DynamicWeb ERP plug-in unit integration
This section covers the the use of DynamicWeb plug-in units to integrate ERP systems with DynamicWeb 10.
DynamicWeb provides a series of plug-in units that are meant to be installed directly on the ERP system either locally or through the Microsoft appsource marketplace. The main function of a plug-in unit is to expose web services with which DynamicWeb can communicate. The ERP data exposed in these web services are formatted to be understood by DynamicWeb and handle calculations on the ERP side.
The data-flow of a plug-in unit based integration is as follows:
- The Dynamicweb solution makes a request for data in XML format
- The request is relayed to the remote system by a DynamicWeb Endpoint request
- The plug-in unit reacts by extracting data from the remote system
- The data is wrapped in an XML format understood by DynamicWeb
- The XML is returned to the DynamicWeb solution as a response via a scheduled task add-in
- An integration activity maps the XML response to the DynamicWeb database
Installation
Visit the ERP plug-in unit tutorial section to learn how to install and configure a plug-in unit integration with your ERP system.
Request and responses
Check out the following articles for a list of standard requests and responses for each ERP plug-in unit.