Day: February 12, 2025

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1.

The 5th of the new functionality in the E-commerce section is import and export more data using Shopify metafields.

Metafields are a flexible way to add and store additional information about a Shopify resource, such as a customer or company. You can synchronize and manage metafield data from Business Central either using the UI or the extensibility model to map fields or related entries in Business Central to metafields in Shopify.

Enabled for: Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically
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General Availability: Apr 2025

Feature Details

Shopify’s platform includes data models for basic commerce concepts. However, commerce is diverse and often requires more complex or specific data models. The custom data platform lets you extend Shopify’s data models and create your own by using metafields. Metafields are a flexible way to add and store additional information about a Shopify resource, such as a product, customer, or company. The additional information stored in metafields can be almost anything related to a resource. Some examples are preferences, credit limit, loyalty program, social media links, or segment information.

Microsoft have added the ability to import and export data stored in metafields into Business Central. Also, there’s an extensibility model that allows developers to map standard or custom fields, attributes, or other related entries in Business Central to metafields in Shopify.

You can edit metafields on the Shopify Metafields page, which you open from the Shopify Customers, Shopify Customer Card, Shopify Companies, or Shopify Company Card pages.

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This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1.

The 4th of the new functionality in the E-commerce section is send e-documents via a service and email simultaneously.

Business Central offers flexible ways to share documents and information quickly and easily. Document sending profiles let you specify your preferred way to send documents when you post them. For example, you might want to send a document by email or as an electronic document through a service you use. Microsoft are adding even more flexibility to the process with the ability to send documents by email and as an electronic document, all in one go.

Enabled for: Users, automatically
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General Availability: Apr 2025

Feature Details

Previously, you could either choose to send e-documents through a connector service or download the file and send it by email. You now have more options for handling e-documents in sales.

If you choose the Post action from the Sales Order, Sales Invoice or Sales Credit Memo pages, Business Central posts the document as usual, but it can also trigger a workflow to create an e-document. That requires you to have an e-document workflow configured for the customer. But, if you choose Post and Send, Business Central does the same but also sends the e-document via email as an attachment.

Depending on whether you enable the e-documents workflow, you can choose one of the following models for sending documents in the sales process:

• Use the Post action from the document and Service Integration is enabled on the E-Document Service page. The e-document is sent to the configured access point.
• Use the Post and Send action from the document and Service Integration is enabled in the E-Document Service page. The e-document is sent to the configured access point and as an attachment in an email.
• Use the Post action from the document and Service Integration isn’t enabled in the E-Document Service page. The e-document is created and ready to download.
• Use the Post and Send action from the document and Service Integration isn’t enabled in the E-Document Service page. The e-document is sent by email.