Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 is now completely configured and tuned. A range of brand new functionalities have been programmed and everything is ready for us to go live. But, data is needed for it to start working!
Companies may now start working with Dynamics NAV, but they are not new companies; they have been working for a while, and they already have all kinds of data: their customers, vendors, items, accounting information, and so on.
In this chapter we will see which tools can be used in Dynamics NAV to migrate data into the system and how to convert data to meet NAV requirements. We will look at tools such as:
RapidStart Services
XMLport
User defined tools
We will also see what kind of data is commonly migrated to Dynamics NAV and which strategies can be used to migrate it. The kind of data and strategies are listed as follows:
Master data
Open entries
Historical data
Open documents