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Nav2018 upgrade to BC – Links to files coming across

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Nav2018 upgrade to BC – Links to files coming across

Posted by Jackie Whittington on March 23, 2023 at 1:02 pm

We use links extensively in Nav2018. On the customer card to link to credit applications. On Sales orders to link a customer purchase order. Has anyone successfully ported existing links across to BC SAAS from Nav2018?

Saurav Dhyani (MVP) replied 1 year, 1 month ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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Steven Chinsky MVP

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March 23, 2023 at 1:46 pm

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@firefighter – I have not but a thought that you could puh the links to SharePoint and then connect the records. You might consider asking eFOCUS who works heavily in SharePoint and linking data.

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- Jackie Whittington
  
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  March 23, 2023 at 2:11 pm
  
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  Thanks Steven. Currently the files reside on a local File Server. I have halted porting the files up to Sharepoint as I understand that is even more complex.
Saurav Dhyani (MVP)

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March 23, 2023 at 2:21 pm

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Hi,

It’s possible. We have done it for all our upgrade projects.

In Summary steps are –

1. Copy and upload all your files to a online file sharing services like – SharePoint (as steven mentioned), OneDrive, AWS, Azure file Share, Azure blob storage.

2. Update data in Record Link with local URL to the target files. [A script is possible to update all record links]

3. For New Links, that will be created after the upgrade – you can either have a AppSource app / Per Tenant Extensions to upload file to your selected online file storage solution.

API Integration with business central, make it possible to integrate external systems.

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