Connect Edifact and Microsoft Dynamics AX

Connecting Edifact and Microsoft Dynamics AX for a company could enable automated exchange of structured business documents, such as orders and invoices, between trading partners and internal systems. This could reduce manual data entry, improve accuracy, and support compliance with electronic data interchange standards within the organization’s financial and supply chain processes.

You can build this integration on the System2System platform. We design the connection between Edifact and Microsoft Dynamics AX around the way you work — not as an off-the-shelf connector, but to fit your systems.

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Why connect Edifact and Microsoft Dynamics AX?

A company operating both Edifact and Microsoft Dynamics AX could benefit from connecting these systems to allow for automatic data exchange. Without a connection, staff may need to manually enter the same information into both systems, which can increase the risk of errors and consume significant time. Disconnected systems can lead to records diverging over time, as updates made in one system may not be reflected in the other. This can result in decisions being made based on outdated or incomplete information, affecting operational efficiency and accuracy. If a connection were established, it could enable the transfer of transactional data, such as purchase orders, invoices, shipment notifications, and inventory updates. Edifact is widely recognized as a standard for electronic data interchange (EDI), commonly used for exchanging business documents between organizations, while Microsoft Dynamics AX is known as an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that manages finance, operations, and supply chain activities. Exchanging data between these systems could help synchronize business transactions, reduce manual work, and improve data consistency across the organization. The specific data that can be exchanged would depend on the capabilities each system exposes through its API and must be determined for each particular situation.

How System2System builds an integration

Connectors

We connect to each system through the interface it offers — an API, a database, a file exchange or a webhook — and handle authentication, rate limits and retries.

Mapping

Fields rarely line up one to one. We map and transform the data so both systems receive it in the shape they expect.

Workflow

We define what triggers an exchange, in which direction data flows and which system takes precedence when the two disagree.

Monitoring

Every exchange is logged. Failures are flagged and can be replayed, so nothing disappears without anyone noticing.

What can actually be exchanged?

That depends on what Edifact and Microsoft Dynamics AX make available through their APIs, on the licences and modules in use, and on the version each system runs. Which records are synchronised, in which direction and how often, is something we determine together before any work starts.

We are happy to look at your specific situation and tell you what is feasible — including when the answer is that it is not.