Integration Frustration: Why Microsoft Dynamics GP Integration Tools Need a Kickstart

I've done a ton of integration work with Microsoft Dynamics GP recently and it's left me frustrated. The common tools, Integration Manager and eConnect still have some frustrating holes. As a result, any third party tools, like SmartConnect, that rely on eConnect have the same limitations. 

An example I keep bumping into over and over is integrating EFT information for Vendors. In an initial implementation, we generally use the Table Import feature to populate EFT data because it's all stored in one table. The problem comes when companies want regular vendor integrations with EFT. For example, one firm I know has affiliates that they pay in a program similar to Amazon Associates or Google's AdWords. The affiliates can sign up or change their payment informatio...

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