Purchase Order Service

Overview

The Purchase Order Service sends accounting activity from SBN to an external Microsoft Dynamics NAV system. On a fixed timer it gathers any new purchase orders, sales, cash receipts, purchase-order receipts, and related general-journal entries that are waiting in SBN, packages them, and posts them to the configured NAV endpoint. Each batch is processed as it is found, so activity flows out to NAV continuously as it occurs.

If the NAV endpoint cannot be reached, the service logs the problem, keeps a copy of the data it tried to send, and can send a notification email so the issue can be corrected. The service requires a working SBN data-server connection; if the connection cannot be established at start-up, the service logs the reason and stops.

Service Manager

Instructions for installing and interacting with this service is found here.

Service Properties

Only properties specific to this service are listed here. Common service properties (SBN Server connection, Logging, SMTP) are found here.

Timer (In Seconds)

How often the service checks SBN for new activity. The service waits this many seconds between cycles, then gathers and sends any new purchase-order and accounting records found.

Verbose Logging

When enabled, the service writes extra detail to its log. Normally left off to keep the log concise; turn it on only when troubleshooting.

Version

Selects which version of the external endpoint integration the service uses when posting data.

URL

The address of the external NAV endpoint that receives the purchase-order and accounting data.

Username

The user name used to authenticate to the external NAV endpoint.

Password

The password used to authenticate to the external NAV endpoint.

Domain

The network domain used together with the user name and password to authenticate to the external NAV endpoint.