What's New: Shopify Connector (2024 release wave 2) in 2 minutes
Shopify connector changes in Business Central 2024 release wave 2: meta fields import/export for custom mappings, language translation sync, company catalog pricing and discounts, more flexible shipping fee mapping, reconciliation of gift card and credit card payments, and posted sales invoice sync to Shopify. A 2-minute overview video.
- Shopify Connector Overview and Meta Fields
- Meta Fields and Language Translation Support
- Company Catalogs and Pricing Synchronization
- Shipping Fee Mapping and Flexibility
- Payment Methods and Transaction Reconciliation
- Posted Sales Invoice Synchronization
Overview
The video is a short walkthrough of what changed in the Shopify connector in 2024 release wave 2. The connector synchronizes data such as items, inventory and customers between Shopify and Business Central.
It covers meta fields linked to products or variants, translations through a new languages action, company catalogs for company-specific prices and discounts, customer-specific discounts and orders, more flexible shipping fee mapping, reconciliation of payments such as gift cards and credit cards, and syncing posted sales invoices to Shopify with filters.
Key points
- Meta fields linked to Shopify products or variants can be imported or exported and used for custom mappings between Shopify and Business Central.
- A new languages action imports languages from Shopify so they can be added to items in Business Central, letting the Shopify store show product descriptions in different languages.
- Company catalogs in Business Central synchronize company-specific prices and discounts, so each company sees its negotiated prices when logging into the Shopify store.
- Individual customers can be given specific discounts in Business Central, and customer-specific orders with personalized pricing can be created in Shopify.
- Shipping fee mapping from Shopify lets you choose from different types of shipping charges, such as item charge, and specify shipping agent and shipping agent service. Charges and shipment methods appear in sales documents.
- Transactions paid by methods such as gift cards and credit cards can be reconciled by posting receipt journals and reconciling in Business Central.
- Posted sales invoices can be synced to Shopify using filters for specific customers and companies, showing orders with payment and fulfillment status.
Features
Every feature below: status not stated.
| Feature | At |
|---|---|
| Meta Fields Import/Export | 0:22 |
| Language Translation Synchronization | 0:22 |
| Company Catalogs Pricing Sync | 0:42 |
| Customer-Specific Discounts and Orders | 0:42 |
| Enhanced Shipping Fee Mapping | 1:02 |
| Shipping Methods in Sales Orders | 1:22 |
| Payment Method Reconciliation | 1:22 |
| Posted Sales Invoice Synchronization | 1:42 |
Quotes
- 0:01 “the Shopify connector allows you to synchronize data such as items inventory and customers between Shopify and business Central”
- 0:22 “now you can import or export meta Fields linked to products or variants in Shopify and use them to do custom mappings”
- 0:42 “with Shopify you can use company cataloges and business Central to synchronize company specific prices and discounts”
- 1:02 “you can now map shipping fee information from Shopify to business Central more accurately and with more flexibility”
- 1:22 “we’ve also added a new way to reconcile transactions with different payment methods like gift cards and credit cards”
- 1:42 “you can now easily synchronize posted sales invoices to Shopify you can use the filters and select to post the invoices”