Welcome to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central NAV-X Integration Framework Help

NAV-X Integration Framework is an app for Dynamics 365 for Business Central that enhances your Business Central experience by allowing integrations with third parties without requiring any development. This reduces the need for custom development. It is fully integrated with Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Added Functionality

NAV-X Integration Framework supports a comprehensive suite of data integration capabilities:

Import Types

The following import formats are currently supported:

  • Excel Import - Import data from Excel spreadsheet files (.xlsx)
  • CSV Import - Import comma and delimiter-separated values with customizable delimiters
  • Flexible-Length Text Import - Import text files with custom field delimiters and quoted field support
  • Fixed-Length Text Import - Import positional text files (mainframe, legacy system formats)
  • JSON Import - Import data from JSON files with dot-notation paths, nested objects, and array flattening (New in v1.5.0)
  • REST API Import - Import data from REST APIs with configurable connections, authentication, pagination, and scheduled polling (New in v1.6.0)

Core Features

  • Field Mapping - Map source data fields to Business Central tables and fields
  • Data Lookups - Translate source codes to Business Central codes using lookup tables
  • Constant Values - Define fixed values that apply to every imported record
  • Data Validation - Validate imported data against Business Central field rules before creation
  • Error Handling - Track, review, and reprocess individual record errors
  • Multi-Line Documents - Create sales orders, invoices, and quotes with multiple line items
  • Line Number Auto-Generation - Automatically generate line numbers for document detail lines
  • Background Processing - Process imports asynchronously via job queue for non-blocking workflow
  • Post-Processing - Define custom business logic that runs after records are created (e.g., auto-release orders)
  • Works with Any Tables - Import to any Business Central table, including ISV solutions
  • Automated Processing - Schedule imports via Job Queue for hands-off operation
  • Email Notifications - Receive notifications when imports complete with errors
  • Copilot Auto Setup - AI-powered integration configuration from uploaded sample files (New in v1.4.0)
  • Import Preview - Preview uploaded data before committing to import (New in v1.4.0)
  • Import Logging - Structured two-level logging for import diagnostics (New in v1.4.0)
  • Pre-Parsing Transformations - Trim, pad, case-convert, round, and replace characters before processing (New in v1.4.0)
  • Dynamic Field Values - Stamp records with system values like today's date, user ID, or company name (New in v1.4.0)
  • Definition Export/Import - Transfer integration setups between environments via XML (New in v1.4.0)
  • REST API Connections - Connect to external REST APIs with Bearer, API Key, and OAuth authentication (New in v1.6.0)
  • Webhooks - Receive push-based data from external systems via webhook endpoints (New in v1.6.0)
  • GraphQL Support - Query GraphQL APIs with cursor-based pagination (New in v1.6.0)
  • Chained API Calls - Orchestrate master/detail API patterns automatically (New in v1.6.0)
  • Multi-Endpoint Aggregation - Merge data from multiple API endpoints horizontally (New in v1.6.0)
  • REST API Copilot - AI-powered REST API integration configuration (New in v1.6.0)

Configuration

  • Create unlimited integrations
  • Configure field mappings for each integration
  • Set up data validation rules
  • Define lookup table mappings
  • Enable scheduled processing

Supported Editions and Countries

Supported Editions

NAV-X Integration Framework supports both the Essential and Premium edition of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Supported Countries

We currently support the following countries: Canada, USA

Supported Languages

We currently support the following languages: English (Australia), English (Canada), English (Great Britain), English (United States)

How to start

Getting Started

We describe the entire process of setting up the available functionality within NAV-X Integration Framework Application to start benefitting quickly. If you just want to get started, please follow our documentation in our Getting Started section.

How to

Whether you have just completed the initial setup or are using the NAV-X Integration Framework app for a while already, you can find a series of articles describing the main processes in our How To section.

We are expanding this section periodically.

Frequently Asked Questions

Whenever we get questions multiple times through our support, we will be enhancing our FAQ. Next time, when you have a question, go and visit our FAQ first to see, if you can find an answer there.

What's New

We release new versions of our software from time to time. Those can include fixes of issues that we found and can also include new functionality. If you have the NAV-X Integration Framework Application installed already and a new version becomes available, we will inform you directly within Business Central about this. When you log in to Business Central, the system will display a notification that will inform you about the new version and you can also read about the new features there.

If you want to see an overview of the new features by version, you can read more details about it in our Release Notes.

If have questions, but can't find the answer

Sometimes, you have questions that our documentation doesn't answer. Just contact us through our Support page. We have a team of experts here to assist you with your questions.

I am missing functionality

We are trying to provide a broad variety of options to meet everyone's needs. However, we cannot always provide every possible useful extension scenario. If you are missing functionality, please just contact us through our Support page and submit a feature request. We cannot guarantee that we will be adding every request to our product, but we will review each request and determine, if we can enhance our product with a new feature.