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Connect NP Designer to Business Central

Connection between NP Designer and Business Central needs to be set up before customer can start using the designer.

A NaviPartner consultant performs the initial organization and connection setup. Customers provide the appropriate administrative assistance for the Business Central integration and application consent. Customers should contact their consultant if the connection has not been configured.

Prepare the connection

If the designer is being setup for the first time NaviPartner recommends starting in a fresh sandbox if possible. Confirm the tenant, environment, and company that will be connected. The integration requires the Microsoft Entra application to be configured in Business Central with the appropriate permissions and consent. Your consultant coordinates this setup with your administrator.

Configure the Designer connection

  • A Microsoft Entra application has to be created by NaviPartner consultant, and global admin needs to grant consent for the application
  • In NP Designer
    • Go to ‘Connection’ and enter the Business Central tenant, environment, and company in the prelive or live connection depending on which Business Central environment the setup is for.
      • Select Create Connection when setting up the connection for the first time.
    • Copy the generated API key to the API key field on the NP Designer Setup Card in the corresponding Business Central environment.
  • In Business Central

    • Open NP Designer Setup Card and generated API key to the API key field.

    • Set the Designer service URL on the NP Designer Setup Card:

      https://bc-designer-api.npretail.app

      .

    • Custom assets URL is created by NaviPartner consultant, and DNS host for the customers will need to add new DNS records. The custom assets URL should be added on NP Designer Setup Card.

    • For manifest delivery, configure Enable Manifest and Assets URL with the consultant.

  • Verify the connection by selecting a design of the correct type in Business Central and opening a generated product.

After a connection has been created, the button changes to Update Connection. If you change the connection details, use Update Connection to apply them. Check that the API authorization and the Business Central environment and company remain correct.

The NP Designer application URL used for browser sign-in is separate from the Designer service URL configured in Business Central.