Summary

In this chapter, we learned how to integrate an FTP server with Dynamics 365 F&O through Power Automate. We started by setting up a Power Automate flow that gets triggered at specific intervals to monitor an FTP server for new or modified files. When the trigger is activated, it retrieves a JSON file.

Next, we learned how to parse and process the JSON data to update records in Dynamics 365 F&O. This involves using a loop to iterate through each item in the JSON array, retrieving existing records, and comparing the data. To ensure consistency, we should check whether differences are found between the JSON data and the existing records using the F&O Apps connector to update the record.

Finally, we learned how to use the Dataverse connector to update records. We saw that this method, although slightly less optimal due to an extra loop, achieves the same result as the F&O connector.

Thanks to Power Automate, we can create integrations that we used to do...