The following sections provide an overview of the documentation for web services in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016.
Overview of Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web Services
This section provides overview material and information that is relevant to both SOAP and OData web services.
| To | See |
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Compare the features and constraints of SOAP and OData web services. | |
Create and publish a web service. | |
Avoid issues that may occur when Microsoft Dynamics NAV pages expect user interaction. | |
Coordinate web service applications across multiple time zones. | |
Avoid data loss that can be caused by out-of-date proxies. | Preserving Data When Working with a Statically Generated Proxy |
Implement policies to make your web services easier to understand and maintain. |
SOAP Web Services
The topics in this section describe how to create and maintain SOAP web services.
| To | See |
|---|---|
Review the different options for creating URIs to interact with SOAP web services. | |
Review the operations that are available when a page is exposed as a web service. | |
Learn how to write code that provides a list of existing companies in a Microsoft Dynamics NAV database. | |
Ensure that field values are actually updated from web services. | Using Properties with Visual Studio to Indicate the Presence of a Value in a Field |
OData Web Services
The topics in this section describe how to create and maintain OData web services.
| To | See |
|---|---|
Use OData to obtain an AtomPub document. | |
Use OData to obtain a service metadata (EDMX) document. | How to: Use OData to Return/Obtain a Service Metadata (EDMX) Document |
Use OData to obtain a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) document. | |
Write to the database through an OData web service that exposes a writable page | |
Use filter expressions in OData URIs. | |
Use FlowFilters in OData URIs. | |
Use server-driven paging in OData URIs. |
Web Services Walkthroughs
The topics in this section demonstrate how to implement Microsoft Dynamics NAV web services.
| To | See |
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Create an extension codeunit for an existing page, expose the page, and then write code that calls the page. | Walkthrough: Creating a Web Service using Extension Codeunits (SOAP) |
Create and consume a simple codeunit web service. | Walkthrough: Creating and Using a Codeunit Web Service (SOAP) |
Create and consume a page as a SOAP web service. | Walkthrough: Registering and Using a Page Web Service (SOAP) |
Create and consume a page as an OData web service. | Walkthrough: Creating and Interacting with a Page Web Service (OData) |
View and analyze Microsoft Dynamics NAV page data in Microsoft Excel using Microsoft PowerPivot for Excel, which is a data analysis add-in. | Walkthrough: Viewing Page Data in Excel Using PowerPivot (OData) |
Make web service communication more secure. | Walkthrough: Configuring Web Services to Use SSL (SOAP and OData) |
Combine data from Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 with data from Microsoft Azure Marketplace. |