Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Apps - Second Edition

Developing, configuring, and testing

The next step is to develop, configure, and test the integration. The following are some helpful tips for developing an integration solution:

• Utilize the existing code and functionalities for integration; extend as needed.
• Keep the message format generic as far as possible so that the same integration point can be used with other applications if needed. Use the XSLT transformation or other transformation tools to transform the messages into an appropriate system schema.
• Build an error handling and notification mechanism to monitor the failure. Keep a closed loop; there should be a mechanism to notify other applications of the success or failure of message processing.
• Develop the test data and a unit test ...