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- The Validis Connect Prerequisites for user permissions are in place on your machine.
- You are online and connected to the internet.
- You have a working Accounting Package and you can access the data you wish to share within the Accounting Package.
- You know which version you wish to share data from.
- You know the SQL Server Instance Name.
- You know the Database name you'd like to share data from.
- You know which Company you want to share data from.
Validis Connect will attempt to discover your SQL Server instance and populate the instance name for you. If you only have one instance of Microsoft Dynamics Navision or Business Central 365 installed on your desktop and this installation has only one company loaded, Validis Connect will automatically share this company.
You may need to ask your IT department for some of the above information. ODBC DSN names can be found in the ODBC Administrator tool under the "System DSN" tab.
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This will start downloading the Validis Connect application. Your browser will show the download progress. Depending on your desktop setup you may encounter some security warnings that you need to acknowledge during the installation.
Once the Validis Connect application installs it will begin connecting to your Accounting Package. The Validis Connect package is quite small and will be automatically removed from your desktop once the share process has been completed.
Validis Connect for Microsoft Dynamics Navision/Business Central 365
Single Company Configuration - Multi-Company Configuration
Once installed the application will automatically launch and attempt to connect to the Accounting Package.
If you only have one instance of Microsoft Dynamics Navision or Business Central 365 installed with only one company within that configuration, Validis Connect will automatically begin the share of that company without any further prompts or requests for credentials.
Depending on the size of your database and the number of entries it contains this process may take a few minutes. Once all data has been extracted the data is compressed, encrypted, and transmitted securely to the Validis central server. You can continue with other tasks while the extraction takes place.
Please don't close the Validis Connect window or interrupt the extraction process.
When the share completes the success message is presented.
Click Close to exit. At this point, there is nothing more to do. Your Engagement Manager or Client Manager will be notified by email that you have submitted a new share.
Your shared data is now being queued for processing in the Validis central system. You can switch off your desktop and disconnect from the network if you wish.
You can view the progress of your share in the Validis Portal - You may need to refresh your browser. The status will change from Processing to Completed.
Multi-Company Configuration
Once installed the application will automatically launch and attempt to populate the instance name of the SQL Server. When more than one compatible database is discovered you will be asked to specify which database you wish to use.
Enter the SQL Server Instance Name and the Database Name.
When the SQL Server Instance Name and Database Name have been completed the Next button will appear. Click Next to proceed.
Choose the Company that you want to share and click Next.
The data extraction process will begin and progress will be displayed on the screen.
Depending on the size of your database and the number of entries it contains this process may take a few minutes. Once all data has been extracted the data is compressed, encrypted, and transmitted securely to the Validis central server.
You can continue with other tasks while the extraction takes place.
Please don't close the Validis Connect window or interrupt the extraction process.
When the share completes the success message is presented. Click Close to exit Validis Connect.
At this point, there is nothing more to do. Your Engagement Manager or Client Manager will be notified by email that you have submitted a new share.
Your shared data is now being queued for processing in the Validis central system. You can switch off your desktop and disconnect from the network if you wish.
You can view the progress of your share in the Validis Portal - You may need to refresh your browser. The status will change from Processing to Completed.