Implementing SmartConnect: Conclusion

eOne SolutionsThis post is part of the series on Implementing SmartConnect, an integration tool from eOne Solutions, which can take data from any source and integrate it into Microsoft Dynamics GP (and other systems such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM or Sales Force amongst others). It has a drag and drop interface to make creating integrations quick and easy for all users rather than just developers (as many integration tools target).

Over the course of the last few weeks, I have installed and configured SmartConnect from eOne Solutions. The installation is fairly straightforward, but you do need to make sure that tasks are completed in order.

With SmartConnect installed, the next step is to create an integration. Therefore, in a few weeks, I’ll be doing a small series on creating a simple integration. For testing that SmartConnect itself is working, I usually create a Standard Journal integration; it’s a nice simple one, but one which is useful to all clients.

Implementing SmartConnect: Verify Connector Working

eOne SolutionsThis post is part of the series on Implementing SmartConnect, an integration tool from eOne Solutions, which can take data from any source and integrate it into Microsoft Dynamics GP (and other systems such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM or Sales Force amongst others). It has a drag and drop interface to make creating integrations quick and easy for all users rather than just developers (as many integration tools target).

With SmartConnect installed and configured, the last step is to verify that the GP Connection is working. This is done by checking to make sure the e Connect nodes are available.

Select the Maintenance tab and click on Node Maintenance button on the GP Connector section of the action pane:

Maintenance tab

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Implementing SmartConnect: Run System Maintenance

eOne SolutionsThis post is part of the series on Implementing SmartConnect, an integration tool from eOne Solutions, which can take data from any source and integrate it into Microsoft Dynamics GP (and other systems such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM or Sales Force amongst others). It has a drag and drop interface to make creating integrations quick and easy for all users rather than just developers (as many integration tools target).

Despite system maintenance having run automatically when the SmartConnect GP Connector was configured, it needs to be run again. Do this by selecting the Setup tab and click on System Maintenance:

SmartConnect Setup tab

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Implementing SmartConnect: Configure Security

eOne SolutionsThis post is part of the series on Implementing SmartConnect, an integration tool from eOne Solutions, which can take data from any source and integrate it into Microsoft Dynamics GP (and other systems such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM or Sales Force amongst others). It has a drag and drop interface to make creating integrations quick and easy for all users rather than just developers (as many integration tools target).

For SmartConnect to function correctly, the service account needs to be added as a user. Do this by opening the Security window from the Setup tab:

SmartConnect Setup tab

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Sites Migrated to New Host

azurecurveOver the course of this weekend I have migrated my websites to a new web host; hopefully, the only difference you will notice is that the sites are now being served over an https connection.

However, if you do notice any issues, images not loading or broken links (I’ve moved from a Windows hosting package to a Linux one so case now matters) ,for example, I’d appreciate you leaving a comment below with details.

Update: I forgot to mention, that when I migrated the sites to a new host, I also migrated them from WordPress to ClassicPress.

Windows 10 Calculator Replacement: Conclusion

ApplicationsThis post is part of a series on the Old Calculator for Windows 10 replacement for the default Windows 10 Calculator App.

The Old Calculator for Windows 10 app installs a calculator which looks like the one in Windows 7 and before.

The best reason I ahev for using this replacement, is the speed of launching. I find that apps from the Microsoft Store take so long to load; this replacement starts very quickly (just the the calculator of old).

Implementing SmartConnect: Configure GP Connector

eOne SolutionsThis post is part of the series on Implementing SmartConnect, an integration tool from eOne Solutions, which can take data from any source and integrate it into Microsoft Dynamics GP (and other systems such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM or Sales Force amongst others). It has a drag and drop interface to make creating integrations quick and easy for all users rather than just developers (as many integration tools target).

The next step in implementing SmartConnect is to configure the connector with Microsoft Dynamics GP; do this by clicking on the Setup tab and then on the Setup button on the action pane:

SmartConnect Setup menu

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Implementing SmartConnect: Console First Run

eOne SolutionsThis post is part of the series on Implementing SmartConnect, an integration tool from eOne Solutions, which can take data from any source and integrate it into Microsoft Dynamics GP (and other systems such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM or Sales Force amongst others). It has a drag and drop interface to make creating integrations quick and easy for all users rather than just developers (as many integration tools target).

Over the last few posts, I’ve stepped through the installation of SmartConnect and the GP Addin. With that done we can now log into SmartConnect itself and go through the final steps of preparing it for use.

SmartConnect is launched from the Windows Start menu; the first run should be using the account used to install it as this is the first administrator account. The server name will already be displayed, so click OK to login (login used Windows authentication):

SmartConnect Login

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Implementing SmartConnect: Update GP Cache

eOne SolutionsThis post is part of the series on Implementing SmartConnect, an integration tool from eOne Solutions, which can take data from any source and integrate it into Microsoft Dynamics GP (and other systems such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM or Sales Force amongst others). It has a drag and drop interface to make creating integrations quick and easy for all users rather than just developers (as many integration tools target).

With the SmartConnect GP Addin installed the next step is to use it to populate the GP Resource Cache.

To do this open the SmartConnect Maintenance window (Microsoft Dynamics GP menu » Tools » SmartConnect » SmartConnect Maintenance) and click the Process button:

SmartConnect Maintenance

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