tools that empower business users to design and deploy complex integrations with Dynamics NAV and Walmart. These platforms provide visual interfaces, pre-built connectors, and drag-and-drop functionality, significantly reducing the need for custom development and accelerating process automation, often with AI-generated starting points.

AI Capabilities FAQs

How does AI enhance Dynamics NAV and Walmart Marketplace integrations?
AI augments integrations in several powerful ways. It provides intelligent data validation to prevent errors, detects anomalies in order patterns or inventory levels, offers automated mapping suggestions between disparate schemas, and can even route exceptions for human review based on context. Our AI co-pilot can also help auto-generate integration flows and test scenarios, reducing manual effort, improving data quality, and introducing predictive capabilities.

Challenges & Solutions FAQs

What are the common challenges when integrating Dynamics NAV with Walmart, and how are they solved?
Common challenges include complex data mapping for products and orders, managing real-time inventory synchronization to prevent oversells, handling Walmart's API rate limits, and robustly managing errors across both systems. Our iPaaS addresses these by providing AI-assisted visual mapping tools, scalable orchestration engines with intelligent batching and throttling, pre-built connectors, and comprehensive error handling with automated retries and alerts.

Inventory Management FAQs

How do I ensure real-time inventory synchronization between Dynamics NAV and Walmart Marketplace?
Achieve near real-time inventory sync by configuring an event-driven iPaaS. When inventory changes in Dynamics NAV (e.g., a sale, receipt), it triggers an event (via Web Service or CDC). The iPaaS immediately transforms this update and pushes it to Walmart's Inventory API (`/v3/inventory`). This prevents oversells and ensures accurate stock levels for customers, often with AI monitoring for discrepancies.

Data Transformation FAQs

What kind of data transformation is typically needed for NAV-Walmart integrations?
Common transformations include converting external system IDs to NAV's numbering series, mapping different product attribute structures, standardizing address formats for shipping, translating currency codes, and adjusting date/time formats. Our iPaaS's visual data mapper with AI-assisted functions makes these transformations efficient, manageable, and highly accurate.

Product Management FAQs

How can I manage thousands of product listings and price updates on Walmart Marketplace efficiently from NAV?
For large-scale product listings or bulk price updates, leverage Walmart's Feeds API through your iPaaS. Your Dynamics NAV (or connected PIM) can push updates to the iPaaS, which then intelligently batches and submits these changes via feed files. For smaller, real-time updates, the iPaaS uses Walmart's Item and Price APIs, managing rate limits and ensuring data transformation.

Governance & Management FAQs

What role does an iPaaS play in Dynamics NAV and Walmart Marketplace integration governance?
An iPaaS provides centralized governance for all integrations. This includes capabilities for monitoring integration health, auditing data flows, managing versions of integration workflows, promoting changes through development, QA, and production environments, and enforcing security policies across all connections. This centralized control ensures compliance, reduces operational risk, and provides a single pane of glass for all your integration activities.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Dynamics NAV + Walmart Marketplace.

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 + Walmart Marketplace integration in action.

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