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What are XMLPorts in Business Central?
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XMLPorts in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central are AL objects designed to export and import data between Business Central and external files or systems. Despite the name, XMLPorts can support different formats depending on their configuration, including XML and text-based formats.
XMLPorts are commonly used for data exchange scenarios such as importing customer or item information, exporting business data, and supporting integrations with external systems.
Developers can define data structures, tables, fields, and formatting rules within an XMLPort to control how data is transferred.
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XMLPorts in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central are AL objects used to import and export structured data between Business Central and external files or systems.
Despite the name, XMLPorts are not limited to XML. They can also work with formats such as CSV/text data, depending on how the XMLPort is configured.
They are commonly used for:
Data imports
Data exports
System integrations
Legacy system interfaces
Batch data processing
Structured file exchange
For example, an organization could receive a CSV file containing product information from an external system and use an XMLPort to import that data into Business Central.
An XMLPort defines the structure of the data being exchanged and can include tables, fields, and processing logic.
Developers should consider data validation, encoding, field mapping, error handling, large-file processing, and integration security when designing XMLPorts.
XMLPorts are useful when Business Central needs to exchange structured file-based data with external systems, particularly where a simple file import or export mechanism is appropriate.
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