The Peliqan extension for Business Central allows to set up efficient data pipelines that sync data from your Business Central tenant to your data warehouse.
The extension is a read-only extension that exposes secure API endpoints. These API endpoints are used by the data pipelines to read data from Business Central, including standard & custom objects, as well as standard & custom fields.
How to install the extension
Follow the below steps to install the extension in one environment in your Business Central tenant:
Open search (right top corner, magnifier icon) and search for Extension Management. Click on the link Extension Management:
Click on Manage > Upload Extension:
Download this zip file and unzip it to get the .app file:
Upload the .app file in the field “Select .app file”.
Make sure to toggle the approval toggle “By deploying this extension you acknowledge that your data may be sent outside…”.
Click on Deploy:
Check installation status
In Extension Management, click on Manage > Installation status:
Find the extension “Peliqan BC Sync” in the list and check the Status. Wait a few minutes until the Status is Completed:
After installation: get all details
Once the extension has been installed, please note following settings, so that the data pipeline can be configured (see below):
- Tenant ID
- Environment name
- Company ID
You can find these details in the extension, by following the below steps:
Open search (right top corner, magnifier icon) and search for “Peliqan”. Click on the link “Peliqan Sync - API endpoint” from the search results:
This will open the UI of the extension:
Scroll down to Connection details and copy the required settings:
Add a connection in Peliqan
In Peliqan, add a connection of type “MS Business Central (Peliqan extension)”. Enter the above details in the connection card:
Click on the “Add connection” button and authorize access (OAuth flow).
Once the connection is added, all data will be synced to the data warehouse.
If you want to add more tables, check the table Objects for correct object names:
Use the object names from column objectname and add them in the connection card under “Object names” (comma separated list). Example:
After updating this list, perform a Full Resync to make all the tables (including the newly selected objects) available.