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Load Dynamics 365 Business Central Data to a Database Using Embulk


Use CData JDBC drivers with the open source ETL/ELT tool Embulk to load Dynamics 365 Business Central data to a database.

Embulk is an open source bulk data loader. When paired with the CData JDBC Driver for Dynamics 365 Business Central, Embulk easily loads data from Dynamics 365 Business Central to any supported destination. In this article, we explain how to use the CData JDBC Driver for Dynamics 365 Business Central in Embulk to load Dynamics 365 Business Central data to a MySQL dtabase.

With built-in optimized data processing, the CData JDBC Driver offers unmatched performance for interacting with live Dynamics 365 Business Central data. When you issue complex SQL queries to Dynamics 365 Business Central, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Dynamics 365 Business Central and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations client-side (often SQL functions and JOIN operations).

Configure a JDBC Connection to Dynamics 365 Business Central Data

Before creating a bulk load job in Embulk, note the installation location for the JAR file for the JDBC Driver (typically C:\Program Files\CData\CData JDBC Driver for Dynamics 365 Business Central\lib).

Embulk supports JDBC connectivity, so you can easily connect to Dynamics 365 Business Central and execute SQL queries. Before creating a bulk load job, create a JDBC URL for authenticating with Dynamics 365 Business Central.

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.

Built-in Connection String Designer

For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Dynamics 365 Business Central JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

java -jar cdata.jdbc.d365businesscentral.jar

Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

Below is a typical JDBC connection string for Dynamics 365 Business Central:

jdbc:d365businesscentral:OrganizationUrl=https://myaccount.financials.dynamics.com/;

Load Dynamics 365 Business Central Data in Embulk

After installing the CData JDBC Driver and creating a JDBC connection string, install the required Embulk plugins.

Install Embulk Input & Output Plugins

  1. Install the JDBC Input Plugin in Embulk.
    https://github.com/embulk/embulk-input-jdbc/tree/master/embulk-input-jdbc
    2. embulk gem install embulk-input-jdbc
  2. In this article, we use MySQL as the destination database. You can also choose SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or Google BigQuery as the destination using the output Plugins.
    https://github.com/embulk/embulk-output-jdbc/tree/master/embulk-output-mysql embulk gem install embulk-output-mysql

With the input and output plugins installed, we are ready to load Dynamics 365 Business Central data into MySQL using Embulk.

Create a Job to Load Dynamics 365 Business Central Data

Start by creating a config file in Embulk, using a name like d365businesscentral-mysql.yml.

  1. For the input plugin options, use the CData JDBC Driver for Dynamics 365 Business Central, including the path to the driver JAR file, the driver class (e.g. cdata.jdbc.d365businesscentral.D365BusinessCentralDriver), and the JDBC URL from above
  2. For the output plugin options, use the values and credentials for the MySQL database

Sample Config File (d365businesscentral-mysql.yml)

in: type: jdbc driver_path: C:\Program Files\CData[product_name] 20xx\lib\cdata.jdbc.d365businesscentral.jar driver_class: cdata.jdbc.d365businesscentral.D365BusinessCentralDriver url: jdbc:d365businesscentral:OrganizationUrl=https://myaccount.financials.dynamics.com/; table: "Accounts" out: type: mysql host: localhost database: DatabaseName user: UserId password: UserPassword table: "Accounts" mode: insert

After creating the file, run the Embulk job.

embulk run d365businesscentral-mysql.yml

After running the the Embulk job, find the Salesforce data in the MySQL table.

Load Filtered Dynamics 365 Business Central Data

In addition to loading data directly from a table, you can use a custom SQL query to have more granular control of the data loaded. You can also perform increment loads by setting a last updated column in a SQL WHERE clause in the query field.

in: type: jdbc driver_path: C:\Program Files\CData[product_name] 20xx\lib\cdata.jdbc.d365businesscentral.jar driver_class: cdata.jdbc.d365businesscentral.D365BusinessCentralDriver url: jdbc:d365businesscentral:OrganizationUrl=https://myaccount.financials.dynamics.com/; query: "SELECT accountid, Name FROM Accounts WHERE [RecordId] = 1" out: type: mysql host: localhost database: DatabaseName user: UserId password: UserPassword table: "Accounts" mode: insert

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