Developing integration helps you deepen relationships with your clients by delivering more value and increasing stickiness of the ERP solution. This presentation will help you learn about the various integration scenarios supported by Acumatica and how to best leverage them in your ERP implementations.
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1. Integration BestPracticesGabriel MichaudDirector of Product
Management
2. Goals of this Session1. Understand what is integration, why
peopleintegrate and what are the benefits tointegration2. Review
the various integration tools offeredby Acumatica and their best
practices3. Identify potential pitfalls and things youshould watch
out for when doingintegrations 3. Why Integrate? Youre migrating
from an older system You want to remove barriers
betweenapplications You want to leverage the strengths ofmultiple
systems 4. The Benefits of Integration 5. Various Types of
IntegrationData Import and Export Data SynchronizationRemote
Procedure Call Content Embedding 6. An Overview
ofAcumaticaIntegration Tools 7. Once Upon A Punched CardSource:
IBM: Once Upon A Punch Card (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlUWg2nxCz0 8. Content Embedding
Embed external content insideAcumatica Wiki Pages Dashboards Site
Map Embed Acumatica content insideanother service Facilitated by
single sign-on (SSO) 9. Integration Services Simple, UI-driven
imports, exports, updatesand synchronizations with
supportedproviders Good for: Quick and dirty imports Migration from
another system Regular scheduled imports and exports Batch updating
of data 10. Web Services Two models: dynamic web services,versioned
web services (new in 5.0) Good for: Complex orchestrations
involving more than onescreen Integration with 3rd party
mobile/web/desktop apps 11. Acumatica Framework SDK Create
completely new processing screensto interact with external services
Hook into external services from theAcumatica UI Develop Plug-ins:
Carrier Integration Credit Card Processing File Management
Integration Services Provider 12. Direct Database Access Possible,
but not recommended Pitfalls: Multi-tenancy -> isolation AND
sharing Data Integrity Logging Application Security Model Network
Security Extra fee for read-only DB access onSaaS environment 13. +
14. Pitfalls and Thingsto Watch Out For 15. Data Quality 16.
Testing 17. Maintainability & Reliability 18. Monitoring 19.
Wrap-UpKey Takeaway: Integration drives Acumaticasuccess!To further
explore integration with Acumatica: Product Documentation (online
help, PDF) forum.acumatica.com stackoverflow.com -> acumatica
tag soon! Knowledge Base on Partner Portal Dev SupportQuestions?
20. THANK YOUGabriel [email protected]:
gabrielmichaud@gabrielmichaud
