Automate Dynamics GP Integration Tasks from PowerShell

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Dynamics GP is a standard ADO.NET Provider that make it easy to accomplish data cleansing, normalization, backup, and other integration tasks by enabling real-time and bidirectional access to Dynamics GP.

ADO.NET Provider

The ADO.NET Provider provides a SQL interface for Dynamics GP; this tutorial shows how to use the Provider to create, retrieve, update, and delete Dynamics GP data.

Once you have acquired the necessary connection properties, accessing Dynamics GP data in PowerShell can be enabled in three steps.

To authenticate set the User and Password connection properties.

To connect set the URL to the Web services endpoint; for example, http://{servername}:{port}/Dynamics/GPService. Additionally, set CompanyId; you can obtain this value in the company setup window: Click Tools -> Setup -> Company.

By default, data summaries are not returned to save performance. Set LookupIds to true to return details such as line items; however, note that entities must be retrieved one at a time.

1. Load the provider's assembly:

   [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\Program Files\CData\CData ADO.NET Provider for Dynamics GP\lib\System.Data.CData.DynamicsGP.dll")

2. Connect to Dynamics GP:

   $conn= New-Object System.Data.CData.DynamicsGP.DynamicsGPConnection("CompanyId=mycompanyId;user=myuser;password=mypassword;URL= http://{servername}:{port}/Dynamics/GPService;") $conn.Open()

3. Instantiate the DynamicsGPDataAdapter, execute an SQL query, and output the results:

   $sql="SELECT CustomerName, TotalAmount from SalesInvoice" $da= New-Object System.Data.CData.DynamicsGP.DynamicsGPDataAdapter($sql, $conn) $dt= New-Object System.Data.DataTable $da.Fill($dt) $dt.Rows | foreach { Write-Host $_.customername $_.totalamount }

Update Dynamics GP Data

Insert Dynamics GP Data

Delete Dynamics GP Data