New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2: Stay Current With Shopify Connector

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2.

The 23rd of the new functionality in the section is stay current with Shopify connector.

The latest update for the Shopify connector includes changes introduced by Shopify, such as dual-level risk assessments, accurate weight management, and new product information management. In addition, Microsoft have also added multiple enhancements based on received feedback.

Enabled for: Users by admins, makers, or analysts
Public Preview: –
General Availability:  Oct 1, 2024

Feature Details

Shopify releases a new API version every three months at the beginning of the quarter and supports each version for 12 months. These API releases might bring bigger changes—that’s why it’s important to uptake Shopify API versions in major releases of Business Central. Typically, new versions of APIs increase stability and security, and enable additional capabilities. Starting with this release, the Shopify connector uses the Shopify API that was released in July 2024.

The new version introduces changes in various areas that aren’t directly visible. The changes that have direct impact are listed below.

• Shopify Connector now supports up to 2,000 variants per product, which is the capability that Shopify announced in the winter editions. You just need to wait until Shopify enables that capability in your store.

• There’s a new way to deal with risk assessments. Shopify now supports two levels and external providers. The connector continues to import both risk and sentiments. However, there isn’t a single value that represents the risk associated with an order, which is why this information doesn’t display on sales orders or invoices.

• When you enable the connector, it imports the default weight unit of measure from Shopify and uses it when it sends the weight of the product. You can change whether the Net weight field in Business Central stores values with different units of measure.

• The Gift card property is now available on sales lines, and not only on the product, which lets the connector recognize custom discounts, usually sold via POS, and process them as normal discounts.

• The Location Code field in the Shopify Order header is discontinued. The connector won’t import data from the Location or Physical Location fields. Instead, it relies on location information in the order fulfillment lines. Sales documents contain a location only on their lines, and not in the header.

• The use of units of measure is aligned. Imported sales documents use the sales unit of measure defined on the item card. The sales unit of measure is also used to calculate prices and discounts. Microsoft have aligned the unit of measure to use when synchronizing inventory to also use the sales unit of measure.

In addition, Microsoft implemented a number of improvements that aren’t related to the new API version, but that improve the general usability of the connector.

• The Linked to Documents FactBox is available on the Shopify Orders page. You can open an order, invoice, or shipment from the list.

• The Shpfy Doc. Link To Doc. permission is added to D365 BASIC to enable warehouse processing and other posting activities without the need to grant full Shopify permissions.

• The Tax ID value is now imported from the company location in Shopify. Note that the data isn’t used when you create or update a customer because in various localizations that field has a different destination.

• The Shopify Activities part has a default color configuration, which makes it easier to notice issues with synchronization.

My Opinion

This looks to be an important update for keeping the system correctly up-to-date with changes made by Shopify.