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How to turn on Logging for the Dynamic Connector
Sometimes you need to look at the logs of the connector because the initial error is not very descriptive and you need a few more clues. The logs are held in an unusual folder – ProgramData, which is often hidden from browsing, so you often have to paste the folder into windows explorer. below are […]
Dynamic Connector – Client Hanging when viewing log files
November 8, 2012
I had a frustrating few hours this morning when the Dynamic Connector client kept freezing, not responding before finally crashing. I seemed to be getting the error when trying to view the log files for some of the maps. I tried installing the Dynamic Connector on another server and I was getting the same error. […]
Dynamic Connector works with CRM 2011 and NAV 2013
October 4, 2012
Good news the Dynamic Connector or the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics team are keeping up the good work and development on the Dynamic Connector and already have it working with NAV 2013. I will first add I think the Connector team need to use a better name than Connector for Microsoft Dynamics because that name […]
Dynamic Connector – Web service connection errors
August 29, 2012
A few weeks ago I was getting errors connecting to the NAV webservices using the Connector. You can read more about that here http://crmbusiness.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/crm-2011-dynamic-connector-error-the-request-failed-with-http-status-401-unauthorized/ I got round the problem by using the ip address of the server, other things you can try is the full name (usually .local at the end or something like that) […]
Dynamic Connector – mapping OptionStrings in NAV to Optionsets in CRM
May 22, 2012
Firstly the article post below by the connector team was extremely useful, even if it took me a while to understand where they were putting the values because they didn’t have any screen shots. I hope the connector team write some more blog posts because the Dynamic Connector users need all the help and documentation […]
CRM 2011 – Dynamic Connector Filtering is a great new feature
April 17, 2012
Version 2 of the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics (I’m still not convinced about this name, it seems to long to me). has a great new piece of functionality. Filtering makes upgrading worthwhile alone. There are some other good things in V2 like the fact it installs the CRM solution for you, which means all you […]
Dynamic Connector – Excellent Dynamic Connector blog
March 6, 2012
This is a quick blog post with two aims regarding the Dynamic Connector. The fist aim is to point you to an excellent resource for the connector. The blog written by Konstantin is one of the best blogs on the Dynamic Connector (CRM/NAV connector as I still sometimes call it) http://www.nav-connector.com/ He has some great blog […]
CRM/NAV Connector – State Code or status code is invalid
March 1, 2012
I was getting the error above when trying to add an order in CRM the reason I was getting this error because I was using the service user to try and add records into CRM 2011. This won’t work because the service user can only create/modify records using the SDK. This is a new edition […]
CRM/NAV Connector – Crm Exception: Message: entity doesn’t contain attribute with Name = ‘name’
February 23, 2012
I have had two very frustrating days wrestling with the connector or to call it by its proper name the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics. I was trying to map Jobs to Contracts, this worked fine, a bit of tinkering to work out what values I needed to put into Contract template lookups but this is […]
CRM/NAV Connector – How to map a custom table not included in the standard maps
February 22, 2012
If you use the connector regularly you will eventually want to map a custom table which isn’t covered by the standard maps. To do this in CRM side is easy, you run the configuration utility and add the new entity but to do this in NAV requires a bit more work. The connector works (as […]
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About the Hosk
I'm a Dynamics CRM Developer - Consultant based in Birmingham, UK.
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CRM 4.0 Customization and Configuration
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CRM 4.0 Extending Microsoft Dynamics
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