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Use CData Sync for automated, continuous, customizable Dynamics 365 Business Central replication to MySQL.
Always-on applications rely on automatic failover capabilities and real-time data access. CData Sync integrates live Dynamics 365 Business Central data into your MySQL instance, allowing you to consolidate all of your data into a single location for archiving, reporting, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and more.
Configure MySQL as a Replication Destination
Using CData Sync, you can replicate Dynamics 365 Business Central data to MySQL. To add a replication destination, navigate to the Connections tab.
- Click Add Connection.
- Select MySQL as a destination.
- Enter the necessary connection properties. To connect to MySQL, set the following:
- Server: The IP address or domain name of the server you want to connect to.
- Port: The port where the server is running.
- User: The username of a user with read/write access to the database.
- Password: The password of a user with read/write access to the database.
- Database: The name of the database.
- Click Test Connection to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
- Click Save Changes.
Configure the Dynamics 365 Business Central Connection
You can configure a connection to Dynamics 365 Business Central from the Connections tab. To add a connection to your Dynamics 365 Business Central account, navigate to the Connections tab.
- Click Add Connection.
- Select a source (Dynamics 365 Business Central).
- Configure the connection properties.
To authenticate to Dynamics 365 Business Central, you must provide the User and AccessKey properties.
To obtain the User and AccessKey values, navigate to the Users page in Dynamics 365 Business Central and then click on Edit. The User Name and Web Service Access Key values are what you will enter as the User and AccessKey connection string properties. Note that the User Name is not your email address. It is a shortened user name.
To connect to data, specify OrganizationUrl. If you have multiple companies in your organization, you must also specify the Company to indicate which company you would like to connect to. Company does not need to be specified if you have only one company.
- Click Connect to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
- Click Save Changes.
Configure Replication Queries
CData Sync enables you to control replication with a point-and-click interface and with SQL queries. For each replication you wish to configure, navigate to the Jobs tab and click Add Job. Select the Source and Destination for your replication.
Replicate Entire Tables
To replicate an entire table, click Add Tables in the Tables section, choose the table(s) you wish to replicate, and click Add Selected Tables.
Customize Your Replication
You can use the Columns and Query tabs of a task to customize your replication. The Columns tab allows you to specify which columns to replicate, rename the columns at the destination, and even perform operations on the source data before replicating. The Query tab allows you to add filters, grouping, and sorting to the replication.Schedule Your Replication
In the Schedule section, you can schedule a job to run automatically, configuring the job to run after specified intervals ranging from once every 10 minutes to once every month.
Once you have configured the replication job, click Save Changes. You can configure any number of jobs to manage the replication of your Dynamics 365 Business Central data to MySQL.