The CData Sync App provides a straightforward way to continuously pipeline your Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central data to any database, data lake, or data warehouse, making it easily available for Analytics, Reporting, AI, and Machine Learning.
The Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central connector can be used from the CData Sync application to pull data from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and move it to any of the supported destinations.
The Sync App supports read/write access to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central through OData Web services.
For required properties, see the Settings tab.
For connection properties that are not typically required, see the Advanced tab.
To connect to data, specify OrganizationURL, where OrganizationURL is one of the following:
The following are examples of on-premises endpoints:
https://base URL:port/serverinstance/api/API publisher/API group/API version/ https://base URL:port//serverinstance/ODataV4 https://myInstance/.local:7048/BC220/ODataV4The URL is blocked by default; your administrator must enable access to it.
For information about on how to specify the OrganizationURL and which endpoints are available, see Business Central Endpoints.
If you have multiple companies in your organization, you can specify the Company to identify the company to which you want to connect. If you leave Company blank, the Sync App retrieves all companies as separate schemas.
Note: User and Access key Authentication is no longer supported for the Cloud version. Web Service Access Key (Basic authentication) is still supported for on-premisees instances.
Microsoft recommends using User and Access Keys for testing and development, but discourages their use for production environments.
To obtain the User and AccessKey values, navigate to the Users page in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and then click on Edit. The User Name and Web Service Access Key values are what you will enter as the User and AccessKey connection string properties. Note that the User Name is not your email address. It is a shortened user name.
To use Access Key authentication, set these properties:
You can authenticate to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central in any of the following ways.
Set the User along with the AccessKey to authenticate to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central source.
Note: Microsoft has rebranded Azure AD as Entra ID. In topics that require the user to interact with the Entra ID Admin site, we use the same names Microsoft does. However, there are still CData connection properties whose names or values reference "Azure AD".
Microsoft Entra ID is a multi-tenant, cloud-based identity and access management platform. It supports OAuth-based authentication flows that enable the driver to access Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central endpoints securely.
Authentication to Entra ID via a web application always requires that you first create and register a custom OAuth application. This enables your application to define its own redirect URI, manage credential scope, and comply with organization-specific security policies.
For full instructions on how to create and register a custom OAuth application, see Creating an Entra ID (Azure AD) Application.
After setting AuthScheme to AzureAD, the steps to authenticate vary, depending on the environment. For details on how to connect from desktop applications, web-based workflows, or headless systems, see the following sections.
Note: Microsoft has rebranded Azure AD as Entra ID. In topics that require the user to interact with the Entra ID Admin site, we use the same names Microsoft does. However, there are still CData connection properties whose names or values reference "Azure AD".
Service principals are security objects within a Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) application that define what that application can do within a specific tenant.
Service principals are created in the Entra admin center, also accessible through the Azure portal.
As part of the creation process we also specify whether the service principal will access Entra resources via a client secret or a certificate.
Depending on the service you are connecting to, a tenant administrator may need to enable Service Principal authentication or assign the Service Principal to the appropriate roles or security groups.
Instead of being tied to a particular user, service principal permissions are based on the roles assigned to them. These roles determine which resources the application can access and which operations it can perform.
When authenticating using a service principal, you must register an application with an Entra tenant, as described in Creating a Service Principal App in Entra ID (Azure AD).
This subsection describes properties you must set before you can connect. These vary, depending on whether you will authenticate via a client secret or a certificate.
If you are running Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on an Azure VM and want to automatically obtain Managed Service Identity (MSI) credentials to connect, set AuthScheme to AzureMSI.
If your VM has multiple user-assigned managed identities, you must also specify OAuthClientId.
Authenticating to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central via Kerberos requires you to define authentication properties and to choose how Kerberos should retrieve authentication tickets.
To authenticate to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central using Kerberos, set these properties:
In addition to the authentication values, set:
To set up service-to-service authentication, you must first register an application in your Azure AD tenant for authenticating API calls against Business Central.
After you have registered the required app in your Azure AD tenant, do the following:
Note: The D365 AUTOMATION and EXTEND. MGT. - ADMIN system permissions sets and user groups provide access to most typical objects used with automation. (EXTEND. MGT. - ADMIN replaces the earlier D365 EXTENSION MGT permission set.)
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central supports several different endpoints to connect to data, in two categories: Common Service endpoints, and Web Services endpoints. Within each category, each set of endpoints is split into Production and Testing endpoints. Production endpoints require an OAuth connection, whereas Testing endpoints may be connected to via User and AccessKey. Note that both Production and Testing endpoints access and interact with the same data. The main difference between them is the type of authentication that is allowed.
Note: Basic authentication is no longer supported for the cloud version.
By default, the OrganizationURL attempts to resolve to a Common Service Production endpoint if any https://businesscentral.dynamics.com/ URL is specified. However, this may be configured by modifying the EndpointType. In addition, specifying any https://api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/ overrides both EndpointType and UseSandbox as it causes Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to use the specified OrganizationURL without alteration.
Common Service endpoints contain the business data associated with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. For instance, accounts, sales orders, and sales invoices are all found on the Common Service.
Note: The Tenant Id is the ID of your tenant in Azure that the Business Central app is available on. To find this, do either of the following:
Look for environment names at https://businesscentral.dynamics.com/{tenant id}/admin.
Web Service endpoints include anything that has been custom exposed in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. This can include KPIs, reports, individual entities, or other feeds. To get an idea of what is exposed by these endpoints, navigate to Service, click the magnifying glass and search for Web Services.
To connect to custom API endpoints, you set OrganizationURL to your custom base URL, which is in the format: https://api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/v2.0/{tenant}/api/{API publisher}/{API group}/{API version}
This section details a selection of advanced features of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Sync App.
The Sync App supports the use of user defined views, virtual tables whose contents are decided by a pre-configured user defined query. These views are useful when you cannot directly control queries being issued to the drivers. For an overview of creating and configuring custom views, see User Defined Views .
Use SSL Configuration to adjust how Sync App handles TLS/SSL certificate negotiations. You can choose from various certificate formats;. For further information, see the SSLServerCert property under "Connection String Options" .
Configure the Sync App for compliance with Firewall and Proxy, including Windows proxies and HTTP proxies. You can also set up tunnel connections.
For further information, see Query Processing.
By default, the Sync App attempts to negotiate TLS with the server. The server certificate is validated against the default system trusted certificate store. You can override how the certificate gets validated using the SSLServerCert connection property.
To specify another certificate, see the SSLServerCert connection property.
To authenticate to an HTTP proxy, set the following:
Set the following properties:
The CData Sync App models Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central data in relational tables, views, and stored procedures. The table definitions are dynamically obtained from the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central OData service when you connect. Any changes to the metadata, such as new or removed columns, or changes in data type, are automatically loaded when you reconnect.
The Sync App models the writable entities described in the service metadata document as bidirectional Tables.
Stored Procedures are actions that are invoked via SQL queries. They perform tasks beyond standard CRUD operations, such as retrieving or refreshing OAuth access tokens.
The Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Sync App only exposes tables configured as Web Services in your account. It uses the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Odata services to dynamically obtain and display the list of tables when you connect. You can display additional tables. See the following section for instructions on how to add them.
To display tables (endpoints) other than those the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Sync App has displayed, you must configure the tables you want as a Web Service from your account. The Sync App then detects the exposed endpoints and displays them.
To do this, follow these steps:
Some Business Central API pages, including most API v2.0 pages, have fields based on AL Enum objects.
Fields based on AL Enum objects must have names that are consistent and stay the same so that filters on the report always work no matter the language or OS you are using. For this reason, the fields based on AL Enums are not translated and Business Central API requires them to be encoded to avoid any special characters.
To filter with an enum value, you must encode the value by refering to https://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/TestSuite/results/4/XEP/symbol.pdf documentation and adding _(underscore) before and after the symbol.
For example, a space is "_x0020_", so the following code snippet will work.
SELECT * FROM DimensionSetLines WHERE parentid={id} and parentType='Sales_x0020_Order'
Tip: To check whether a field is an enum object, refer to the IsEnumeration column of the sys_tablecolumns table.
Be aware that INSERT statements on the SalesInvoiceLines table only work when the status of the sales invoice is 'DRAFT'. If the status is 'PAID' or 'OPEN' the INSERT statement does not complete successfully. This is an API limitation.
Stored procedures are function-like interfaces that extend the functionality of the Sync App beyond simple SELECT/INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Stored procedures accept a list of parameters, perform their intended function, and then return any relevant response data from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, along with an indication of whether the procedure succeeded or failed.
| Name | Description |
| GetAdminConsentURL | Generates the admin consent URL required for granting application access to a specified domain. An administrator must open this URL separately to authorize the application when using custom OAuth credentials. |
| RequestRawValue | Requests the raw value of a property by providing the full path to the resource. This can be used to retrieve primitive types or binary streams such as document attachments. |
Generates the admin consent URL required for granting application access to a specified domain. An administrator must open this URL separately to authorize the application when using custom OAuth credentials.
EXEC GetAdminConsentURL CallbackURL = 'http://localhost:3333'
| Name | Type | Description |
| CallbackUrl | String | The URL where users are redirected after authorizing the application. It must match the Reply URL configured in the Azure Active Directory (AD) app settings. |
| State | String | The state parameter you originally sent when requesting the authorization code. It helps maintain state between request and callback. |
| Name | Type | Description |
| URL | String | The authorization URL that users enter in a Web browser to retrieve the verifier token and grant access to your application. |
Fetches the OAuth Access Token, which is used to authenticate and authorize API calls made to Dynamics 365 Business Central.
| Name | Type | Description |
| AuthMode | String | Specifies the type of authentication being used. Use 'App' for Windows applications or 'Web' for web-based applications.
The default value is APP. |
| Verifier | String | The verifier token returned by the service, required to obtain the access token. This is needed only when using the 'Web' authentication mode and is obtained by navigating to the URL provided by the GetOAuthAuthorizationUrl function. |
| CallbackUrl | String | The URL to which the user is redirected after authorizing your application. This must match the Reply URL configured in the application's Azure AD settings. |
| State | String | A value used to maintain application state between the authorization request and response. This value is echoed back by the Dynamics authorization server and can be used for purposes such as resource redirection, nonce generation, and cross-site request forgery mitigation. |
| Prompt | String | Determines the behavior of the authentication prompt. Defaults to 'select_account' to prompt the user to select an account. Use 'None' for no prompt, 'login' to force credential entry, or 'consent' to trigger the OAuth consent dialog for granting permissions. |
| Name | Type | Description |
| OAuthAccessToken | String | The OAuth Access Token issued upon successful authentication. This token is used to access protected resources. |
| OAuthRefreshToken | String | An OAuth Refresh Token that can be used to obtain a new access token without requiring the user to reauthenticate. |
| ExpiresIn | String | The duration, in seconds, for which the access token is valid before it expires. |
Retrieves the OAuth Authorization URL, allowing the client to direct the user's browser to the authorization server and initiate the OAuth process.
| Name | Type | Description |
| CallbackURL | String | The URL to which the user is redirected after authorizing your application. This must match the Reply URL configured in the Azure Active Directory application settings. |
| State | String | A value used to maintain application state between the authorization request and response. This value is echoed back by the Dynamics authorization server and can be used for purposes such as redirecting the user to the correct resource, nonce generation, and mitigating cross-site request forgery attacks. |
| Prompt | String | Determines the behavior of the authentication prompt. Defaults to 'select_account', which prompts the user to select an account. Use 'None' for no prompt, 'login' to force credential entry, or 'consent' to trigger the OAuth consent dialog for granting app permissions |
| Name | Type | Description |
| Url | String | The generated authorization URL that the user must open to grant permission and authorize your application. |
Refreshes an expired OAuth Access Token to maintain continuous authenticated access to Dynamics 365 Business Central resources without requiring reauthorization from the user.
| Name | Type | Description |
| OAuthRefreshToken | String | The OAuth Refresh Token obtained from the original authorization code exchange. This token is used to request a new access token without requiring user reauthentication. |
| Name | Type | Description |
| OAuthAccessToken | String | The new OAuth Access Token issued by the service, used to authenticate and access protected resources. |
| OAuthRefreshToken | String | A new OAuth Refresh Token that can be used to obtain additional access tokens as needed. |
| ExpiresIn | String | The duration, in seconds, for which the new access token remains valid before expiring. |
Requests the raw value of a property by providing the full path to the resource. This can be used to retrieve primitive types or binary streams such as document attachments.
EXEC RequestRawValue MediaReadLink = 'https://api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/v2.0/production/api/v2.0/companies(company-id)/documentAttachments(attachment-id)/attachmentContent'
| Name | Type | Description |
| MediaReadLink | String | The url to the resource. This can be the full url to a stream resource or to a primitive property |
| FileName | String | The name of the file where the data from the stream will be written to. EX: C:\\Users\\Public\\document.pdf |
| Name | Type | Description |
| FileData | String | If neither FileName or FileStream are provided, the content will be displayed here as Base64Encoded |
| Success | String | Whether the procedure was successful or not |
The Sync App maps types from the data source to the corresponding data type available in the schema. The table below documents these mappings.
| Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (OData V4) | CData Schema |
| Edm.Binary | binary |
| Edm.Boolean | bool |
| Edm.Date | datetime |
| Edm.DateTimeOffset | datetime |
| Edm.Decimal | decimal |
| Edm.Double | double |
| Edm.Guid | guid |
| Edm.Int32 | int |
| Edm.String | string |
| Edm.TimeOfDay | time |
The connection string properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection string for this provider. Click the links for further details.
For more information on establishing a connection, see Establishing a Connection.
| Property | Description |
| AuthScheme | Specifies the type of authentication to use when connecting to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. If this property is left blank, the default authentication is used. |
| OrganizationURL | Provides the URL to your Dynamics 365 organization, sometimes referred to as the resource. |
| User | Provides the username of the Dynamics 365 OnPremise account used to authenticate to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central server. |
| Password | Specifies the authenticating user's password. |
| AccessKey | Identifies the access key used to authenticate to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. This value is accessible from your security credentials page. |
| Company | Provides the name of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central company, which can be found in the Company Information page. |
| UseSandbox | Indicates whether or not a sandbox is being used. |
| Property | Description |
| AzureTenant | Identifies the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central tenant being used to access data. Accepts either the tenant's domain name (for example, contoso.onmicrosoft.com ) or its directory (tenant) ID. |
| AzureEnvironment | Specifies the Azure network environment to which you will connect. Must be the same network to which your Azure account was added. |
| Property | Description |
| OAuthClientId | Specifies the client ID (also known as the consumer key) assigned to your custom OAuth application. This ID is required to identify the application to the OAuth authorization server during authentication. |
| OAuthClientSecret | Specifies the client secret assigned to your custom OAuth application. This confidential value is used to authenticate the application to the OAuth authorization server. (Custom OAuth applications only.). |
| Property | Description |
| OAuthJWTCert | Supplies the name of the client certificate's JWT Certificate store. |
| OAuthJWTCertType | Identifies the type of key store containing the JWT Certificate. |
| OAuthJWTCertPassword | Provides the password for the OAuth JWT certificate used to access a password-protected certificate store. If the certificate store does not require a password, leave this property blank. |
| OAuthJWTCertSubject | Identifies the subject of the OAuth JWT certificate used to locate a matching certificate in the store. Supports partial matches and the wildcard '*' to select the first certificate. |
| Property | Description |
| KerberosKDC | Identifies the Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) service used to authenticate the user. (SPNEGO or Windows authentication only). |
| KerberosRealm | Identifies the Kerberos Realm used to authenticate the user. |
| KerberosSPN | Identifies the service principal name (SPN) for the Kerberos Domain Controller. |
| KerberosUser | Confirms the principal name for the Kerberos Domain Controller, which uses the format host/user@realm. |
| KerberosKeytabFile | Identifies the Keytab file containing your pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys. |
| KerberosServiceRealm | Identifies the service's Kerberos realm. (Cross-realm authentication only). |
| KerberosServiceKDC | Identifies the service's Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC). |
| KerberosTicketCache | Specifies the full file path to an MIT Kerberos credential cache file. |
| Property | Description |
| SSLServerCert | Specifies the certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
| Property | Description |
| FirewallType | Specifies the protocol the provider uses to tunnel traffic through a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallServer | Identifies the IP address, DNS name, or host name of a proxy used to traverse a firewall and relay user queries to network resources. |
| FirewallPort | Specifies the TCP port to be used for a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallUser | Identifies the user ID of the account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallPassword | Specifies the password of the user account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall. |
| Property | Description |
| ProxyAutoDetect | Specifies whether the provider checks your system proxy settings for existing proxy server configurations, rather than using a manually specified proxy server. |
| ProxyServer | Identifies the hostname or IP address of the proxy server through which you want to route HTTP traffic. |
| ProxyPort | Identifies the TCP port on your specified proxy server that has been reserved for routing HTTP traffic to and from the client. |
| ProxyAuthScheme | Specifies the authentication method the provider uses when authenticating to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property. |
| ProxyUser | Provides the username of a user account registered with the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property. |
| ProxyPassword | Specifies the password of the user specified in the ProxyUser connection property. |
| ProxySSLType | Specifies the SSL type to use when connecting to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property. |
| ProxyExceptions | Specifies a semicolon-separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the proxy server set in the ProxyServer connection property. |
| Property | Description |
| LogModules | Specifies the core modules to include in the log file. Use a semicolon-separated list of module names. By default, all modules are logged. |
| Property | Description |
| Location | Specifies the location of a directory containing schema files that define tables, views, and stored procedures. Depending on your service's requirements, this may be expressed as either an absolute path or a relative path. |
| BrowsableSchemas | Optional setting that restricts the schemas reported to a subset of all available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC . |
| Tables | Optional setting that restricts the tables reported to a subset of all available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC . |
| Views | Optional setting that restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC . |
| Property | Description |
| EnableAtomicBatchOperations | This property indicates that all Create, Update, and Delete (CUD) requests in a batch are handled as a single action. The success of the entire batch depends on the outcome of all requests. If any single request fails, the whole batch fails and no changes are applied. |
| EndpointType | Specifies the type of endpoint the OrganizationURL should resolve to. |
| IncludeNavigationProperties | Specifies whether the column listing should include navigation properties. |
| MaxRows | Specifies the maximum number of rows returned for queries that do not include either aggregation or GROUP BY. |
| MinimumColumnSize | Specifies the minimum size, in characters, for Edm.String columns. If Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central reports a smaller size, the provider uses this value instead. |
| Other | Specifies advanced connection properties for specialized scenarios. Use this property only under the guidance of our Support team to address specific issues. |
| Pagesize | Specifies the maximum number of records per page the provider returns when requesting data from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. |
| PseudoColumns | Specifies the pseudocolumns to expose as table columns, expressed as a string in the format 'TableName=ColumnName;TableName=ColumnName'. |
| Timeout | Specifies the maximum time, in seconds, that the provider waits for a server response before throwing a timeout error. |
| UserDefinedViews | Specifies a filepath to a JSON configuration file that defines custom views. The provider automatically detects and uses the views specified in this file. |
| UseSimpleNames | Specifies whether or not simple names should be used for tables and columns. |
This section provides a complete list of the Authentication properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
| Property | Description |
| AuthScheme | Specifies the type of authentication to use when connecting to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. If this property is left blank, the default authentication is used. |
| OrganizationURL | Provides the URL to your Dynamics 365 organization, sometimes referred to as the resource. |
| User | Provides the username of the Dynamics 365 OnPremise account used to authenticate to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central server. |
| Password | Specifies the authenticating user's password. |
| AccessKey | Identifies the access key used to authenticate to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. This value is accessible from your security credentials page. |
| Company | Provides the name of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central company, which can be found in the Company Information page. |
| UseSandbox | Indicates whether or not a sandbox is being used. |
Specifies the type of authentication to use when connecting to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. If this property is left blank, the default authentication is used.
Available authentication options include:
For information about creating a custom application to authenticate with Azure AD, see Creating an Entra ID (Azure AD) Application.
For information about creating a custom application to authenticate with Azure AD Service Principal, see Creating a Service Principal App in Entra ID (Azure AD).
Provides the URL to your Dynamics 365 organization, sometimes referred to as the resource.
To find the correct URL for your Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central instance, click the Search icon and enter "Web Services". Monitor the OData v4 URL. The end value should be the web service endpoint (minus the Company).
For example, if the OData v4 URL is https://api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/v1.0/businesscentralid/ODataV4/, the web service endpoint correct URL is https://api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/v1.0.
To connect to custom APIs, set this property to the base URL of your Dynamics 365 custom API. For instance, https://api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/v2.0/{environmentName}/api/{API publisher}/{API group}/{API version} or https://api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/v2.0/{tenant}/{environmentName}/api/{API publisher}/{API group}/{API version}.
For more details on how to specify the OrganizationURL and which endpoints are available, see Business Central Endpoints.
Provides the username of the Dynamics 365 OnPremise account used to authenticate to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central server.
Together with AccessKey, this field is used to authenticate to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central server.
Specifies the authenticating user's password.
The authenticating server requires both User and Password to validate the user's identity.
Identifies the access key used to authenticate to the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. This value is accessible from your security credentials page.
Together with User, this field is used to authenticate against the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Provides the name of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central company, which can be found in the Company Information page.
To retrieve data from a single company, provide the company name here.
To retrieve data from all available companies as separate schemas, leave this property blank.
Indicates whether or not a sandbox is being used.
Set this to true if you have a sandbox name other than simply 'sandbox'. If you are not using a sandbox, either enter false, or just leave this field blank.
This section provides a complete list of the Azure Authentication properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
| Property | Description |
| AzureTenant | Identifies the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central tenant being used to access data. Accepts either the tenant's domain name (for example, contoso.onmicrosoft.com ) or its directory (tenant) ID. |
| AzureEnvironment | Specifies the Azure network environment to which you will connect. Must be the same network to which your Azure account was added. |
Identifies the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central tenant being used to access data. Accepts either the tenant's domain name (for example, contoso.onmicrosoft.com ) or its directory (tenant) ID.
A tenant is a digital container for your organization's users and resources, managed through Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD). Each tenant is associated with a unique directory ID, and often with a custom domain (for example, microsoft.com or contoso.onmicrosoft.com).
To find the directory (tenant) ID in the Microsoft Entra Admin Center, navigate to Microsoft Entra ID > Properties and copy the value labeled "Directory (tenant) ID".
This property is required in the following cases:
You can provide the tenant value in one of two formats:
Specifying the tenant explicitly ensures that the authentication request is routed to the correct directory, which is especially important when a user belongs to multiple tenants or when using service principal–based authentication.
If this value is omitted when required, authentication may fail or connect to the wrong tenant. This can result in errors such as unauthorized or resource not found.
Specifies the Azure network environment to which you will connect. Must be the same network to which your Azure account was added.
Required if your Azure account is part of a different network than the Global network, such as China, USGOVT, or USGOVTDOD.
This section provides a complete list of the OAuth properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
| Property | Description |
| OAuthClientId | Specifies the client ID (also known as the consumer key) assigned to your custom OAuth application. This ID is required to identify the application to the OAuth authorization server during authentication. |
| OAuthClientSecret | Specifies the client secret assigned to your custom OAuth application. This confidential value is used to authenticate the application to the OAuth authorization server. (Custom OAuth applications only.). |
Specifies the client ID (also known as the consumer key) assigned to your custom OAuth application. This ID is required to identify the application to the OAuth authorization server during authentication.
This property is required in two cases:
(When the driver provides embedded OAuth credentials, this value may already be provided by the Sync App and thus not require manual entry.)
OAuthClientId is generally used alongside other OAuth-related properties such as OAuthClientSecret and OAuthSettingsLocation when configuring an authenticated connection.
OAuthClientId is one of the key connection parameters that need to be set before users can authenticate via OAuth. You can usually find this value in your identity provider’s application registration settings. Look for a field labeled Client ID, Application ID, or Consumer Key.
While the client ID is not considered a confidential value like a client secret, it is still part of your application's identity and should be handled carefully. Avoid exposing it in public repositories or shared configuration files.
For more information on how this property is used when configuring a connection, see Establishing a Connection.
Specifies the client secret assigned to your custom OAuth application. This confidential value is used to authenticate the application to the OAuth authorization server. (Custom OAuth applications only.).
This property (sometimes called the application secret or consumer secret) is required when using a custom OAuth application in any flow that requires secure client authentication, such as web-based OAuth, service-based connections, or certificate-based authorization flows. It is not required when using an embedded OAuth application.
The client secret is used during the token exchange step of the OAuth flow, when the driver requests an access token from the authorization server. If this value is missing or incorrect, authentication fails with either an invalid_client or an unauthorized_client error.
OAuthClientSecret is one of the key connection parameters that need to be set before users can authenticate via OAuth. You can obtain this value from your identity provider when registering the OAuth application.
Notes:
For more information on how this property is used when configuring a connection, see Establishing a Connection
This section provides a complete list of the JWT OAuth properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
| Property | Description |
| OAuthJWTCert | Supplies the name of the client certificate's JWT Certificate store. |
| OAuthJWTCertType | Identifies the type of key store containing the JWT Certificate. |
| OAuthJWTCertPassword | Provides the password for the OAuth JWT certificate used to access a password-protected certificate store. If the certificate store does not require a password, leave this property blank. |
| OAuthJWTCertSubject | Identifies the subject of the OAuth JWT certificate used to locate a matching certificate in the store. Supports partial matches and the wildcard '*' to select the first certificate. |
Supplies the name of the client certificate's JWT Certificate store.
The OAuthJWTCertType field specifies the type of the certificate store specified in OAuthJWTCert. If the store is password-protected, use OAuthJWTCertPassword to supply the password..
OAuthJWTCert is used in conjunction with the OAuthJWTCertSubject field in order to specify client certificates. If OAuthJWTCert has a value, and OAuthJWTCertSubject is set, the CData Sync App initiates a search for a certificate. For further information, see OAuthJWTCertSubject.
Designations of certificate stores are platform-dependent.
Notes
Identifies the type of key store containing the JWT Certificate.
| Value | Description | Notes |
| USER | A certificate store owned by the current user. | Only available in Windows. |
| MACHINE | A machine store. | Not available in Java or other non-Windows environments. |
| PFXFILE | A PFX (PKCS12) file containing certificates. | |
| PFXBLOB | A string (base-64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS12) format. | |
| JKSFILE | A Java key store (JKS) file containing certificates. | Only available in Java. |
| JKSBLOB | A string (base-64-encoded) representing a certificate store in Java key store (JKS) format. | Only available in Java. |
| PEMKEY_FILE | A PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate. | |
| PEMKEY_BLOB | A string (base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate. | |
| PUBLIC_KEY_FILE | A file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate. | |
| PUBLIC_KEY_BLOB | A string (base-64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate. | |
| SSHPUBLIC_KEY_FILE | A file that contains an SSH-style public key. | |
| SSHPUBLIC_KEY_BLOB | A string (base-64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key. | |
| P7BFILE | A PKCS7 file containing certificates. | |
| PPKFILE | A file that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key). | |
| XMLFILE | A file that contains a certificate in XML format. | |
| XMLBLOB | Astring that contains a certificate in XML format. | |
| BCFKSFILE | A file that contains an Bouncy Castle keystore. | |
| BCFKSBLOB | A string (base-64-encoded) that contains a Bouncy Castle keystore. |
Provides the password for the OAuth JWT certificate used to access a password-protected certificate store. If the certificate store does not require a password, leave this property blank.
This property specifies the password needed to open a password-protected certificate store. To determine if a password is necessary, refer to the documentation or configuration for your specific certificate store.
Identifies the subject of the OAuth JWT certificate used to locate a matching certificate in the store. Supports partial matches and the wildcard '*' to select the first certificate.
The value of this property is used to locate a matching certificate in the store. The search process works as follows:
You can set the value to '*' to automatically select the first certificate in the store. The certificate subject is a comma-separated list of distinguished name fields and values. For example: CN=www.server.com, OU=test, C=US, [email protected].
Common fields include:
| Field | Meaning |
| CN | Common Name. This is commonly a host name like www.server.com. |
| O | Organization |
| OU | Organizational Unit |
| L | Locality |
| S | State |
| C | Country |
| E | Email Address |
If a field value contains a comma, enclose it in quotes. For example: "O=ACME, Inc.".
This section provides a complete list of the Kerberos properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
| Property | Description |
| KerberosKDC | Identifies the Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) service used to authenticate the user. (SPNEGO or Windows authentication only). |
| KerberosRealm | Identifies the Kerberos Realm used to authenticate the user. |
| KerberosSPN | Identifies the service principal name (SPN) for the Kerberos Domain Controller. |
| KerberosUser | Confirms the principal name for the Kerberos Domain Controller, which uses the format host/user@realm. |
| KerberosKeytabFile | Identifies the Keytab file containing your pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys. |
| KerberosServiceRealm | Identifies the service's Kerberos realm. (Cross-realm authentication only). |
| KerberosServiceKDC | Identifies the service's Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC). |
| KerberosTicketCache | Specifies the full file path to an MIT Kerberos credential cache file. |
Identifies the Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) service used to authenticate the user. (SPNEGO or Windows authentication only).
The Kerberos properties are used when using SPNEGO or Windows Authentication. The Sync App requests session tickets and temporary session keys from the Kerberos KDC service, which is usually co-located with the domain controller.
If KerberosKDC is not specified, the Sync App tries to detect these properties automatically from the following locations:
Identifies the Kerberos Realm used to authenticate the user.
A realm is a logical network, similar to a domain, that defines a group of systems under the same master KDC. Some realms are hierarchical, where one realm is a superset of the other realm, but usually realms are nonhierarchical (or “direct”) and the mapping between the two realms must be defined. Kerberos cross-realm authentication enables authentication across realms. Each realm only needs to have a principal entry for the other realm in its KDC.
The Kerberos properties are used when using SPNEGO or Windows Authentication. The Sync App requests session tickets and temporary session keys from the Kerberos KDC service, which is usually co-located with the domain controller. The Kerberos Realm can be configured by an administrator to be any string, but it is usually based on the domain name.
If Kerberos Realm is not specified, the Sync App will attempt to detect these properties automatically from the following locations:
Identifies the service principal name (SPN) for the Kerberos Domain Controller.
If the SPN on the Kerberos Domain Controller is not the same as the URL that you are authenticating to, use this property to set the SPN to the KDC's URL.
Confirms the principal name for the Kerberos Domain Controller, which uses the format host/user@realm.
If there is a Kerberos principal, that Kerberos principal name should always be used to authenticate to the database.
Identifies the Keytab file containing your pairs of Kerberos principals and encrypted keys.
A keytab (short for “key table”) stores long-term keys for one or more principals. In most cases, end users authenticate to the KDC using their client secret (password). However, in situations where authentication or re-authentication happen using automated scripts and applications, it may be more efficient to use a keytab, which sends passwords to the KDC in encrypted form, automatically.
Keytabs are normally represented by files in a standard format, and named using the format type:value. Usually type is FILE and value is the absolute pathname of the file. The other possible value for type is MEMORY, which indicates a temporary keytab stored in the memory of the current process.
A keytab contains one or more entries, where each entry consists of a timestamp (indicating when the entry was written to the keytab), a principal name, a key version number, an encryption type, and the encryption key itself. They can be generated using kutil.
For example:
[admin@myhost]# ktutil ktutil: addent -password -p starlord/[email protected] -k 1 -e aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96 Password for starlord/myhost.galaxy.com: ktutil: addent -password -p starlord/[email protected] -k 1 -e aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96 Password for starlord/myhost.galaxy.com: ktutil: addent -password -p starlord/[email protected] -k 1 -e des3-cbc-sha1 Password for starlord/myhost.galaxy.com: ktutil: wkt /path/to/starlord.keytab
Note: You must create principals for all authentication methods (encryption types) you want to support.
To display a keytab, use klist -k.
Identifies the service's Kerberos realm. (Cross-realm authentication only).
The KerberosServiceRealm is used to specify a service's KerberosRealm when using cross-realm Kerberos authentication.
In most cases, a single realm and KDC machine are used to perform the Kerberos authentication, which means that this property would not be required. However, the property is available for complex setups where a different realm and KDC machine are used to obtain an authentication ticket (AS request) and a service ticket (TGS request).
Identifies the service's Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC).
The KerberosServiceKDC is used to specify the service Kerberos KDC when using cross-realm Kerberos authentication.
In most cases, a single realm and KDC machine are used to perform the Kerberos authentication, which means that this property would not be required. However, the property is available for complex setups where a different realm and KDC machine are used to obtain an authentication ticket (AS request) and a service ticket (TGS request).
Specifies the full file path to an MIT Kerberos credential cache file.
Set this property if you want to use a credential cache file that was created using the MIT Kerberos Ticket Manager or kinit command.
This section provides a complete list of the SSL properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
| Property | Description |
| SSLServerCert | Specifies the certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
Specifies the certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.
If you are using a TLS/SSL connection, use this property to specify the TLS/SSL certificate to be accepted from the server. If you specify a value for this property, all other certificates that are not trusted by the machine are rejected.
This property can take the following forms:
| Description | Example |
| A full PEM Certificate (example shortened for brevity) | -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIChTCCAe4CAQAwDQYJKoZIhv......Qw== -----END CERTIFICATE----- |
| A path to a local file containing the certificate | C:\cert.cer |
| The public key (example shortened for brevity) | -----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY----- MIGfMA0GCSq......AQAB -----END RSA PUBLIC KEY----- |
| The MD5 Thumbprint (hex values can also be either space- or colon-separated) | ecadbdda5a1529c58a1e9e09828d70e4 |
| The SHA1 Thumbprint (hex values can also be either space- or colon-separated) | 34a929226ae0819f2ec14b4a3d904f801cbb150d |
Note: It is possible to use '*' to signify that all certificates should be accepted, but due to security concerns this is not recommended.
This section provides a complete list of the Firewall properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
| Property | Description |
| FirewallType | Specifies the protocol the provider uses to tunnel traffic through a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallServer | Identifies the IP address, DNS name, or host name of a proxy used to traverse a firewall and relay user queries to network resources. |
| FirewallPort | Specifies the TCP port to be used for a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallUser | Identifies the user ID of the account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallPassword | Specifies the password of the user account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall. |
Specifies the protocol the provider uses to tunnel traffic through a proxy-based firewall.
A proxy-based firewall (or proxy firewall) is a network security device that acts as an intermediary between user requests and the resources they access. The proxy accepts the request of an authenticated user, tunnels through the firewall, and transmits the request to the appropriate server.
Because the proxy evaluates and transfers data backets on behalf of the requesting users, the users never connect directly with the servers, only with the proxy.
Note: By default, the Sync App connects to the system proxy. To disable this behavior and connect to one of the following proxy types, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.
The following table provides port number information for each of the supported protocols.
| Protocol | Default Port | Description |
| TUNNEL | 80 | The port where the Sync App opens a connection to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Traffic flows back and forth via the proxy at this location. |
| SOCKS4 | 1080 | The port where the Sync App opens a connection to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. SOCKS 4 then passes theFirewallUser value to the proxy, which determines whether the connection request should be granted. |
| SOCKS5 | 1080 | The port where the Sync App sends data to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. If the SOCKS 5 proxy requires authentication, set FirewallUser and FirewallPassword to credentials the proxy recognizes. |
To connect to HTTP proxies, use ProxyServer and ProxyPort. To authenticate to HTTP proxies, use ProxyAuthScheme, ProxyUser, and ProxyPassword.
Identifies the IP address, DNS name, or host name of a proxy used to traverse a firewall and relay user queries to network resources.
A proxy-based firewall (or proxy firewall) is a network security device that acts as an intermediary between user requests and the resources they access. The proxy accepts the request of an authenticated user, tunnels through the firewall, and transmits the request to the appropriate server.
Because the proxy evaluates and transfers data backets on behalf of the requesting users, the users never connect directly with the servers, only with the proxy.
Specifies the TCP port to be used for a proxy-based firewall.
A proxy-based firewall (or proxy firewall) is a network security device that acts as an intermediary between user requests and the resources they access. The proxy accepts the request of an authenticated user, tunnels through the firewall, and transmits the request to the appropriate server.
Because the proxy evaluates and transfers data backets on behalf of the requesting users, the users never connect directly with the servers, only with the proxy.
Identifies the user ID of the account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall.
A proxy-based firewall (or proxy firewall) is a network security device that acts as an intermediary between user requests and the resources they access. The proxy accepts the request of an authenticated user, tunnels through the firewall, and transmits the request to the appropriate server.
Because the proxy evaluates and transfers data backets on behalf of the requesting users, the users never connect directly with the servers, only with the proxy.
Specifies the password of the user account authenticating to a proxy-based firewall.
A proxy-based firewall (or proxy firewall) is a network security device that acts as an intermediary between user requests and the resources they access. The proxy accepts the request of an authenticated user, tunnels through the firewall, and transmits the request to the appropriate server.
Because the proxy evaluates and transfers data backets on behalf of the requesting users, the users never connect directly with the servers, only with the proxy.
This section provides a complete list of the Proxy properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
| Property | Description |
| ProxyAutoDetect | Specifies whether the provider checks your system proxy settings for existing proxy server configurations, rather than using a manually specified proxy server. |
| ProxyServer | Identifies the hostname or IP address of the proxy server through which you want to route HTTP traffic. |
| ProxyPort | Identifies the TCP port on your specified proxy server that has been reserved for routing HTTP traffic to and from the client. |
| ProxyAuthScheme | Specifies the authentication method the provider uses when authenticating to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property. |
| ProxyUser | Provides the username of a user account registered with the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property. |
| ProxyPassword | Specifies the password of the user specified in the ProxyUser connection property. |
| ProxySSLType | Specifies the SSL type to use when connecting to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property. |
| ProxyExceptions | Specifies a semicolon-separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the proxy server set in the ProxyServer connection property. |
Specifies whether the provider checks your system proxy settings for existing proxy server configurations, rather than using a manually specified proxy server.
When this connection property is set to True, the Sync App checks your system proxy settings for existing proxy server configurations (no need to manually supply proxy server details).
This connection property takes precedence over other proxy settings. If you want to configure the Sync App to connect to a specific proxy server, set ProxyAutoDetect to False.
To connect to an HTTP proxy, see ProxyServer. For other proxies, such as SOCKS or tunneling, see FirewallType.
Identifies the hostname or IP address of the proxy server through which you want to route HTTP traffic.
The Sync App only routes HTTP traffic through the proxy server specified in this connection property when ProxyAutoDetect is set to False.
If ProxyAutoDetect is set to True (the default), the Sync App instead routes HTTP traffic through the proxy server specified in your system proxy settings.
Identifies the TCP port on your specified proxy server that has been reserved for routing HTTP traffic to and from the client.
The Sync App only routes HTTP traffic through the ProxyServer port specified in this connection property when ProxyAutoDetect is set to False.
If ProxyAutoDetect is set to True (the default), the Sync App instead routes HTTP traffic through the proxy server port specified in your system proxy settings.
For other proxy types, see FirewallType.
Specifies the authentication method the provider uses when authenticating to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property.
Supported authentication types :
For all values other than NONE, you must also set the ProxyUser and ProxyPassword connection properties.
If you need to use another authentication type, such as SOCKS 5 authentication, see FirewallType.
Provides the username of a user account registered with the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property.
The ProxyUser and ProxyPassword connection properties are used to connect and authenticate against the HTTP proxy specified in ProxyServer.
After selecting one of the available authentication types in ProxyAuthScheme, set this property as follows:
| ProxyAuthScheme Value | Value to set for ProxyUser |
| BASIC | The username of a user registered with the proxy server. |
| DIGEST | The username of a user registered with the proxy server. |
| NEGOTIATE | The username of a Windows user who is a valid user in the domain or trusted domain that the proxy server is part of, in the format user@domain or domain\user. |
| NTLM | The username of a Windows user who is a valid user in the domain or trusted domain that the proxy server is part of, in the format user@domain or domain\user. |
| NONE | Do not set the ProxyPassword connection property. |
Note: The Sync App only uses this username if ProxyAutoDetect is set to False. If ProxyAutoDetect is set to True (the default), the Sync App instead uses the username specified in your system proxy settings.
Specifies the password of the user specified in the ProxyUser connection property.
The ProxyUser and ProxyPassword connection properties are used to connect and authenticate against the HTTP proxy specified in ProxyServer.
After selecting one of the available authentication types in ProxyAuthScheme, set this property as follows:
| ProxyAuthScheme Value | Value to set for ProxyPassword |
| BASIC | The password associated with the proxy server user specified in ProxyUser. |
| DIGEST | The password associated with the proxy server user specified in ProxyUser. |
| NEGOTIATE | The password associated with the Windows user account specified in ProxyUser. |
| NTLM | The password associated with the Windows user account specified in ProxyUser. |
| NONE | Do not set the ProxyPassword connection property. |
For SOCKS 5 authentication or tunneling, see FirewallType.
Note: The Sync App only uses this password if ProxyAutoDetect is set to False. If ProxyAutoDetect is set to True (the default), the Sync App instead uses the password specified in your system proxy settings.
Specifies the SSL type to use when connecting to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property.
This property determines when to use SSL for the connection to the HTTP proxy specified by ProxyServer. You can set this connection property to the following values :
| AUTO | Default setting. If ProxyServer is set to an HTTPS URL, the Sync App uses the TUNNEL option. If ProxyServer is set to an HTTP URL, the component uses the NEVER option. |
| ALWAYS | The connection is always SSL enabled. |
| NEVER | The connection is not SSL enabled. |
| TUNNEL | The connection is made through a tunneling proxy. The proxy server opens a connection to the remote host and traffic flows back and forth through the proxy. |
Specifies a semicolon-separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the proxy server set in the ProxyServer connection property.
The ProxyServer is used for all addresses, except for addresses defined in this property. Use semicolons to separate entries.
Note: The Sync App uses the system proxy settings by default, without further configuration needed. If you want to explicitly configure proxy exceptions for this connection, set ProxyAutoDetect to False.
This section provides a complete list of the Logging properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
| Property | Description |
| LogModules | Specifies the core modules to include in the log file. Use a semicolon-separated list of module names. By default, all modules are logged. |
Specifies the core modules to include in the log file. Use a semicolon-separated list of module names. By default, all modules are logged.
The Sync App writes details about each operation it performs into the logfile specified by the Logfile connection property.
Each of these logged operations are assigned to a themed category called a module, and each module has a corresponding short code used to labels individual Sync App operations as belonging to that module.
When this connection property is set to a semicolon-separated list of module codes, only operations belonging to the specified modules are written to the logfile. Note that this only affects which operations are logged moving forward and doesn't retroactively alter the existing contents of the logfile. For example: INFO;EXEC;SSL;META;
By default, logged operations from all modules are included.
You can explicitly exclude a module by prefixing it with a "-". For example: -HTTP
To apply filters to submodules, identify them with the syntax <module name>.<submodule name>. For example, the following value causes the Sync App to only log actions belonging to the HTTP module, and further refines it to exclude actions belonging to the Res submodule of the HTTP module: HTTP;-HTTP.Res
Note that the logfile filtering triggered by the Verbosity connection property takes precedence over the filtering imposed by this connection property. This means that operations of a higher verbosity level than the level specified in the Verbosity connection property are not printed in the logfile, even if they belong to one of the modules specified in this connection property.
The available modules and submodules are:
| Module Name | Module Description | Submodules |
| INFO | General Information. Includes the connection string, product version (build number), and initial connection messages. |
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| EXEC | Query Execution. Includes execution messages for user-written SQL queries, parsed SQL queries, and normalized SQL queries. Success/failure messages for queries and query pages appear here as well. |
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| HTTP | HTTP protocol messages. Includes HTTP requests/responses (including POST messages), as well as Kerberos related messages. |
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| WSDL | Messages pertaining to the generation of WSDL/XSD files. | — |
| SSL | SSL certificate messages. |
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| AUTH | Authentication related failure/success messages. |
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| SQL | Includes SQL transactions, SQL bulk transfer messages, and SQL result set messages. |
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| META | Metadata cache and schema messages. |
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| FUNC | Information related to executing SQL functions. |
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| TCP | Incoming and outgoing raw bytes on TCP transport layer messages. |
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| FTP | Messages pertaining to the File Transfer Protocol. |
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| SFTP | Messages pertaining to the Secure File Transfer Protocol. |
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| POP | Messages pertaining to data transferred via the Post Office Protocol. |
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| SMTP | Messages pertaining to data transferred via the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. |
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| CORE | Messages relating to various internal product operations not covered by other modules. | — |
| DEMN | Messages related to SQL remoting. | — |
| CLJB | Messages about bulk data uploads (cloud job). |
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| SRCE | Miscellaneous messages produced by the product that don't belong in any other module. | — |
| TRANCE | Advanced messages concerning low-level product operations. | — |
This section provides a complete list of the Schema properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
| Property | Description |
| Location | Specifies the location of a directory containing schema files that define tables, views, and stored procedures. Depending on your service's requirements, this may be expressed as either an absolute path or a relative path. |
| BrowsableSchemas | Optional setting that restricts the schemas reported to a subset of all available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC . |
| Tables | Optional setting that restricts the tables reported to a subset of all available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC . |
| Views | Optional setting that restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC . |
Specifies the location of a directory containing schema files that define tables, views, and stored procedures. Depending on your service's requirements, this may be expressed as either an absolute path or a relative path.
The Location property is only needed if you want to either customize definitions (for example, change a column name, ignore a column, etc.) or extend the data model with new tables, views, or stored procedures.
If left unspecified, the default location is %APPDATA%\\CData\\D365BusinessCentral Data Provider\\Schema, where %APPDATA% is set to the user's configuration directory:
| Platform | %APPDATA% |
| Windows | The value of the APPDATA environment variable |
| Linux | ~/.config |
Optional setting that restricts the schemas reported to a subset of all available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC .
Listing all available database schemas can take extra time, thus degrading performance. Providing a list of schemas in the connection string saves time and improves performance.
Optional setting that restricts the tables reported to a subset of all available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC .
Listing all available tables from some databases can take extra time, thus degrading performance. Providing a list of tables in the connection string saves time and improves performance.
If there are lots of tables available and you already know which ones you want to work with, you can use this property to restrict your viewing to only those tables. To do this, specify the tables you want in a comma-separated list. Each table should be a valid SQL identifier with any special characters escaped using square brackets, double-quotes or backticks. For example, Tables=TableA,[TableB/WithSlash],WithCatalog.WithSchema.`TableC With Space`.
Note: If you are connecting to a data source with multiple schemas or catalogs, you must specify each table you want to view by its fully qualified name. This avoids ambiguity between tables that may exist in multiple catalogs or schemas.
Optional setting that restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC .
Listing all available views from some databases can take extra time, thus degrading performance. Providing a list of views in the connection string saves time and improves performance.
If there are lots of views available and you already know which ones you want to work with, you can use this property to restrict your viewing to only those views. To do this, specify the views you want in a comma-separated list. Each view should be a valid SQL identifier with any special characters escaped using square brackets, double-quotes or backticks. For example, Views=ViewA,[ViewB/WithSlash],WithCatalog.WithSchema.`ViewC With Space`.
Note: If you are connecting to a data source with multiple schemas or catalogs, you must specify each view you want to examine by its fully qualified name. This avoids ambiguity between views that may exist in multiple catalogs or schemas.
This section provides a complete list of the Miscellaneous properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
| Property | Description |
| EnableAtomicBatchOperations | This property indicates that all Create, Update, and Delete (CUD) requests in a batch are handled as a single action. The success of the entire batch depends on the outcome of all requests. If any single request fails, the whole batch fails and no changes are applied. |
| EndpointType | Specifies the type of endpoint the OrganizationURL should resolve to. |
| IncludeNavigationProperties | Specifies whether the column listing should include navigation properties. |
| MaxRows | Specifies the maximum number of rows returned for queries that do not include either aggregation or GROUP BY. |
| MinimumColumnSize | Specifies the minimum size, in characters, for Edm.String columns. If Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central reports a smaller size, the provider uses this value instead. |
| Other | Specifies advanced connection properties for specialized scenarios. Use this property only under the guidance of our Support team to address specific issues. |
| Pagesize | Specifies the maximum number of records per page the provider returns when requesting data from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. |
| PseudoColumns | Specifies the pseudocolumns to expose as table columns, expressed as a string in the format 'TableName=ColumnName;TableName=ColumnName'. |
| Timeout | Specifies the maximum time, in seconds, that the provider waits for a server response before throwing a timeout error. |
| UserDefinedViews | Specifies a filepath to a JSON configuration file that defines custom views. The provider automatically detects and uses the views specified in this file. |
| UseSimpleNames | Specifies whether or not simple names should be used for tables and columns. |
This property indicates that all Create, Update, and Delete (CUD) requests in a batch are handled as a single action. The success of the entire batch depends on the outcome of all requests. If any single request fails, the whole batch fails and no changes are applied.
The behavior of the Sync App is dependent on both EnableAtomicBatchOperation and ContinueOnError. The ContinueOnError option is effective only when EnableAtomicBatchOperation is set to false.
When the EnableAtomicBatchOperations property is set to true, the Create, Update, and Delete (CUD) operations within a transaction are completed successfully as a single unit. If any part of the transaction fails, the entire transaction is aborted, and the database is left unchanged. Therefore, when atomic batch operations are enabled, ContinueOnError will be ignored.
ContinueOnError can be used in conjunction with EnableAtomicBatchOperations set to true. When EnableAtomicBatchOperations is set to true, the API will ensure that if any request in the batch fails, the entire batch will be rolled back.
Specifies the type of endpoint the OrganizationURL should resolve to.
For details on the types of endpoints in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and how to configure the EndpointType based on your use case, see Business Central Endpoints.
Specifies the maximum number of rows returned for queries that do not include either aggregation or GROUP BY.
The default value for this property, -1, means that no row limit is enforced unless the query explicitly includes a LIMIT clause. (When a query includes a LIMIT clause, the value specified in the query takes precedence over the MaxRows setting.)
Setting MaxRows to a whole number greater than 0 ensures that queries do not return excessively large result sets by default.
This property is useful for optimizing performance and preventing excessive resource consumption when executing queries that could otherwise return very large datasets.
Specifies the minimum size, in characters, for Edm.String columns. If Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central reports a smaller size, the provider uses this value instead.
When the reported size of an Edm.String column from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is less than this property value, the Sync App overrides the reported size with the configured minimum.
Set this property when you need to enforce consistent column sizes or accommodate downstream systems with minimum length requirements.
Specifies advanced connection properties for specialized scenarios. Use this property only under the guidance of our Support team to address specific issues.
This property allows advanced users to configure hidden properties for specialized situations, with the advice of our Support team. These settings are not required for normal use cases but can address unique requirements or provide additional functionality. To define multiple properties, use a semicolon-separated list.
Note: It is strongly recommended to set these properties only when advised by the Support team to address specific scenarios or issues.
| Property | Description |
| DefaultColumnSize | Sets the default length of string fields when the data source does not provide column length in the metadata. The default value is 2000. |
| ConvertDateTimeToGMT=True | Converts date-time values to GMT, instead of the local time of the machine. The default value is False (use local time). |
| RecordToFile=filename | Records the underlying socket data transfer to the specified file. |
Specifies the maximum number of records per page the provider returns when requesting data from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
When processing a query, instead of requesting all of the queried data at once from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, the Sync App can request the queried data in pieces called pages.
This connection property determines the maximum number of results that the Sync App requests per page.
Note: Setting large page sizes may improve overall query execution time, but doing so causes the Sync App to use more memory when executing queries and risks triggering a timeout.
Specifies the pseudocolumns to expose as table columns, expressed as a string in the format 'TableName=ColumnName;TableName=ColumnName'.
This property allows you to define which pseudocolumns the Sync App exposes as table columns.
To specify individual pseudocolumns, use the following format:
Table1=Column1;Table1=Column2;Table2=Column3
To include all pseudocolumns for all tables use:
*=*
Specifies the maximum time, in seconds, that the provider waits for a server response before throwing a timeout error.
The timeout applies to each individual communication with the server rather than the entire query or operation. For example, a query could continue running beyond 60 seconds if each paging call completes within the timeout limit.
Timeout is set to 60 seconds by default. To disable timeouts, set this property to 0.
Disabling the timeout allows operations to run indefinitely until they succeed or fail due to other conditions such as server-side timeouts, network interruptions, or resource limits on the server.
Note: Use this property cautiously to avoid long-running operations that could degrade performance or result in unresponsive behavior.
Specifies a filepath to a JSON configuration file that defines custom views. The provider automatically detects and uses the views specified in this file.
UserDefinedViews allows you to define and manage custom views through a JSON-formatted configuration file called UserDefinedViews.json. These views are automatically recognized by the Sync App and enable you to execute custom SQL queries as if they were standard database views. The JSON file defines each view as a root element with a child element called "query", which contains the SQL query for the view.
For example:
{
"MyView": {
"query": "SELECT * FROM Accounts WHERE MyColumn = 'value'"
},
"MyView2": {
"query": "SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Id IN (1,2,3)"
}
}
You can use this property to define multiple views in a single file and specify the filepath.
For example:
UserDefinedViews=C:\Path\To\UserDefinedViews.jsonWhen you specify a view in UserDefinedViews, the Sync App only sees that view.
For further information, see User Defined Views.
Specifies whether or not simple names should be used for tables and columns.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central tables can include special characters in their names that are typically not allowed in standard databases. This property makes the Sync App easier to use with traditional database tools.
Setting UseSimpleNames to True simplifies the names of the columns that are returned. It enforces a naming scheme where only alphanumeric characters and underscores are valid for displayed column names.
Notes:
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