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How to connect AX 2012 with other ERP system over the internet?

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Posted on by Rana Anees 1,813

Hii,

We have a client and they are running some ERP system. We have specific items in some warehouses for this client.

Requirement 1: is when we receive item stock in a warehouse, our AX 2012 R2 should update this client EPR item stock and warehouse status automatically.

So that our client can see updated information in their ERP about item stock available and warehouse.  

Requirement 2: When we transfer item stock to their warehouse from AX, item transfer transaction should be created in their ERP. 

Requirement 3: They will create some transactions into our AX system.

We suggested Enterprise Portal for Customer and Vendor but that's not the requirement. Both systems should communicate synchronously. 

Please share best of you knowledge. 

Thanks,

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    Maciej Krzysztofik Profile Picture
    Maciej Krzysztofik 290 on at

    Hello,

    The best way would be to use Application Integration Framework which would enable You to make web services that would connect to integrated systems API.

    Please read the documents on AIF here, there are samples and suggestions how You can enable this .

    technet.microsoft.com/.../gg731810.aspx

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    Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    Martin Dráb 237,795 Most Valuable Professional on at

    For inbound synchronous communication over internet, AX 2012 offers the HTTP AIF adapter. Means for outbound communication depend on what integration point the other system offers,.

    Nevertheless it seems that blocking calls aren't actually a business requirement, therefore you should avoid it. Making a web service call and waiting for its completeness every time when stock level changes is a sure way how to paralyze all business processes that change stock levels.

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    Rana Anees 1,813 on at

    Dear Marting,

    [quote user="Martin Dráb"]

    Nevertheless it seems that blocking calls aren't actually a business requirement, therefore you should avoid it. Making a web service call and waiting for its completeness every time when stock level changes is a sure way how to paralyze all business processes that change stock levels.

    [/quote]

    Cant understand your point properly. 

    What solution do you suggest in this scenario.

    Thanks,

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    Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    Martin Dráb 237,795 Most Valuable Professional on at

    You said you wanted to communicate synchronously, right? So if stock level changes, you sent a message to the other system and continue when it's done, right?

    It's an obvious performance problem, because the call to the other system over internet can be very slow, and you would do it every time when a stock level changes. A much better design is just adding a message to queue and let users to continue using AX, instead of waiting for the other system to respond. Then it's not synchronous, but I don't see any need for strictly synchronous communication.

    You can have other requirements for your integration logic. For example, what if the other system is down? Would it render AX unusable as well, or would stock changes notification lost, or what? A queue plus a reliable delivery mechanism can solve thi problem. By the way, the same problem exists in the other direction as well (e.g. AX may be down for maintenance).

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