Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Build 23.0.8839
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365
    • Establishing a Connection
    • Advanced Features
      • SSL Configuration
      • Firewall and Proxy
    • Data Model
      • Tables
      • Views
        • MultiSelectPickListAttributeMetaData
        • MultiSelectPickListOptions
        • PickListAttributeMetaData
        • PickListOptions
      • Data Type Mapping
    • Connection String Options
      • Authentication
        • AuthScheme
        • OrganizationURL
        • Edition
        • ADFSServer
        • ApiVersion
      • Azure Authentication
        • AzureTenant
        • AzureEnvironment
      • OAuth
        • OAuthClientId
        • OAuthClientSecret
        • OAuthGrantType
      • JWT OAuth
        • OAuthJWTCert
        • OAuthJWTCertType
        • OAuthJWTCertPassword
        • OAuthJWTCertSubject
        • OAuthJWTIssuer
        • OAuthJWTSubject
      • SSL
        • SSLServerCert
      • Firewall
        • FirewallType
        • FirewallServer
        • FirewallPort
        • FirewallUser
        • FirewallPassword
      • Proxy
        • ProxyAutoDetect
        • ProxyServer
        • ProxyPort
        • ProxyAuthScheme
        • ProxyUser
        • ProxyPassword
        • ProxySSLType
        • ProxyExceptions
      • Logging
        • LogModules
      • Schema
        • Location
        • BrowsableSchemas
        • Tables
        • Views
      • Miscellaneous
        • AllowDuplicateRecords
        • CrossCompany
        • CustomUrlParams
        • IncludeFormattedValues
        • IncludeLookUpLogicalName
        • IncludeNavigationProperties
        • MaxRows
        • Other
        • Pagesize
        • PseudoColumns
        • Timeout
        • UseClientSidePaging
        • UseDynamicStoredProcedures
        • UserDefinedViews

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Overview

The CData Sync App provides a straightforward way to continuously pipeline your Microsoft Dynamics 365 data to any database, data lake, or data warehouse, making it easily available for Analytics, Reporting, AI, and Machine Learning.

The Microsoft Dynamics 365 connector can be used from the CData Sync application to pull data from Microsoft Dynamics 365 and move it to any of the supported destinations.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Version Support

The Sync App supports read/write access to Microsoft Dynamics 365 through OData Web services.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Establishing a Connection

Adding a Connection to Microsoft Dynamics 365

To add a connection to Microsoft Dynamics 365:

  1. In the application console, navigate to the Connections page.
  2. At the Add Connections panel, select the icon for the connection you want to add.
  3. If the Microsoft Dynamics 365 icon is not available, click the Add More icon to download and install the Microsoft Dynamics 365 connector from the CData site.

For required properties, see the Settings tab.

For connection properties that are not typically required, see the Advanced tab.

Connecting to Microsoft Dynamics 365

Edition and OrganizationUrl are required connection properties for connection. The Microsoft Dynamics 365 driver supports connecting to the following Microsoft Dynamics 365 editions:

  • CustomerService
  • FieldService
  • FinOpsOnline
  • FinOpsOnPremise
  • HumanResources
  • Marketing
  • ProjectOperations
  • Sales

Note that "Supply Chain Management" is the same as "Finance and Operations." You can connect to it by setting the Edition to either "FinOpsOnline" or "FinOpsOnPremise."

For Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, use the separate Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central driver.

OrganizationUrl is the URL to your Microsoft Dynamics 365 organization. For instance, https://orgcb42e1d0.crm.dynamics.com

Authenticating to Microsoft Dynamics 365

OAuth

If required by your organization, Admin Consent is needed when authorizing a new OAuth application for your Azure Tenant. In all OAuth flows, the first time someone in your organization installs and uses an OAuth application, an administrator for the organization must approve the application for their Azure Tenant.

Your organization can choose, however, to disable this requirement.

Web Applications

When connecting via a Web application, you need to create and register a custom OAuth application with Microsoft Dynamics 365. See Creating a Custom OAuth Application for more information about custom applications. You can then use the Sync App to get and manage the OAuth token values.

Get an OAuth Access Token

Set the following connection properties to obtain the OAuthAccessToken:

  • AuthScheme: AzureAD.
  • OAuthClientId: The client Id in your application settings.
  • OAuthClientSecret: The client secret in your application settings

Then call stored procedures to complete the OAuth exchange:

  1. Call the GetOAuthAuthorizationUrl stored procedure. Set the CallbackURL input to the callback URL you specified in your application settings. If necessary, set the Scope parameter to request custom permissions. The stored procedure returns the URL to the OAuth endpoint.
  2. Open the URL, log in, and authorize the application. You are redirected back to the callback URL.
  3. Call the GetOAuthAccessToken stored procedure. Set the AuthMode input to WEB. Set the Verifier input to the "code" parameter in the query string of the callback URL. If necessary, set the Scope parameter to request custom permissions.

Once you have obtained the access and refresh tokens, you can connect to data and refresh the OAuth access token either automatically or manually.

Automatic Refresh of the OAuth Access Token

To have the driver automatically refresh the OAuth access token, set the following on the first data connection:

  • InitiateOAuth: REFRESH.
  • OAuthClientId: The client Id in your application settings.
  • OAuthClientSecret: The client secret in your application settings.
  • OAuthAccessToken: The access token returned by GetOAuthAccessToken.
  • OAuthRefreshToken: The refresh token returned by GetOAuthAccessToken.
  • OAuthSettingsLocation: The location where the Sync App saves the OAuth token values, which persist across connections.
On subsequent data connections, the values for OAuthAccessToken and OAuthRefreshToken are taken from OAuthSettingsLocation.

Manual Refresh of the OAuth Access Token

The only value needed to manually refresh the OAuth access token when connecting to data is the OAuth refresh token.

Use the RefreshOAuthAccessToken stored procedure to manually refresh the OAuthAccessToken after the ExpiresIn parameter value returned by GetOAuthAccessToken has elapsed, then set the following connection properties:

  • OAuthClientId: The client Id in your application settings.
  • OAuthClientSecret: The client secret in your application settings.

Then call RefreshOAuthAccessToken with OAuthRefreshToken set to the OAuth refresh token returned by GetOAuthAccessToken. After the new tokens have been retrieved, open a new connection by setting the OAuthAccessToken property to the value returned by RefreshOAuthAccessToken.

Finally, store the OAuth refresh token so that you can use it to manually refresh the OAuth access token after it has expired.

Headless Machines

To configure the driver to use OAuth with a user account on a headless machine, you need to authenticate on another device that has an internet browser.

  1. Choose one of these two options:
    • Option 1: Obtain the OAuthVerifier value as described in "Obtain and Exchange a Verifier Code" below.
    • Option 2: Install the Sync App on another machine and transfer the OAuth authentication values after you authenticate through the usual browser-based flow, as described in "Transfer OAuth Settings" below.
  2. Then configure the Sync App to automatically refresh the access token from the headless machine.

You can follow the headless OAuth authentication flow using the OAuth credentials for your custom OAuth app. To create a custom OAuth application, see Creating a Custom OAuth Application. This section describes the procedure to authenticate and connect to data.

Option 1: Obtain and Exchange a Verifier Code

First, set the following properties on the headless machine:

  • InitiateOAuth: Set to OFF.
  • OAuthClientId: Set to the Client ID in your OAuth Integration settings.
  • OAuthClientSecret: Set to the Client Secret in your OAuth Integration settings.

Next, authenticate from another machine and obtain the OAuthVerifier connection property:

  1. Call the GetOAuthAuthorizationUrl stored procedure. Set the CallbackURL input to the Redirect URI you specified in your application settings. The stored procedure returns the URL to the OAuth endpoint.
  2. Open the returned URL in a browser. Log in and grant permissions to the Sync App. You are then redirected to the callback URL, which contains the verifier code.
  3. Save the value of the Verifier. You must set the value of the Verifier in the OAuthVerifier connection property.

Finally, on the headless machine, set the following connection properties to obtain the OAuth authentication values:

  • OAuthClientId: Set to the Client ID in your OAuth Integration settings.
  • OAuthClientSecret: Set to the Client Secret in your OAuth Integration settings.
  • OAuthVerifier: Set to the verifier code.
  • OAuthSettingsLocation: Set to persist the encrypted OAuth authentication values to the specified location.
  • InitiateOAuth: Set to REFRESH.

Connect to Data

After the OAuth settings file is generated, set the following properties to connect to data:

  • OAuthSettingsLocation: Set to the location containing the encrypted OAuth authentication values. Make sure this location gives read and write permissions to the provider to enable the automatic refreshing of the access token.
  • InitiateOAuth: Set to REFRESH.

Option 2: Transfer OAuth Settings

To install the Sync App on another machine, authenticate, and then transfer the resulting OAuth values:

  1. On a second machine, install the Sync App and connect with the following properties set:
    • OAuthSettingsLocation: Set to a writable location.
    • OAuthClientId: Set to the client ID in your application settings.
    • OAuthClientSecret: Set to the client secret in your application settings.
    • CallbackURL: Set to the callback URL in your application settings.
  2. Test the connection to authenticate. The resulting authentication values are written and encrypted to the path specified by OAuthSettingsLocation. After you have successfully tested the connection, copy the OAuth settings file to your headless machine. On the headless machine, set the following connection properties to connect to data:
    • InitiateOAuth: Set to REFRESH.
    • OAuthSettingsLocation: Set to the location of your OAuth settings file. Make sure this location gives read and write permissions to the Sync App to enable the automatic refreshing of the access token.

Admin Consent

Admin consent refers to when the Admin for an Azure Active Directory tenant grants permissions to an application which requires an admin to consent to the use case. The embedded application within the CData Sync App, contains no permissions that require admin consent. Therefore, this information applies only to custom applications.

Admin Consent Permissions

When creating a new OAuth application in the Azure Portal, you must specify which permissions the application requires. Some permissions may be marked stating "Admin Consent Required". For example, all Groups permissions require Admin Consent. If your application requires admin consent, there are a couple of ways this can be done.

The easiest way to grant admin consent is to just have an admin log into portal.azure.com and navigate to the application you have created in App Registrations. Under API Permissions, click Grant Consent, which grants your application the necessary permissions on the tenant on which it was created.

If your organization has multiple tenants or the application needs to be granted permissions for other tenants outside your organization, you can use the GetAdminConsentURL to generate the Admin Authorization URL. Unlike the GetOAuthAuthorizationUrl, there is no important information returned from this endpoint. If the grants access, it returns a boolean indicating that permissions were granted.

After an admin grants consent, authentication may be performed as normal.

Client Credentials

Client credentials refers to a flow in OAuth where there is no direct user authentication taking place. Instead, credentials are created for just the application itself. All tasks taken by the application are done without a default user context. This makes the authentication flow a bit different from standard.

Client OAuth Flow

All permissions related to the client oauth flow require admin consent. This means the application embedded with the CData Sync App cannot be used in the client oauth flow. You must create your own OAuth application to use client credentials. See Creating a Custom OAuth Application for more details.

In "App Registration" in portal.azure.com, navigate to API Permissions and select the Microsoft Graph permissions. There are two distinct sets of permissions - Delegated and Application permissions. The permissions used during client credential authentication are under Application Permissions. Select the applicable permissions you require for your integration.

You are ready to connect after setting one of the below connection properties groups depending on the authentication type.

  1. Client Secret
    • InitiateOAuth: GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting the OAuthAccessToken.
    • AzureTenant: The tenant you wish to connect to.
    • OAuthGrantType: CLIENT.
    • OAuthClientId: The client Id in your app settings.
    • OAuthClientSecret: The client secret in your app settings.
  2. Certificate
    • InitiateOAuth: GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting the OAuthAccessToken.
    • AzureTenant: The tenant you wish to connect to.
    • OAuthGrantType: CLIENT.
    • OAuthClientId: The client Id in your app settings.
    • OAuthJWTCert: The JWT Certificate store.
    • OAuthJWTCertType: The type of the certificate store specified by OAuthJWTCert.

Azure AD

Azure AD is a connection type that leverages OAuth to authenticate. Set your AuthScheme to AzureAD.

Follow the steps below to authenticate with the credentials for a custom AzureAD app. See Creating a Custom OAuth Application.

There are two types of app authentication available: using a client secret and using a certificate. You can use any of them depending on the configured app authentication.

Get an AzureAD Access Token

You are ready to connect after setting one of the below connection properties groups depending on the authentication type.

  1. Client Secret
    • AuthScheme: AzureServicePrincipal in your app settings.
    • InitiateOAuth: GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the AzureAD exchange and manually setting the OAuthAccessToken.
    • AzureTenant: The tenant you wish to connect to.
    • OAuthClientId: The Client Id in your app settings.
    • OAuthClientSecret: The client secret in your app settings.
  2. Certificate
    • AuthScheme: The AzureServicePrincipal in your app settings.
    • InitiateOAuth: GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateAzureAD to avoid repeating the AzureAD exchange and manually setting the OAuthAccessToken.
    • AzureTenant: The tenant you wish to connect to.
    • OAuthClientId: The client Id in your app settings.
    • OAuthJWTCert: The JWT Certificate store.
    • OAuthJWTCertType: The type of the certificate store specified by OAuthJWTCert.

Azure Service Principal

The authentication as an Azure Service Principal is handled via the OAuth Client Credentials flow. It does not involve direct user authentication. Instead, credentials are created for just the application itself. All tasks taken by the app are done without a default user context, but based on the assigned roles. The application access to the resources is controlled through the assigned roles' permissions. Create an AzureAD App and an Azure Service Principal When authenticating using an Azure Service Principal, you must register an application with an Azure AD tenant. See Creating a Custom AzureAD Service Principal App for more information.

Assign a role to the application

To access resources in your subscription, you must assign a role to the application.

  1. Open the Subscriptions page by searching and selecting the Subscriptions service from the search bar.
  2. Select the subscription to assign the application to.
  3. Open the Access control (IAM) and select Add > Add role assignment to open the Add role assignment page.
  4. Select Owner as the role to assign to your created Azure AD app.
Complete the Authentication

To connect follow these steps:

  1. Set the AuthScheme to AzureServicePrincipal for using a client secret or AzureServicePrincipalCert for using a certificate in your application setting.
  2. Set the connection properties that apply to both schemes.
  3. Set the connection properties specific to the authentication scheme you selected.

For Both Client Secret and Certificate

Set these connection properties and then continue to the relevant section below:

  • InitiateOAuth: GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting the OAuthAccessToken.
  • AzureTenant: The tenant you want to connect to.
Client Secret

Continue with the following:

  • OAuthClientId: The client Id in your application settings.
  • OAuthClientSecret: The client secret in your application settings.

Certificate

Continue with the following:

  • OAuthJWTCert: The JWT Certificate store.
  • OAuthJWTCertType: The type of the certificate store specified by OAuthJWTCert.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Advanced Features

This section details a selection of advanced features of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sync App.

User Defined Views

The Sync App allows you to define virtual tables, called user defined views, whose contents are decided by a pre-configured query. These views are useful when you cannot directly control queries being issued to the drivers. See User Defined Views for an overview of creating and configuring custom views.

SSL Configuration

Use SSL Configuration to adjust how Sync App handles TLS/SSL certificate negotiations. You can choose from various certificate formats; see the SSLServerCert property under "Connection String Options" for more information.

Firewall and Proxy

Configure the Sync App for compliance with Firewall and Proxy, including Windows proxies and HTTP proxies. You can also set up tunnel connections.

Query Processing

The Sync App offloads as much of the SELECT statement processing as possible to Microsoft Dynamics 365 and then processes the rest of the query in memory (client-side).

See Query Processing for more information.

Logging

See Logging for an overview of configuration settings that can be used to refine CData logging. For basic logging, you only need to set two connection properties, but there are numerous features that support more refined logging, where you can select subsets of information to be logged using the LogModules connection property.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

SSL Configuration

Customizing the SSL Configuration

By default, the Sync App attempts to negotiate SSL/TLS by checking the server's certificate against the system's trusted certificate store.

To specify another certificate, see the SSLServerCert property for the available formats to do so.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Firewall and Proxy

Connecting Through a Firewall or Proxy

HTTP Proxies

To connect through the Windows system proxy, you do not need to set any additional connection properties. To connect to other proxies, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.

In addition, to authenticate to an HTTP proxy, set ProxyAuthScheme, ProxyUser, and ProxyPassword, in addition to ProxyServer and ProxyPort.

Other Proxies

Set the following properties:

  • To use a proxy-based firewall, set FirewallType, FirewallServer, and FirewallPort.
  • To tunnel the connection, set FirewallType to TUNNEL.
  • To authenticate, specify FirewallUser and FirewallPassword.
  • To authenticate to a SOCKS proxy, additionally set FirewallType to SOCKS5.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Data Model

The CData Sync App models Microsoft Dynamics 365 entities in relational Tables, Views, and Stored Procedures. The table definitions are dynamically obtained from the OData service you connect to. Any changes in the metadata, such as added or removed columns or changes in data type, can be loaded by reconnecting.

Views

Views describes the available views. Views are statically defined to model PicklistAttributeMetadata, MultiPicklistAttributeMetadata and more.

Stored Procedures

Stored Procedures are function-like interfaces to the data source. They can be used to perform additional operations that fall outside of the standard CRUD model such as retrieving an OAuth access token.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Tables

The Sync App uses the OData services of Microsoft Dynamics 365 to dynamically obtain a list of tables. All of your Microsoft Dynamics 365 tables will display as available once you connect.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Views

Views are similar to tables in the way that data is represented; however, views are read-only.

Queries can be executed against a view as if it were a normal table.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync Views

Name Description
MultiSelectPickListAttributeMetaData Contains the Picklist metadata for an attribute type MultiSelect OptionSet. Note: This view is only available when Edition is set to either CustomerService, FieldService, Marketing, ProjectOperations or Sales.
MultiSelectPickListOptions Contains the Options Value of MultiSelect PicklistMetadata. Note: This view is only available when Edition is set to either CustomerService, FieldService, Marketing, ProjectOperations or Sales.
PickListAttributeMetaData Contains the metadata for an attribute type Picklist. Note: This view is only available when Edition is set to either CustomerService, FieldService, Marketing, ProjectOperations or Sales.
PickListOptions Contains the Options value of PickListMetaData. Note: This view is only available when Edition is set to either CustomerService, FieldService, Marketing, ProjectOperations or Sales.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

MultiSelectPickListAttributeMetaData

Contains the Picklist metadata for an attribute type MultiSelect OptionSet. Note: This view is only available when Edition is set to either CustomerService, FieldService, Marketing, ProjectOperations or Sales.

Select

The Sync App will use the Microsoft Dynamics 365 API to process WHERE clause conditions built with the following column and operator. The rest of the filter is executed client side within the Sync App.

  • TableName supports '=','IN' operators.

For example, the following queries are processed server side:

SELECT * FROM MultiSelectPickListAttributeMetaData WHERE TableName = 'teams'

SELECT * FROM MultiSelectPickListAttributeMetaData WHERE TableName IN ('accounts', 'teams')

Columns

Name Type Description
ColumnName [KEY] String
MetadataId String
OptionSet_Description_LocalizedLabels String
OptionSet_Description_UserLocalizedLabel_HasChanged String
OptionSet_Description_UserLocalizedLabel_IsManaged Boolean
OptionSet_Description_UserLocalizedLabel_Label String
OptionSet_Description_UserLocalizedLabel_LanguageCode Integer
OptionSet_Description_UserLocalizedLabel_MetadataId String
OptionSet_DisplayName_LocalizedLabels String
OptionSet_DisplayName_UserLocalizedLabel_HasChanged String
OptionSet_DisplayName_UserLocalizedLabel_IsManaged Boolean
OptionSet_DisplayName_UserLocalizedLabel_Label String
OptionSet_DisplayName_UserLocalizedLabel_LanguageCode Integer
OptionSet_DisplayName_UserLocalizedLabel_MetadataId String
OptionSet_ExternalTypeName String
OptionSet_HasChanged String
OptionSet_IntroducedVersion String
OptionSet_IsCustomizable_CanBeChanged Boolean
OptionSet_IsCustomizable_ManagedPropertyLogicalName String
OptionSet_IsCustomizable_Value Boolean
OptionSet_IsCustomOptionSet Boolean
OptionSet_IsGlobal Boolean
OptionSet_IsManaged Boolean
OptionSet_MetadataId String
OptionSet_Name String
OptionSet_OptionSetType String
OptionSet_ParentOptionSetName String
TableName String

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

MultiSelectPickListOptions

Contains the Options Value of MultiSelect PicklistMetadata. Note: This view is only available when Edition is set to either CustomerService, FieldService, Marketing, ProjectOperations or Sales.

Select

The Sync App will use the Microsoft Dynamics 365 API to process WHERE clause conditions built with the following column and operator. The rest of the filter is executed client side within the Sync App.

  • TableName supports '=','IN' operators.

For example, the following queries are processed server side:

SELECT * FROM MultiSelectPickListOptions WHERE TableName = 'teams'

SELECT * FROM MultiSelectPickListOptions WHERE TableName IN ('accounts', 'teams')

Columns

Name Type Description
ColumnName String
Color String
ExternalValue String
HasChanged String
IsManaged Boolean
Label_LocalizedLabels String
Label_UserLocalizedLabel_HasChanged String
Label_UserLocalizedLabel_IsManaged Boolean
Label_UserLocalizedLabel_Label String
Label_UserLocalizedLabel_LanguageCode Integer
Label_UserLocalizedLabel_MetadataId String
Description_LocalizedLabels String
Description_UserLocalizedLabel_HasChanged String
Description_UserLocalizedLabel_IsManaged Boolean
Description_UserLocalizedLabel_Label String
Description_UserLocalizedLabel_LanguageCode Integer
Description_UserLocalizedLabel_MetadataId String
MetadataId String
ParentValues String
Value Integer
TableName String

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

PickListAttributeMetaData

Contains the metadata for an attribute type Picklist. Note: This view is only available when Edition is set to either CustomerService, FieldService, Marketing, ProjectOperations or Sales.

Select

The Sync App will use the Microsoft Dynamics 365 API to process WHERE clause conditions built with the following column and operator. The rest of the filter is executed client side within the Sync App.

  • TableName supports '=','IN' operators.

For example, the following queries are processed server side:

SELECT * FROM PickListAttributeMetaData WHERE TableName = 'teams'

SELECT * FROM PickListAttributeMetaData WHERE TableName IN ('accounts', 'teams')

Columns

Name Type Description
ColumnName [KEY] String
MetadataId String
OptionSet_Description_LocalizedLabels String
OptionSet_Description_UserLocalizedLabel_HasChanged String
OptionSet_Description_UserLocalizedLabel_IsManaged Boolean
OptionSet_Description_UserLocalizedLabel_Label String
OptionSet_Description_UserLocalizedLabel_LanguageCode Integer
OptionSet_Description_UserLocalizedLabel_MetadataId String
OptionSet_DisplayName_LocalizedLabels String
OptionSet_DisplayName_UserLocalizedLabel_HasChanged String
OptionSet_DisplayName_UserLocalizedLabel_IsManaged Boolean
OptionSet_DisplayName_UserLocalizedLabel_Label String
OptionSet_DisplayName_UserLocalizedLabel_LanguageCode Integer
OptionSet_DisplayName_UserLocalizedLabel_MetadataId String
OptionSet_ExternalTypeName String
OptionSet_HasChanged String
OptionSet_IntroducedVersion String
OptionSet_IsCustomizable_CanBeChanged Boolean
OptionSet_IsCustomizable_ManagedPropertyLogicalName String
OptionSet_IsCustomizable_Value Boolean
OptionSet_IsCustomOptionSet Boolean
OptionSet_IsGlobal Boolean
OptionSet_IsManaged Boolean
OptionSet_MetadataId String
OptionSet_Name String
OptionSet_OptionSetType String
OptionSet_ParentOptionSetName String
TableName String

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

PickListOptions

Contains the Options value of PickListMetaData. Note: This view is only available when Edition is set to either CustomerService, FieldService, Marketing, ProjectOperations or Sales.

Select

The Sync App will use the Microsoft Dynamics 365 API to process WHERE clause conditions built with the following column and operator. The rest of the filter is executed client side within the Sync App.

  • TableName supports '=','IN' operators.

For example, the following queries are processed server side:

SELECT * FROM PickListOptions WHERE TableName = 'teams'

SELECT * FROM PickListOptions WHERE TableName IN ('accounts', 'teams')

Columns

Name Type Description
ColumnName String
Color String
ExternalValue String
HasChanged String
IsManaged Boolean
Label_LocalizedLabels String
Label_UserLocalizedLabel_HasChanged String
Label_UserLocalizedLabel_IsManaged Boolean
Label_UserLocalizedLabel_Label String
Label_UserLocalizedLabel_LanguageCode Integer
Label_UserLocalizedLabel_MetadataId String
Description_LocalizedLabels String
Description_UserLocalizedLabel String
MetadataId String
ParentValues String
Value Integer
TableName String

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Data Type Mapping

Data Type Mappings

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 (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

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Connection String Options

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.

Authentication


PropertyDescription
AuthSchemeThe type of authentication to use when connecting to Microsoft Dynamics 365.
OrganizationURLThe URL to your Dynamics 365 organization. For instance, https://abc123.cloudax.dynamics.com/.
EditionThe edition of Microsoft Dynamics 365 being used.
ADFSServerThe ADFS Server used for authentication. Only used with FinOpsOnPremise edition.
ApiVersionThe API version being used. This can be specified to access a new version of the API once it is released.

Azure Authentication


PropertyDescription
AzureTenantThe Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. If not specified, your default tenant is used.
AzureEnvironmentThe Azure Environment to use when establishing a connection.

OAuth


PropertyDescription
OAuthClientIdThe client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
OAuthClientSecretThe client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
OAuthGrantTypeThe grant type for the OAuth flow.

JWT OAuth


PropertyDescription
OAuthJWTCertThe JWT Certificate store.
OAuthJWTCertTypeThe type of key store containing the JWT Certificate.
OAuthJWTCertPasswordThe password for the OAuth JWT certificate.
OAuthJWTCertSubjectThe subject of the OAuth JWT certificate.
OAuthJWTIssuerThe issuer of the Java Web Token.
OAuthJWTSubjectThe user subject for which the application is requesting delegated access.

SSL


PropertyDescription
SSLServerCertThe certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.

Firewall


PropertyDescription
FirewallTypeThe protocol used by a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallServerThe name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallPortThe TCP port for a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallUserThe user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallPasswordA password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall.

Proxy


PropertyDescription
ProxyAutoDetectThis indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not.
ProxyServerThe hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through.
ProxyPortThe TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on.
ProxyAuthSchemeThe authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxyUserA user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxyPasswordA password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxySSLTypeThe SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxyExceptionsA semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer .

Logging


PropertyDescription
LogModulesCore modules to be included in the log file.

Schema


PropertyDescription
LocationA path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures.
BrowsableSchemasThis property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC.
TablesThis property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC.
ViewsRestricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC.

Miscellaneous


PropertyDescription
AllowDuplicateRecordsIndicates if the driver should check the configured duplicate detection rules.
CrossCompanyWhether to pull data for all companies or just the user's default company.
CustomUrlParamsThe custom query string to be included in the request.
IncludeFormattedValuesIndicates if columns that hold formatted values should be exposed.
IncludeLookUpLogicalNameIndicates if the referenced entity name for a LookUp field should be exposed.
IncludeNavigationPropertiesA boolean indicating if navigation properties should be included in the column listing.
MaxRowsLimits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses.
OtherThese hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.
PagesizeThe maximum number of results to return per page from Microsoft Dynamics 365.
PseudoColumnsThis property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table.
TimeoutThe value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.
UseClientSidePagingWhether or not the CData ADO.NET Provider for Microsoft Dynamics 365 should use multiple threads with client side paging.
UseDynamicStoredProceduresA boolean indicating if dynamic stored procedures should be exposed.
UserDefinedViewsA filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Authentication

This section provides a complete list of the Authentication properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.


PropertyDescription
AuthSchemeThe type of authentication to use when connecting to Microsoft Dynamics 365.
OrganizationURLThe URL to your Dynamics 365 organization. For instance, https://abc123.cloudax.dynamics.com/.
EditionThe edition of Microsoft Dynamics 365 being used.
ADFSServerThe ADFS Server used for authentication. Only used with FinOpsOnPremise edition.
ApiVersionThe API version being used. This can be specified to access a new version of the API once it is released.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

AuthScheme

The type of authentication to use when connecting to Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Remarks

  • AzureAD: Set this to perform Azure Active Directory OAuth authentication.
  • AzureMSI: Set this to automatically obtain Managed Service Identity credentials when running on an Azure VM.
  • AzureServicePrincipal: Set this to authenticate as an Azure Service Principal using a Client Secret.
  • AzureServicePrincipalCert: Set this to authenticate as an Azure Service Principal using a Certificate.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

OrganizationURL

The URL to your Dynamics 365 organization. For instance, https://abc123.cloudax.dynamics.com/.

Remarks

This may also be known as the resource.

For Edition=HumanResources, the value should be like: https://{cluster}.hr.talent.dynamics.com/namespaces/{namespace_guid}/

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Edition

The edition of Microsoft Dynamics 365 being used.

Remarks

Currently for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, further FinOpsOnline and FinOpsOnPremise are available. If specifying FinOpsOnPremise, then the ADFSServer must also be specified.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

ADFSServer

The ADFS Server used for authentication. Only used with FinOpsOnPremise edition.

Remarks

Should only be specified when Edition is set to FinOpsOnPremise. Otherwise this property is ignored.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

ApiVersion

The API version being used. This can be specified to access a new version of the API once it is released.

Remarks

The API version being used. This can be specified to access a new version of the API once it is released. Otherwise, you can use the default.

Note: This property only applies when Edition is set to either CustomerService, FieldService, Marketing, ProjectOperations or Sales.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Azure Authentication

This section provides a complete list of the Azure Authentication properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.


PropertyDescription
AzureTenantThe Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. If not specified, your default tenant is used.
AzureEnvironmentThe Azure Environment to use when establishing a connection.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

AzureTenant

The Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. If not specified, your default tenant is used.

Remarks

The Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. For instance, contoso.onmicrosoft.com. Alternatively, specify the tenant Id. This value is the directory Id in the Azure Portal > Azure Active Directory > Properties.

Typically it is not necessary to specify the Tenant. This can be automatically determined by Microsoft when using the OAuthGrantType set to CODE (default). However, it may fail in the case that the user belongs to multiple tenants. For instance, if an Admin of domain A invites a user of domain B to be a guest user. The user will now belong to both tenants. It is a good practice to specify the Tenant, although in general things should normally work without having to specify it.

The AzureTenant is required when setting OAuthGrantType to CLIENT. When using client credentials, there is no user context. The credentials are taken from the context of the app itself. While Microsoft still allows client credentials to be obtained without specifying which Tenant, it has a much lower probability of picking the specific tenant you want to work with. For this reason, we require AzureTenant to be explicitly stated for all client credentials connections to ensure you get credentials that are applicable for the domain you intend to connect to.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

AzureEnvironment

The Azure Environment to use when establishing a connection.

Remarks

In most cases, leaving the environment set to global will work. However, if your Azure Account has been added to a different environment, the AzureEnvironment may be used to specify which environment. The available values are GLOBAL, CHINA, USGOVT, USGOVTDOD.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

OAuth

This section provides a complete list of the OAuth properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.


PropertyDescription
OAuthClientIdThe client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
OAuthClientSecretThe client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
OAuthGrantTypeThe grant type for the OAuth flow.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

OAuthClientId

The client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Remarks

As part of registering an OAuth application, you will receive the OAuthClientId value, sometimes also called a consumer key, and a client secret, the OAuthClientSecret.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

OAuthClientSecret

The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Remarks

As part of registering an OAuth application, you will receive the OAuthClientId, also called a consumer key. You will also receive a client secret, also called a consumer secret. Set the client secret in the OAuthClientSecret property.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

OAuthGrantType

The grant type for the OAuth flow.

Remarks

The following options are available: CODE,CLIENT,PASSWORD

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

JWT OAuth

This section provides a complete list of the JWT OAuth properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.


PropertyDescription
OAuthJWTCertThe JWT Certificate store.
OAuthJWTCertTypeThe type of key store containing the JWT Certificate.
OAuthJWTCertPasswordThe password for the OAuth JWT certificate.
OAuthJWTCertSubjectThe subject of the OAuth JWT certificate.
OAuthJWTIssuerThe issuer of the Java Web Token.
OAuthJWTSubjectThe user subject for which the application is requesting delegated access.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

OAuthJWTCert

The JWT Certificate store.

Remarks

The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.

The OAuthJWTCertType field specifies the type of the certificate store specified by OAuthJWTCert. If the store is password protected, specify the password in OAuthJWTCertPassword.

OAuthJWTCert is used in conjunction with the OAuthJWTCertSubject field in order to specify client certificates. If OAuthJWTCert has a value, and OAuthJWTCertSubject is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. Please refer to the OAuthJWTCertSubject field for details.

Designations of certificate stores are platform-dependent.

The following are designations of the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:

MYA certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys.
CACertifying authority certificates.
ROOTRoot certificates.
SPCSoftware publisher certificates.

In Java, the certificate store normally is a file containing certificates and optional private keys.

When the certificate store type is PFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is PFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (i.e. PKCS12 certificate store).

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

OAuthJWTCertType

The type of key store containing the JWT Certificate.

Remarks

This property can take one of the following values:

USERFor Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user. Note: This store type is not available in Java.
MACHINEFor Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store. Note: this store type is not available in Java.
PFXFILEThe certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS12) file containing certificates.
PFXBLOBThe certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS12) format.
JKSFILEThe certificate store is the name of a Java key store (JKS) file containing certificates. Note: this store type is only available in Java.
JKSBLOBThe certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) representing a certificate store in Java key store (JKS) format. Note: this store type is only available in Java.
PEMKEY_FILEThe certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
PEMKEY_BLOBThe certificate store is a string (base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
PUBLIC_KEY_FILEThe certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
PUBLIC_KEY_BLOBThe certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
SSHPUBLIC_KEY_FILEThe certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key.
SSHPUBLIC_KEY_BLOBThe certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key.
P7BFILEThe certificate store is the name of a PKCS7 file containing certificates.
PPKFILEThe certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key).
XMLFILEThe certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format.
XMLBLOBThe certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

OAuthJWTCertPassword

The password for the OAuth JWT certificate.

Remarks

If the certificate store is of a type that requires a password, this property is used to specify that password in order to open the certificate store.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

OAuthJWTCertSubject

The subject of the OAuth JWT certificate.

Remarks

When loading a certificate the subject is used to locate the certificate in the store.

If an exact match is not found, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property.

If a match is still not found, the property is set to an empty string, and no certificate is selected.

The special value "*" picks the first certificate in the certificate store.

The certificate subject is a comma separated list of distinguished name fields and values. For instance "CN=www.server.com, OU=test, C=US, [email protected]". Common fields and their meanings are displayed below.

FieldMeaning
CNCommon Name. This is commonly a host name like www.server.com.
OOrganization
OUOrganizational Unit
LLocality
SState
CCountry
EEmail Address

If a field value contains a comma it must be quoted.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

OAuthJWTIssuer

The issuer of the Java Web Token.

Remarks

The issuer of the Java Web Token. This is typically either the Client Id or Email Address of the OAuth Application.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

OAuthJWTSubject

The user subject for which the application is requesting delegated access.

Remarks

The user subject for which the application is requesting delegated access. Typically, the user account name or email address.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

SSL

This section provides a complete list of the SSL properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.


PropertyDescription
SSLServerCertThe certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

SSLServerCert

The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.

Remarks

If using a TLS/SSL connection, this property can be used to specify the TLS/SSL certificate to be accepted from the server. Any other certificate that is not trusted by the machine is 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

If not specified, any certificate trusted by the machine is accepted.

Use '*' to signify to accept all certificates. Note that this is not recommended due to security concerns.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Firewall

This section provides a complete list of the Firewall properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.


PropertyDescription
FirewallTypeThe protocol used by a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallServerThe name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallPortThe TCP port for a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallUserThe user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall.
FirewallPasswordA password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

FirewallType

The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

This property specifies the protocol that the Sync App will use to tunnel traffic through the FirewallServer proxy. Note that 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.

Type Default Port Description
TUNNEL 80 When this is set, the Sync App opens a connection to Microsoft Dynamics 365 and traffic flows back and forth through the proxy.
SOCKS4 1080 When this is set, the Sync App sends data through the SOCKS 4 proxy specified by FirewallServer and FirewallPort and passes the FirewallUser value to the proxy, which determines if the connection request should be granted.
SOCKS5 1080 When this is set, the Sync App sends data through the SOCKS 5 proxy specified by FirewallServer and FirewallPort. If your 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.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

FirewallServer

The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

This property specifies the IP address, DNS name, or host name of a proxy allowing traversal of a firewall. The protocol is specified by FirewallType: Use FirewallServer with this property to connect through SOCKS or do tunneling. Use ProxyServer to connect to an HTTP proxy.

Note that the Sync App uses the system proxy by default. To use a different proxy, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

FirewallPort

The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

This specifies the TCP port for a proxy allowing traversal of a firewall. Use FirewallServer to specify the name or IP address. Specify the protocol with FirewallType.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

FirewallUser

The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

The FirewallUser and FirewallPassword properties are used to authenticate against the proxy specified in FirewallServer and FirewallPort, following the authentication method specified in FirewallType.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

FirewallPassword

A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall.

Remarks

This property is passed to the proxy specified by FirewallServer and FirewallPort, following the authentication method specified by FirewallType.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Proxy

This section provides a complete list of the Proxy properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.


PropertyDescription
ProxyAutoDetectThis indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not.
ProxyServerThe hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through.
ProxyPortThe TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on.
ProxyAuthSchemeThe authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxyUserA user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxyPasswordA password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxySSLTypeThe SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy.
ProxyExceptionsA semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer .
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

ProxyAutoDetect

This indicates whether to use the system proxy settings or not.

Remarks

This takes precedence over other proxy settings, so you'll need to set ProxyAutoDetect to FALSE in order use custom proxy settings.

To connect to an HTTP proxy, see ProxyServer. For other proxies, such as SOCKS or tunneling, see FirewallType.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

ProxyServer

The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through.

Remarks

The hostname or IP address of a proxy to route HTTP traffic through. The Sync App can use the HTTP, Windows (NTLM), or Kerberos authentication types to authenticate to an HTTP proxy.

If you need to connect through a SOCKS proxy or tunnel the connection, see FirewallType.

By default, the Sync App uses the system proxy. If you need to use another proxy, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

ProxyPort

The TCP port the ProxyServer proxy is running on.

Remarks

The port the HTTP proxy is running on that you want to redirect HTTP traffic through. Specify the HTTP proxy in ProxyServer. For other proxy types, see FirewallType.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

ProxyAuthScheme

The authentication type to use to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.

Remarks

This value specifies the authentication type to use to authenticate to the HTTP proxy specified by ProxyServer and ProxyPort.

Note that the Sync App will use the system proxy settings by default, without further configuration needed; if you want to connect to another proxy, you will need to set ProxyAutoDetect to false, in addition to ProxyServer and ProxyPort. To authenticate, set ProxyAuthScheme and set ProxyUser and ProxyPassword, if needed.

The authentication type can be one of the following:

  • BASIC: The Sync App performs HTTP BASIC authentication.
  • DIGEST: The Sync App performs HTTP DIGEST authentication.
  • NEGOTIATE: The Sync App retrieves an NTLM or Kerberos token based on the applicable protocol for authentication.
  • PROPRIETARY: The Sync App does not generate an NTLM or Kerberos token. You must supply this token in the Authorization header of the HTTP request.

If you need to use another authentication type, such as SOCKS 5 authentication, see FirewallType.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

ProxyUser

A user name to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.

Remarks

The ProxyUser and ProxyPassword options are used to connect and authenticate against the HTTP proxy specified in ProxyServer.

You can select one of the available authentication types in ProxyAuthScheme. If you are using HTTP authentication, set this to the user name of a user recognized by the HTTP proxy. If you are using Windows or Kerberos authentication, set this property to a user name in one of the following formats:

user@domain
domain\user

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

ProxyPassword

A password to be used to authenticate to the ProxyServer proxy.

Remarks

This property is used to authenticate to an HTTP proxy server that supports NTLM (Windows), Kerberos, or HTTP authentication. To specify the HTTP proxy, you can set ProxyServer and ProxyPort. To specify the authentication type, set ProxyAuthScheme.

If you are using HTTP authentication, additionally set ProxyUser and ProxyPassword to HTTP proxy.

If you are using NTLM authentication, set ProxyUser and ProxyPassword to your Windows password. You may also need these to complete Kerberos authentication.

For SOCKS 5 authentication or tunneling, see FirewallType.

By default, the Sync App uses the system proxy. If you want to connect to another proxy, set ProxyAutoDetect to false.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

ProxySSLType

The SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy.

Remarks

This property determines when to use SSL for the connection to an HTTP proxy specified by ProxyServer. This value can be AUTO, ALWAYS, NEVER, or TUNNEL. The applicable values are the following:

AUTODefault setting. If the URL is an HTTPS URL, the Sync App will use the TUNNEL option. If the URL is an HTTP URL, the component will use the NEVER option.
ALWAYSThe connection is always SSL enabled.
NEVERThe connection is not SSL enabled.
TUNNELThe connection is through a tunneling proxy. The proxy server opens a connection to the remote host and traffic flows back and forth through the proxy.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

ProxyExceptions

A semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer .

Remarks

The ProxyServer is used for all addresses, except for addresses defined in this property. Use semicolons to separate entries.

Note that 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, you need to set ProxyAutoDetect = false, and configure ProxyServer and ProxyPort. To authenticate, set ProxyAuthScheme and set ProxyUser and ProxyPassword, if needed.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Logging

This section provides a complete list of the Logging properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.


PropertyDescription
LogModulesCore modules to be included in the log file.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

LogModules

Core modules to be included in the log file.

Remarks

Only the modules specified (separated by ';') will be included in the log file. By default all modules are included.

See the Logging page for an overview.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Schema

This section provides a complete list of the Schema properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.


PropertyDescription
LocationA path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures.
BrowsableSchemasThis property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC.
TablesThis property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC.
ViewsRestricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Location

A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures.

Remarks

The path to a directory which contains the schema files for the Sync App (.rsd files for tables and views, .rsb files for stored procedures). The folder location can be a relative path from the location of the executable. The Location property is only needed if you want to customize definitions (for example, change a column name, ignore a column, and so on) or extend the data model with new tables, views, or stored procedures.

If left unspecified, the default location is "%APPDATA%\\CData\\Dynamics365 Data Provider\\Schema" with %APPDATA% being set to the user's configuration directory:

Platform %APPDATA%
Windows The value of the APPDATA environment variable
Linux ~/.config

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

BrowsableSchemas

This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC.

Remarks

Listing the schemas from databases can be expensive. Providing a list of schemas in the connection string improves the performance.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Tables

This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC.

Remarks

Listing the tables from some databases can be expensive. Providing a list of tables in the connection string improves the performance of the Sync App.

This property can also be used as an alternative to automatically listing views if you already know which ones you want to work with and there would otherwise be too many to work with.

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 that when connecting to a data source with multiple schemas or catalogs, you will need to provide the fully qualified name of the table in this property, as in the last example here, to avoid ambiguity between tables that exist in multiple catalogs or schemas.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Views

Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC.

Remarks

Listing the views from some databases can be expensive. Providing a list of views in the connection string improves the performance of the Sync App.

This property can also be used as an alternative to automatically listing views if you already know which ones you want to work with and there would otherwise be too many to work with.

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 that when connecting to a data source with multiple schemas or catalogs, you will need to provide the fully qualified name of the table in this property, as in the last example here, to avoid ambiguity between tables that exist in multiple catalogs or schemas.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Miscellaneous

This section provides a complete list of the Miscellaneous properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.


PropertyDescription
AllowDuplicateRecordsIndicates if the driver should check the configured duplicate detection rules.
CrossCompanyWhether to pull data for all companies or just the user's default company.
CustomUrlParamsThe custom query string to be included in the request.
IncludeFormattedValuesIndicates if columns that hold formatted values should be exposed.
IncludeLookUpLogicalNameIndicates if the referenced entity name for a LookUp field should be exposed.
IncludeNavigationPropertiesA boolean indicating if navigation properties should be included in the column listing.
MaxRowsLimits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses.
OtherThese hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.
PagesizeThe maximum number of results to return per page from Microsoft Dynamics 365.
PseudoColumnsThis property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table.
TimeoutThe value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.
UseClientSidePagingWhether or not the CData ADO.NET Provider for Microsoft Dynamics 365 should use multiple threads with client side paging.
UseDynamicStoredProceduresA boolean indicating if dynamic stored procedures should be exposed.
UserDefinedViewsA filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

AllowDuplicateRecords

Indicates if the driver should check the configured duplicate detection rules.

Remarks

Set this value to false to avoid adding duplicate records while performing INSERT operations.

Note: This property only applies when Edition is set to either CustomerService, FieldService, Marketing, ProjectOperations or Sales.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

CrossCompany

Whether to pull data for all companies or just the user's default company.

Remarks

This property only applies when Edition is set to either FinOpsOnline, FinOpsOnPremise or HumanResources.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

CustomUrlParams

The custom query string to be included in the request.

Remarks

The CustomUrlParams allow you to specify custom query string parameters that are included with the HTTP request. The parameters must be encoded as a query string in the form field1=value1&field2=value2&field3=value3. The values in the query string must be URL encoded.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

IncludeFormattedValues

Indicates if columns that hold formatted values should be exposed.

Remarks

For each column, an extra one is added to expose the formatted value. New columns will have "_display" postfix.

Note: This property only applies when Edition is set to either CustomerService, FieldService, Marketing, ProjectOperations or Sales.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

IncludeLookUpLogicalName

Indicates if the referenced entity name for a LookUp field should be exposed.

Remarks

For each key column, an extra one is added to expose the LookUp logical name value. New columns will have "_lookuplogicalname" postfix.

Note: This property only applies when Edition is set to either CustomerService, FieldService, Marketing, ProjectOperations or Sales.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

IncludeNavigationProperties

A boolean indicating if navigation properties should be included in the column listing.

Remarks

Navigation properties will not populate with information when retrieving data. Instead, navigation properties may be used to bind to an existing resource during inserts or updates. For example:

INSERT INTO accounts (_primarycontactid_value) VALUES ('123456')
To specify multiple values, use a comma-separated list. For instance:
INSERT INTO accounts (lead_customer_accounts) VALUES ('123,456')

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

MaxRows

Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses.

Remarks

Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Other

These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.

Remarks

The properties listed below are available for specific use cases. Normal driver use cases and functionality should not require these properties.

Specify multiple properties in a semicolon-separated list.

Integration and Formatting

DefaultColumnSizeSets the default length of string fields when the data source does not provide column length in the metadata. The default value is 2000.
ConvertDateTimeToGMTDetermines whether to convert date-time values to GMT, instead of the local time of the machine.
RecordToFile=filenameRecords the underlying socket data transfer to the specified file.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Pagesize

The maximum number of results to return per page from Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Remarks

The Pagesize property affects the maximum number of results to return per page from Microsoft Dynamics 365. Setting a higher value may result in better performance at the cost of additional memory allocated per page consumed.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

PseudoColumns

This property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table.

Remarks

This setting is particularly helpful in Entity Framework, which does not allow you to set a value for a pseudo column unless it is a table column. The value of this connection setting is of the format "Table1=Column1, Table1=Column2, Table2=Column3". You can use the "*" character to include all tables and all columns; for example, "*=*".

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

Timeout

The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.

Remarks

If Timeout = 0, operations do not time out. The operations run until they complete successfully or until they encounter an error condition.

If Timeout expires and the operation is not yet complete, the Sync App throws an exception.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

UseClientSidePaging

Whether or not the CData ADO.NET Provider for Microsoft Dynamics 365 should use multiple threads with client side paging.

Remarks

Regardless of this value, the CData Sync App will always use client side paging to retrieve data. However, setting this value to false will cause only a single thread to be used to execute this operation instead of attempting to use multiple threads to improve performance.

Note: This property only applies when Edition is set to either FinOpsOnline, FinOpsOnPremise or HumanResources.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

UseDynamicStoredProcedures

A boolean indicating if dynamic stored procedures should be exposed.

Remarks

A boolean indicating if dynamic stored procedures should be exposed.

Note: This property only applies when Edition is set to either FinOpsOnline, FinOpsOnPremise or HumanResources.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Connector for CData Sync

UserDefinedViews

A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views.

Remarks

User Defined Views are defined in a JSON-formatted configuration file called UserDefinedViews.json. The Sync App automatically detects the views specified in this file.

You can also have multiple view definitions and control them using the UserDefinedViews connection property. When you use this property, only the specified views are seen by the Sync App.

This User Defined View configuration file is formatted as follows:

  • Each root element defines the name of a view.
  • Each root element contains a child element, called query, which contains the custom SQL query for the view.

For example:

{
	"MyView": {
		"query": "SELECT * FROM GoalHeadings WHERE MyColumn = 'value'"
	},
	"MyView2": {
		"query": "SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Id IN (1,2,3)"
	}
}
Use the UserDefinedViews connection property to specify the location of your JSON configuration file. For example:
"UserDefinedViews", C:\Users\yourusername\Desktop\tmp\UserDefinedViews.json
Note that the specified path is not embedded in quotation marks.

Copyright (c) 2024 CData Software, Inc. - All rights reserved.
Build 23.0.8839