Web services

Starting from Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009, it was possible to publish page and codeunit objects as web services to allow external applications to access Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central data and business logic. In the later releases of Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, it is also possible to publish Query objects as web services.

Page and codeunit objects can be accessed through the SOAP (short for Simple Object Access Protocol) web services. Queries can only be accessed through the OData (Open Data) web services protocol.

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We will look at how to create and use Web service OData in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, since its the same for Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

First, you will need to enable the SOAP and OData services from the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Administrator; perform the following steps to do so:

1. Start the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Administrator from the Start menu.
2. Click...