Connecting to Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to Microsoft Dynamics NAV and configure any necessary connection properties. You can create a connection profile by clicking Get Data and selecting From Microsoft Dynamics NAV on the CData ribbon.

Advanced Configurations

You can also configure add-in capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced add-in configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Configuring a Connection Profile

You can configure access control in a connection profile by defining the operations allowed against Microsoft Dynamics NAV data and store the profile in the workbook to make the workbook easy to share. See Managing Connections for more configuration options for connection profiles.

Connecting from Excel

The add-in adds controls to the Excel ribbon, standard Excel formulas, and VBA classes for writing macros.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV Version Support

The add-in supports read/write access to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013+ through OData Web services. To access data through the API, you will need to publish the pages you want to work with as Web services: In the Web or Windows Dynamics NAV client, search for 'Web services.' To add a page to the list of the pages exposed, select the Object Type and Object Id.

See Also

• See Using the Excel Add-In to work with Microsoft Dynamics NAV data from the CData ribbon.
• By Writing Parameterized Queries in the From Microsoft Dynamics NAV dialog, you can easily create a dynamic spreadsheet based on an underlying SQL SELECT query. Cell values provide the query's input parameters.
• Use the CData Excel Functions to execute multiple queries from the same sheet or to use cells and ranges to manipulate Microsoft Dynamics NAV data.
• See Using the Excel Add-In (VBA) to write macros that can automate any of the capabilities available on the ribbon.