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Microsoft Great Plains eCommerce: overview for developer  by: Andrew Karasev Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains was designed back in the earlier 1990th as first graphical ERP/accounting system for mid-size businesses. The architects of Great Plains Dexterity – this is the internal mid-shell, all Great Plains was written on, designed it to be easily transferable between graphical operating systems (MAC, Windows, Solaris – potentially) and database platforms – initially Great Plains was available on Ctree (both Mac and PC) and Btrieve, a bit later high end version Dynamics C/S+ was available on Microsoft SQL Server 6.5. But the idea was to catch or switch winning/losing database platform – nobody could predict if MS SQL Server, Oracle or DB 2 become a dominant DB platform, like Windows among OS. All these trade-ins for being potentially cross-platform application make the life of nowadays eCommerce developer difficult. eCommerce developers were using Microsoft IIS and ASP-based Great Plains eCommerce around 4 years ago. Today, with the move to .Net and ASPX platform, server based scripts are replaced with .Net code behind approach and Great Plains eCommerce should be rewritten. Microsoft Great Plains subdivision released SDK – eConnect which was targeted to eCommerce developers to manipulate Great Plains objects, such as Customer, SOP Order, Invoice, Quote, etc. What is a bit unpleasant – eConnect requires license key and is quite expensive for small internet eCommerce sites. Custom Stored Procedures. Companies, like Alba Spectrum Technologies have implemented multiple diversified eCommerce projects with Great Plains at the back end. So, these custom stored procedures are available on the market, but they are not packaged as eConnect and could be purchased on the individual agreement base with Microsoft Great Plains partner. Some Great Plains tables structure logic is required. You usually need consultant help, however you could try to make maximum work done at home. Tool->Resource Desciption->Tables, re-sort by Table Group technical name, then make test transactions in Great Plains (SOP module) and see where records go. This is how you design and test your queries Good luck with implementation, customization and integration and if you have issues or concerns – we are here to help! If you want us to do the job - give us a call 866-528-0577 or 630-961-5918! help@albaspectrum.com About The Author Andrew is Great Plains specialist in Alba Spectrum Technologies ( http://www.albaspectrum.com ) – Microsoft Great Plains, Navision, Microsoft CRM Partner, serving clients in California, Minnesota, Illinois, Washington, Florida, Arizona, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Canada, UK, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Russia help@albaspectrum.com This article was posted on April 18, 2005   View More Videos from the "Computers and Internet" category: How to Crochet a Cat Toy Part 6/9 How to Use Flickr Finishing Your Google Health Medical Profile How Next New Networks Build Scale with Content Creators   Read More Articles from the "Computers and Internet" Category: All about the new SCMAD Certification Exam by Whizlabs Software Web Hosts: Helping Us Navigate Through This Future Techno-World by Jesse S. Somer How To Choose The Ideal Printer by George Hutton Sirius Satellite Radio vs XM Satellite Radio – Which Streams Should You Choose? by C. J. Gustafson Microsoft CRM Lotus Notes Domino Connector FAQ by Andrew Karasev Sky Broadband – What They Offer In The UK by Caroline Telford Peer To Peer! by Ankit Talwar One Type Of Laser Printer Is The Xerox XC820 Printer And Xerox XC820 Toner Cartridge Duo by Ben Pate How To Get The Best Online Backup Service by Vaishali Kapote Surveys: Scam Or Success? by DA Whitmore << Back to "Computers And Internet" Index

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