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How To Setup

Note: For this guide we use the Customer data, you can choose whatever you prefer.

  1. Search for SimpleAPI Setup and open it. Image

  2. Once you enter the page, we recommend that you open then “Information box” for the page to get all the links and information you need Image

  3. To setup the data you want to get out, first give the setup a code.

  • The “Code” field is used for your reference when integrating and can be named what you prefer
  1. To select which table to set up for, use the “Table No.” field. Image

  2. To setup what data you want from the table, use the action Setup Fields Image

Explanation for SimpleAPI Field Setup:

  • The ”Field Filter” field is a filter for the records gathered for the integration.
  • “Primary Key Increment” allows for an integer in the primary key to be unfilled on post requests and instead be incremented by the number used.
  • “Read Only” will remove the field in the post and path definitions for power platform.
  • “Overwrite Name” allows to set the column name to a custom name.
  1. On the SimpleAPI Field setup page you can select the data from the table you wish to set up

    • Choose the assist edit on the “Field No.” Field to get a list of all the available fields.
    • In case you want to add more than one field at a time you can look at steps 6 and 7. Image
  2. If you want to add more than one field at a time, you can go to “Add Fields Bulk”. Image

  3. In “Field No. Filter” you can use the normal filters from Business Central to select the fields you want.

    • E.g. 1..10 or 12|13|17|22.
  4. Click on the “OK” to add the fields. Image

  5. In case you want more than one filter in the list, simply just repeat steps 6 and 7. Image

This concludes the setup instructions for a table with fields, the rest of the guide will show how to use the integration options available in the SimpleAPI.