Establishing a connection with NAV
To establish a connection with a back-office system, you need to create a record in the connector setup in Dime.Scheduler and provide the right configuration that Dime.Scheduler can use to successfully write back to the system of your choice.
👉 The connector setup page is located here (production environment) and here (sandbox environment).
For more information, check out the documentation on connectors. This page builds on top of the knowledge accumulated in this article and provides a few additional instructions specifically for NAV.
Web service URL​
All planning activities in Dime.Scheduler are immediately sent to the NAV Web Service where they are processed through the NAV business logic. 2 objects of the Dime.Scheduler add-on need to be added to the Web Service setup in NAV. The objects will be added automatically when running the FastTrack Wizard.
To add them manually, add the following objects to the NAV web services setup:
Make sure to use the same service Name (Appointment) and to only publish the page.
Authentication​
There are a few ways to authenticate to a NAV instance:
- Web service access keys
- Basic authentication
- Windows auth: NTLM and Kerberos
Web service access keys​
This guide walks you through the process of obtaining a web service access key.
Basic/Windows auth​
The process to configure these authentications are very similar. In the Authentication section of the connector card, select the preferred authentication type, and provide credentials of a NAV service account which Dime.Scheduler can use to authenticate with.
Source App​
The source app must be the same as the value that's specified in the Dime.Scheduler FastTrack Wizard in Business Central. The source app identifies which back-office system resources, tasks and appointments belong to.